Jishnu Dev Varma

Jishnu Dev Varma was born in Agartala, Tripura on 15 August 1957. His father Ramendra Kishore Debbarma was the military secretary and home secretary to Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya. Dev Varma is a member of the Tripura royal family and is the uncle of Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma and Kriti Devi Debbarman. ==Politics==

Dev Varma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in early 1990s during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. In 1993, he was made a national general secretary of the party. In the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, he won the seat of Charilam with a margin of over 25,000 votes. He received 89% of the 29,753 valid votes polled in the bypoll. He defeated Arjun Debbarma of the Congress. In the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, he was the richest candidate from Tripura. He lost to his rival Subodh Deb Barma, who represented the Tipra Motha Party, only candidate who lost from current cabinet. Jishnu Dev Varma was appointed as Governor of Telangana by President Droupadi Murmu on 27 July 2024, and started serving the post since 31 July 2024. == Personal life ==

Jishnu Dev Varma married Sudha Debbarma. have two sons, namely Pratik Kishore Dev Varma and Jaibant Kishore Dev Varma. He has 3 sisters. Dev Varma's cousin is Bharat Dev Varma who is the husband of actress Moon Moon Sen and father of Raima Sen Dev Varma and Riya Sen Dev Varma. ==Cultural and political image==

Dev Varma royal upbringing and connection to the Tripura Royal family is one of the prominent highlight of his public life. Being referred to as ‘Karta’ meaning prince throughout his life among the people signify his recognition as a member of the royal family. He is known to be quite active in the cultural sphere; that includes from writings, archiving, and also as patron of arts. His collection of photographs were featured in the Marg Magazine special issue: The Risha, History in a Narrow Weave authored by designer Artrik Dev Varman. == Bibliography ==