N. C. Debbarma

{{Short description|Indian politician (1942–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Narendra Chandra Debbarma

| image = File:N.C. Debbarma (cropped).jpg

| caption = N.C. Debbarma in 2018

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Biplab Kumar Deb
Manik Saha

| office = Minister for Land & Revenue and Forests Tripura

| term_start = 9 March 2018

| term_end = 1 January 2023

| office1 = Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly

| preceded = Niranjan Debbarma

| constituency1 = Takarjala

| term_start1 =

| term_end1 = 1 January 2023

| birth_name = Narendra Chandra Debbarma

| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|8|28|df=y}}{{cite web | url=https://www.lawinsider.in/uncategorized/narendra-chandra-debbarma | title=Narendra Chandra Debbarma | date=27 September 2021 }}

| birth_place = Agartala, Tripura, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|1|1|1942|8|28|df=y}} {{cite news|url=https://tripurainfo.com/news.aspx?intnid=16212&title=Revenue-minister-and-IPFT-president-NCDebbarma-breathes-his-last|title=Revenue Minister and IPFT President NC Debbarma breathes his last }}

| death_place = Agartala, Tripura, India

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Politician, Former Director of All India Radio

| party = Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura

| succeeded = Biswajit Kalai

}}

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.{{cite interview|url=http://www.tripurainfo.com/Interviews/484.htm|title=Interview with Tripura's PCC president Birajit Sinha|website=www.tripurainfo.com|access-date=6 March 2018|archive-date=9 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309100034/http://www.tripurainfo.com/Interviews/484.htm|url-status=dead}} He was from Tripura.

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.{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS23.htm?st=S23|title=Partywise Result|website=eciresults.nic.in|access-date=6 March 2018|archive-date=6 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306061043/http://www.eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResultS23.htm?st=S23|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/tripura/ally-ipft-pricks-bjp-celebrations-in-tripura-raises-demand-for-tribal-cm-5086090/lite/|title=Tripura election results: Ally IPFT pricks BJP celebrations, raises demand for tribal CM|date=4 March 2018|publisher=}}{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/agartala/ipfts-nc-debbarma-faction-rules-out-alliance-with-bjp/articleshow/62253122.cms|title=IPFT's NC Debbarma faction rules out alliance with BJP – Times of India|website=The Times of India |date=26 December 2017 |publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/tripura/tripura-assembly-election-results-bjp-ipft-tribal-state-biplab-deb-nc-debbarma-5087022/lite/|title=Tripura elections: IPFT to support BJP govt from outside if not given 'respectable' position in new ministry|date=5 March 2018|publisher=}}

Positions held

  • President, Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (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.{{cite news|url=https://northeastlivetv.com/topnews/n-c-debbarma-passes-away-at-80/|title=NC Debbarma passes away at 80|website=Northeast Live}}{{cite news|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/tripura/tripura-revenue-minister-ipft-supremo-nc-debbarma-passes-away.html|website=Nenow.in|title=Tripura Revenue Minister IPFT Supremo NC Debbarma passes away}}{{Cite web |last=PTI |date=2023-01-01 |title=Tripura: BJP ally IPFT's founder N C Debbarma dies, three-day state mourning declared |url=https://theprint.in/india/tripura-bjp-ally-ipfts-founder-n-c-debbarma-dies-three-day-state-mourning-declared/1293059/ |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}

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