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Narendra Chandra Debbarma (28 August 1942 – 1 January 2023) was an Indian politician who was the president of the
Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura The Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) is a regional political party in Tripura, India. It is a member of the National Democratic Alliance and North-East Democratic Alliance. The party was merged into the Indigenous Nationalist Party ...
and director of
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,
Agartala Agartala (, , ) is the capital and the List of cities and towns in Tripura, largest city of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tripura, situated on the banks of Haora River, Haora/Saidra River, about east of the border ...
. He was from
Tripura Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ...
. Debbarma allied his party with the
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in the
2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election The 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election was held on 18 February for 59 of the state's 60 constituencies. The counting of votes took place on 3 March 2018. With 43.59% of the vote, the BJP secured a majority of seats (36) and subsequently ...
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 The Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) is a regional political party in Tripura, India. It is a member of the National Democratic Alliance and North-East Democratic Alliance. The party was merged into the Indigenous Nationalist Party ...
(2000–2023) * Minister of Land & Revenue and Forests (2018–2023) * Member, Tripura State Planning Board (2019–2023) * Director, All India Radio, Agartala *


Death

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


References

1942 births 2023 deaths All India Radio people Leaders of political parties in India Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura politicians State cabinet ministers of Tripura Tripura MLAs 2018–2023 Recipients of the Padma Shri in public affairs {{Tripura-politician-stub