Guwahati, July 6 -- Renowned historian, political analyst, and former Principal of Cotton College, Professor Udayaditya Bharali, passed away in the early hours of Saturday.

Family sources said he breathed his last peacefully at his residence in Dakshin Sarania in Guwahati.

He was 79 and had been ailing for over five years. Professor Bharali is survived by his wife and a daughter.

Born on September 1, 1947, in Upper Assam's Sivasagar, Bharali completed his college education at Cotton College. He went on to earn a Gold Medal for his Master's degree in History from Gauhati University.

Professor Bharali dedicated much of his career to the Department of History at the erstwhile Cotton College, serving as a professor from 1968 to 2003. He w...