12 Facts About Nripen Chakraborty

Nripen Chakraborty was an Indian Communist politician who served as the Chief minister of Tripura state from 1978 to 1988.

Nripen Chakraborty was involved in the Communist movement in India for six decades.

Nripen Chakraborty was born at Bikrampur in Dhaka District of Bengal province of British India.

Nripen Chakraborty passed the entrance examination from Outsahi High School in 1925.

Nripen Chakraborty left his studies in Dhaka University to join the Indian freedom movement.

Nripen Chakraborty joined the Communist Party of India in 1934.

Nripen Chakraborty was elected secretary of the Bengal unit of the party in 1937.

Nripen Chakraborty became the secretary of the state unit of CPI in 1967.

Nripen Chakraborty was elected to the Central Committee of the CPI in 1972 and to its Polit Bureau in June 1984.

Nripen Chakraborty was elected to the Tripura Territorial Council in 1957, and became the leader of the opposition in 1962.

Nripen Chakraborty was the co-editor of the Swadhinata, the CPI organ in Bengali.

Nripen Chakraborty died on 25 December 2004, following a cardiac arrest.