Pranab Debbarma

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| birth_place = Simna, Tripura

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| office1 = Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura

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| term_start1 = 1993

| term_end1 = 2018

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| successor1 = Brishaketu Debbarma

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| party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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| spouse = Smt. Manju Debbarma

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Pranab Debbarma (born 21 December 1962) is an Indian politician and member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He is the former member of Tripura Legislative Assembly since 1993 to 2018 from Simna (Tripura Vidhan Sabha constituency).{{cite web |title=Tripura Assembly Election Results in 1993 |url=https://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/1993-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in |access-date=1 May 2020}}{{cite web |title=Tripura Assembly Election Results in 1998 |url=https://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/1998-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in |access-date=1 May 2020}}{{cite web |title=Tripura Assembly Election Results in 2003 |url=https://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/2003-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in |access-date=1 May 2020}}{{cite web |title=Tripura Assembly Election 2013, Tripura Assembly Election 2013 Result |url=https://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/2013-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in |access-date=1 May 2020}} In 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election he was defeated by IPFT candidate Brishaketu Debbarma.{{cite news |title=Simna Election Result 2018 Live: Simna Assembly Elections Result Live Update, Vidhan Sabha Election Result & Live News |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2018/tripura/simna-election-result/ |access-date=1 May 2020 |work=News18}}

Early life

Debbarma was born on 21 December 1962 in Ishanpur, Sidhai Tripura, India. He has involved himself in student movement from 1978 to 1988 with the banner of SFI TSU. He completed his graduation from Maharaja Bir Bikram College. After his graduation he joined Youth Organisation to know the actual problems of youths. In 1996, he was kidnapped by All Tripura Tiger Force and he was taken to Bangladesh, he spent 11 months under their strong surveillance.{{cite book |last1=Paul |first1=Manas |title=The Eyewitness: Tales from Tripura's Ethnic Conflict |date=2009 |publisher=Lancer Publishers |isbn=978-1-935501-15-2 |page=117 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ubVIbIN9UwsC&q=The+eye+witness%3A |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Rediff On The NeT: Kidnapped MLA released |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jan/19tripu.htm |website=www.rediff.com |access-date=1 May 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Prakash |first1=Ved |title=Terrorism in India's north-east : a gathering storm |date=2008 |publisher=Kalpaz Publications |location=Delhi |isbn=978-81-7835-660-0 |page=974 |edition=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sb1ryB8CVvIC&dq=pranab+debbarma+kidnapped&pg=PA974 |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=en}}

Political career

He started his political career as a student activist from 1978. Later he joined Tribal Youth Federation a tribal youth wing of CPI(M). In 1993, Tripura Legislative Assembly election he became Member of Legislative Assembly from Simna ST. From 1993 to 2018 he was the MLA of Simna Constituency.{{cite web |title=Tripura Assembly Election Results in 2008 |url=https://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/2008-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in |access-date=1 May 2020}} He is Member of CPI(M) Tripura state committee and the Central committee member of Ganamukti Parishad.{{cite web |title=CPIM, Tripura State Committee |url=http://cpimtripura.org/StateComm.aspx |website=cpimtripura.org |access-date=1 May 2020}}

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