Tripura was a Princely State till 14 October 1949. A Regency Council was formed in the State for a short period before Independence which was dissolved with the signing of an Agreement of merger of Tripura with the Indian Union in September 1949. It became a Part `C’ State in October 1949. As a result of the reorganisation of States, effected in November 1956, Tripura became a Union Territory with an Advisory Committee to advise the Chief Commissioner. A Territorial Council was formed on 15 August 1957 with 30 members to be elected on the basis of adult franchise and two to be nominated by the Government of India. On 1 July 1963, the Tripura Territorial Council was dissolved after forming a Council of Ministers and a Legislative Assembly with the existing members of the Territorial Council.
On
21 January 1972, Tripura became a full-fledged State through an Act of
Parliament titled as the North Eastern Areas (Reorganisation)
Act, 1971. The State Legislature is a unicameral body with a Legislative
Assembly consisting of 60 members. The tenure of the Assembly is five years
unless sooner dissolved. The present House is the Tenth Legislative Assembly.
Normally the
Assembly holds three Sessions in a year.
There are 17
Committees in the Assembly. These are :
|
Sl. No. |
Name of the Committee |
Name of Chairman (2011-2012) |
|
1 |
Committee on Public Accounts |
Shri Sudip Roy Barman |
|
2 |
Committee on Estimates |
Shri Madhab Chandra Saha |
|
3 |
Committee on Public Undertakings |
Shri Pabitra Kar |
|
4 |
Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes, O.B.C. & Minorities |
Shri Sudhan Das. |
|
5 |
Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Tribes |
Shri Narayan Rupini |
|
6 |
Business Advisory Committee |
Shri Ramendra Chandra Debnath, Hon’ble Speaker, Ex-Officio. |
|
7 |
Rules Committee |
Shri Ramendra Chandra Debnath, Hon’ble Speaker, Ex-Officio. |
|
8 |
Committee on Privileges |
Shri Basudev Majumder |
|
9 |
Library Committee |
Shri Rajendra Reang |
|
10 |
Committee on Delegated Legislation |
Shri Sukumar Barman |
|
11 |
Committee on Government Assurances |
Shri Pranab Deb Barma |
|
12 |
Committee on Petitions |
Shri Bidhu Bhusan Malakar |
|
13 |
Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House |
Shri Niranjan Deb Barma |
|
14 |
House Committee |
Shri Prasanta Deb Barma |
|
15 |
Ethics Committee |
Shri Bhanulal Saha, Hon’ble Deputy Speaker, Ex-Officio. |
Subject Committee-I
and Subject Committee-II constituted for 2 (two) years (2010-11 & 2011-12)
|
16 |
Subject Committee – I |
Shri Pabitra Kar |
|
17 |
Subject Committee – II |
Shri Prasanta Debbarma |
Tripura Legislative Assembly
|
No. of Assembly & its Period |
Date of its First Sitting |
Governor |
Speaker |
Dy. Speaker |
Leader of the House (Name with Period) |
Leader of the Opposition (Name with Period) |
Minister of Parliamen-tary Affairs (Name with Period) |
|
1st Assembly |
7.10.63 |
i) Shri Santi
Priya Mukherjee, IAS |
Shri Upendra Kumar Roy |
Md. Ersad
Ali Choudhury |
Shri Sachindra Lal Singh |
i) Shri Aghore Deb Barma ii) Shri
Nripendra Chakraborty |
Department of Parliamentary Affairs was not created |
|
2nd Assembly 1.3.67 to 1.11.71 |
14.3.67 |
i) Shri U.N. Sharma, IAS ii) Shri
D.K. Bhattacharya 5.11.67 to 31.1.70 iii) A.L. Dias, ICS iv) Baleswar Prasad, IAS 8.8.71 to 20.1.72 |
Shri Manindra Lal Bhowmik |
Shri Manoranjan Nath |
Shri Sachindra Lal Singh 13.3.67 to 1.11.71 |
Shri Bidya Chandra Deb Barma |
Department of Parliamentary
Affairs newly created in February 1971. This Deptt.
was allocated to Shri Prafulla
Kumar Das, |
|
23rd Assembly 20.3.72 to 5.11.77 |
29.3.72 |
i) Shri B.K. Nehru, ICS ii) Shri
L.P. Singh |
Shri Manindra Lal Bhowmik |
Shri Usha Ranjan Sen 29.3.72 to 4.11.77 |
i) Shri Sukhamoy Sengupta ii) Prafulla Kuma Das 1.4.77 to 25.7.77 iii) Shri
Radhika Ranjan Gupta |
i) Shri Nripen Chakraborty ii) Shri Munsur Ali April, 77 to 4.11.77 |
i) Shri Sukhamoy Sengupta ii) Shri
Debendra Kishore Chaudhury 25.4.75 to 30.3.77 iii)Shri
Prafulla Kumar Das iv)
Shri Radhika Ranjan Gupta 26.4.77 to 5.8.77 v) Shri
Kalipada Banerjee |
|
4th Assembly |
24.1.78 |
i) Shri Lalan Prasad Singh 22.9.73 to 13.8.81 ii) Shri
Sayed Muzaffar Hussain Burney, IAS |
Shri Sudhanwa Deb Barma |
Shri Jyotirmoy Das 27.1.78 to 6.1.83 |
Shri Nripen Chakraborty |
Shri Drao Kumar Reang |
Shri Anil Sarkar |
|
5th Assembly 10.1.83 to 5.2.88 |
9.2.83 |
i) Sayed Muzaffar Hussain Burney, IAS ii) Gen. K.V. Krishna Rao, PUSM (Retd.) |
Shri Amarendra Sharma |
Shri Bimal Sinha 11.2.83 to 4.2.88 |
Shri Nripen Chakraborty |
i) Shri Ashok Kumar Bhattacharyya 9.2.83 to 31.8.86 ii) Shri Sudhir Ranjan Majumder 1.9.86 to 4.2.88 |
Shri Anil Sarkar 11..1.83 to 5.2.88 |
|
6th Assembly 5.2.88 to 28.2.93 |
29.2.88 |
i) Gen.
K.V. Krishna Rao, PUSM (Retd.) ii) Shri Sultan Singh 12.7.89 to 11.2.90 iii)Shri
K.V. Raghunath Reddy
|
Shri Jyotirmoy Nath 29.2.88 to 7.4.93 |
i) Shri Rati Mohan Jamatia ii) Shri
Gouri Sankar Reang |
i) Shri Sudhir Ranjan
Majumder ii) Shri
Samir Ranjan Barman |
i) Shri Nripen Chakraborty ii) Shri
Dasarath Deb |
i) Shri Sudhir Ranjan Majumder 7.2.88 to 3.4.89 ii) Shri Arun Kar 4.9.89 to 19.2.92 iii) Shri Samir Ranjan Barman 25.2.92 to 17.5.92 iv) Shri Ratan Chakraborty, Minister of State 5.2.88 to 19.2.92 & Independent Charge w.e.f. 18.5.92 to 10.3.93 |
|
7th Assembly 10.4.93 to 10.3.98 |
14.5.93 |
i) Shri K.V. Raghunath Reddy ii) Shri
Ramesh Bhandari,
IFS iii) Prof. Siddheswar
Prasad |
i) Shri Bimal Sinha 14.5.93 to 22.9.95 ii) Shri
Jitendra Sarkar |
i) Shri Niranjan Debbarma ii) Shri
Sunil Kumar Chowdhury |
Shri Dasarath Deb 10.4.93 to 11.3.98 |
Shri Samir Ranjan Barman |
Shri Dasarath Deb 10.4.93 to 11.3.98 |
|
8th Assembly 10.3.98 to 28.2.03 |
23.3.98 |
i) Prof. Siddheswar Prasad 16.6.95 to 22.6.2000 ii) Lt. Gen. K.M. Seth (Retd.) |
i) Shri Jitendra Sarkar |
Shri Subal Rudra 26.3.98 to 26.2.03 |
Shri Manik Sarkar 11.3.98 to 7.3.03 |
i) Shri Samir ii) Shri
Jawahar Saha |
Shri Keshab Majumder |
|
9th Assembly 4.3.03 to 3.3.08 |
20.3.03 |
i) Ltd.
Gen. K.M. Seth (Retd.) ii) Shri
Dinesh Nandan Sahaya |
Shri Ramendra Chandra Debnath 20.3.03 to 3.3.08 |
Shri Subal Rudra 25.3.03 to 3.3.08 |
Shri Manik Sarkar 7.3.03 to 10.3.08 |
Shri Ratan Lal Nath 21.3.03 to 3.3.08 |
Shri Keshab Majumder |
|
10th Assembly 10.3.08 to till date |
17.3.08 |
i) Shri
Dinesh Nandan Sahaya ii) Smt. Kamala 4.10.09
to 21.11.09 iii) Dr. D.Y. Patil 21.11.09 to till date |
Shri Ramendra Chandra Debnath 17.3.08 to till date |
Shri Bhanu Lal Saha 19.3.08 to till date |
Shri Manik Sarkar 10.3.08 to till date |
Shri Ratan Lal Nath 17.3.08 to till date |
Shri Tapan Chakraborty |