N. C. Debbarma

Narendra Chandra Debbarma (28 August 1942 – 1 January 2023) was an Indian politician who was the president of the Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura and director of All India Radio, Agartala. He was also a cabinet minister of Tripura Government from 2018 to 2023.

Debbarma allied his party with the BJP in the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election and won 8 seats out of 9 which constituted 7.5% of the total votes polled.

Positions held

President, Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (2000–2023) Minister of Land & Revenue, Fisheries, and Forests (2018–2023) Member, Tripura State Planning Board (2019–2023) Station Director, All India Radio, Agartala (till 2002)

Public recognition N.C. Debbarma was posthumously conferred with the Padma Shri Award for Public Affairs.

Death Debbarma died at Agartala Hospital on 1 January 2023, at the age of 80 after he suffered a massive cerebral stroke.

Contribution to writings

Koklam (A handbook of spoken Kokborok) published by Directorate of Research, Department of Welfare for Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes, Government of Tripura. Role of folk literature and culture in human civilization as a contribution of articles for the Centenary Celebration of the Kokborok language of the state held during 22–24 December 2000. Contributed in publishing of Book on Customary laws of the Tripuris, Jamatia, Mogs and Reangs of Tripura with special reference to their land holding system as a Research Officer.