Dasarath Deb

Dasarath Deb
Dasarath Deb
8th Chief Minister of Tripura
In office 10 April 1993–11 March 1998
Preceded by	Samir Ranjan Barman
Succeeded by	Manik Sarkar
Constituency	Ramchandraghat
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1952-1967,1971-1977
Constituency	Tripura East
Personal details
Born	(1916-02-02)2 February 1916 Boltali Village, Tripura
Died	14 October 1998(1998-10-14) (aged 82)
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Dasarth Deb (2 February 1916 –14 October 1998) (Bengali: দশরথ দেব) was a political leader in the Indian state of Tripura. He was a leader of the Ganamukti Parishad and the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1952, 1957, 1962 and 1971 from Tripura East constituency. He was also the vice-president of All India Kisan Sabha and the first and yet only tribal Chief Minister of Tripura.

Early life

Dasarath Debbarma was born at Boltali village in the present day Khowai district of Tripura.^[1]

Political career

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 split in CPI 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). 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 1983-88. In 1988, he became the secretary of the state unit of CPI(M). 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.^[1]

Works

• Mukti Parishader Itikatha
• Samantatantrik Byabasthar Biruddhe Mukti Parishader Sangram

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