Dasarath Deb

Dasarth Deb (Debbarma) (2 February 1916 –14 October 1998) was a political leader in the Indian state of Tripura. He was chief minister of Tripura from 1993 to 1998. He was a leader of the Ganamukti Parishad and the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was also the vice-president of All India Kisan Sabha and the first and yet only Tiprasa Chief Minister of Tripura.[1]

Dasarath Debbarma
Dasarath Deb
8th Chief Minister of Tripura
In office
10 April 1993 - 11 March 1998
Preceded bySamir Ranjan Barman
Succeeded byManik Sarkar
ConstituencyRamchandraghat
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1952 - 1967, 1971-1977
ConstituencyTripura East
Member of Tripura Legislative Assembly
In office
1977 - 1998
ConstituencyRamchandraghat
Personal details
Born(1916-02-02)2 February 1916
Boltali Kami (Village), Tripura
Died14 October 1998(1998-10-14) (aged 82)
NationalityIndian
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)

Early life

Dasarath Debbarma was born at Boltali village in the present day Khowai district of Tripura.[2]

Political career
Dasarath Deb in 1946.

In 1948, he formed Ganamukti Parishad, which was engaged in an armed struggle from 1948–50. In 1950, he along with his followers, joined the Communist Party of India. He became a member of the central committee of the party in 1951. After the party split in 1964, he joined Communist Party of India (Marxist). In 1964, he founded the Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad, a frontal organization of CPI(M).[1]

He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1971 from Tripura East constituency. In 1978, he was elected for the first time in Tripura Vidhan Sabha from Ramchandraghat constituency and became the Minister for Education in the first Left Front government. He was the deputy chief minister in the second Left Front government from 1983 to 1988. In 1988, he became the secretary of the state unit of CPI(M). After the defeat of the Left Front in 1988 elections, he became the leader of the opposition in Tripura Vidhan Sabha from 1988 to 1993.[1]

On 10 April 1993 he became the chief minister of the third Left Front government. He was in office till 11 March 1998. He declined to contest the Vidhan Sabha election in 1998 on health grounds.[2][1]

Works
  • Mukti Parishader Itikatha
  • Samantatantrik Byabasthar Biruddhe Mukti Parishader Sangram
  • Kokborder jonyo bangla horof keno chai
  • kokborok lekhar pothrekha

Notes
  1. Basu, Anjali, ed. (1996). Samsad Bengali Charitabidhan (Vol. 2). Kolkata: Sishu Sahitya Samsad. p. 161. ISBN 978-81-7955-292-6.
  2. "A legendary revolutionary-Dasarath Deb, 1916-1998". Frontline. 7–20 November 1998. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.


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