Sudhanwa Debbarma

Debbarma hails from a small Indian state Tripura. He was born in a lower-middle-class family in Sutarmura village under Bishalgarh Sub-division, West Tripura district (present day Sepahijala district). He spent his primary school days in his village, after primary education he came to Agartala for higher education. He completed his higher secondary education from Umakanta Academy. After higher secondary he went to Bangladesh for graduation. ==Political career==

Debbarma and other activists started revolution against Tripura king to spread education in Tiprasa population and they established Tripura Janasiksha Samiti in 1945. He was the founding president of the organization. The king issued arrest warrant against the Janashiksha Samity leaders and he was arrested and severely beaten up inside the jail. After Janashiksha Samity Sudhanwa and other leaders demanded the right to life and livelihood of the Tripuri people. On 15 August 1948, Sudhanwa, Dasarath Deb, Hemanta Debbarma, Bidya Debbarma and other leaders formed Ganamukti Parishad, this organization was formed against the torture of bureaucrats and police of Tripura. He became a member of the Communist Party of India. When the Communist Party was divided in 1964, he took the side of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and was elected to the Tripura state committee of the CPI(M). In 1977, Tripura Legislative Assembly election he was elected for the first time by CPI(M) ticket from Takarjala (Vidhan Sabha constituency). ==Revolution==

Tripura Janasiksha Samiti On 27 December 1945 AD (11th Pousa of 1352 BE) the Tripura Janasiksha Samiti came into being at Durgachoudhury Para under the Jirania Block. This organisation was established by some enlightened Tripuri youths Dasarath Deb, Sudhanwa Debbarma, Hemanta Debbarma and others with an avowed object to set up schools and spread education among the children of the down-trodden Tripuris in the state of Tripura. At that time, the movement of the Janasiksha Samiti speedily transformed into a mass movement. In that time, the Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman's education minister Brown Sahib was compelled to open nearly three hundred schools in rural area. The Samiti could establish 488 primary schools in different remote areas of the state with the active co-operation. Subsequently, in 1950–51, most of these schools were recognized by the State Government. ==List of works==

Sudhanwa wrote many novels, poems and short stories. The first Kokborok magazine "Kwtal Kothoma" was published by him in 1954 AD. Novels Poems Drama ==See also==