Bakin Pertin
| Bakin Pertin | |
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| Member of Parliament for Arunachal East |
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In office 1977–1979 |
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| Born |
1 May 1942 Damro village, North-East Frontier Agency |
| Died | 5 January 1996 Guwahati |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | People's Party of Arunachal, Janata Dal |
| Alma mater | St. Edmund's College, Delhi College |
| Religion | Christianity |
Bakin Pertin (1 May 1942, in Damro village – 5 January 1996, in Guwahati) was an Indian politician. Pertin belonged to the Adi people. He was one of the first elected Lok Sabha members of Arunachal Pradesh, and later became a Member of the Legislative Assembly of that state.
Pertin studied at St. Edmund's College in Shillong and Delhi College in Delhi. Pertin began his political activism during his student years. In 1959 the All NEFA Students Union (later renamed as the All Arunachal Pradesh Students' Union) was founded, with Pertin as its general secretary. He worked at the news division of All India Radio between 1964 and 1969. He was a member of Damro I Gram Panchayat, Maryiang Anchal Samiti and Siang Zilla Parishad. In 1974 he became the general secretary of the Bogum Bokang Kebang (the highest tribal authority of the Adi people). In 1975 he became the vice-president of the Siang Zilla Parishad. He is also the founder president of PPA( peoples party of Arunachal). Indira Gandhi, the then prime minister had invited him to join Congress by offering him with Chief Minister's post, but he denied.
The 1977 general election was the first time the newly created Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh was able to elect two members of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian parliament). Pertin contested the election as an independent candidate for the Arunachal East constituency. He won the seat, obtaining 28,557 votes (56.34% of the votes in the constituency). The election in Arunachal Pradesh was fought on religious lines, as the two independent candidates (Pertin and another, that eventually withdrew from contest) were Christians and the two Indian National Congress candidate practised indigenous Donyi-Polo religion.
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