Nripen Chakraborty

Nripen Chakraborty (4 April 1905 – 25 December 2004 ) was an Indian Communist politician who served as the Chief minister of Tripura from 1978 to 1988. Nripen Chakraborty was involved in the Communist movement in India for six decades.

Life He was born at Bikrampur in Dhaka District of Bengal province of British India (present-day Bangladesh). He was the ninth child of Rajkumar and Uttamsunadari Chakraborty. He passed the entrance examination from Outsahi High School in 1925. He left his studies at Dhaka University to join the Indian freedom movement. In 1931, he took part in the civil disobedience movement. He joined the Communist Party of India in 1934. He was elected secretary of the Bengal unit of the party in 1937. In 1950, he was sent to Tripura by the party, and became an important organizer there. After the split in the CPI in 1964, he joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He became the secretary of the state unit of CPI(M) in 1967. He was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI(M) in 1972 and to its Politburo in June 1984.