Nagendra Jamatia

Nagendra Jamatia ( 22 May 1948– 21 January 2019) was an Tiprasa Indian politician from Tripura. A member of the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra, Jamatia served as a cabinet minister of Tripura Government from 1988 to 1993. He was a five time elected legislator of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1993 and 1998 to 2008.^[1]

Nagendra Jamatia
Tripura Legislative Assembly
In office 1977–1993
Preceded by	Bullu Kuki
Succeeded by	Debabrata Koloy
Constituency	Ampinagar
In office 1998–2008
Preceded by	Debabrata Koloy
Succeeded by	Daniel Jamatia
Constituency	Ampinagar
Minister for Agriculture & Horticulture
In office 1988–1993
Personal details
Born	(1948-05-22)22 May 1948 Tota Kami, Gomati, Tripura
Died	21 January 2019(2019-01-21) (aged 70–71)
Political party	Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra
Spouse	Pabitra Rani Jamatia
Children	2
Education	B.A. Literature, Economics
Alma mater	Maharaja Bir Bikram College
Occupation	Politician social activist columnist

Biography

Jamatia was elected as a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from Ampinagar as a Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti candidate in 1977, 1983 and 1988.^[2][3][4] Jamatia brokered peace with the insurgent Tripura National Volunteers in 1988. He served as Agriculture and Horticulture minister of Tripura Government from 1988 to 1993.^[5]

Jamatia was also elected as a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from Ampinagar as a Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti candidate in 1998.^[6] Later, the TUJS, The IPFT and TNV merged to form the INPT Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra.^[5] He served as the vice president of the party too.^[7] He was elected as a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from Ampinagar as an Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra candidate in 2003.^[8]

Jamatia was married to Pabitra Rani Jamatia.^[7] They had two children.

Jamatia died on 21 January 2019 at the age of 71.^[9][5][10]