AGARTALA, Feb 1 (TIWN): State is all set to observe the 100th birth anniversary of legendary tribal leader and former Chief Minister Dasarath Deb on February 2.

An organising committee is monitoring the entire program to observe the birth anniversary. It is to be mentioned here that the CPM's Tripura state committee launched a year-long programme to mark the birth centenary year of one of the pioneers of communist movement in India and former chief minister Dasarath Deb on February 2. 

In the year long program, three volumes of books on Former Chief Minister Dasarath Deb were released. The books also include the writings of the legendary tribal leader and former Chief Minister Dasarath Deb about the education system in the state and the fight for the development of the state. The names of the books are, Maietrir Sethu Dasarath, Shikkha Andolon e Dasarath and Unnayan er Shangramme Dasarath.

However, as a part of the year-long programme, more that 1lakh 60 thousand saplings were planted where as the target was 1 lakh. Apart the organising committee has also organised blood donation camp.

CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury is scheduled to address a programme on the occasion of 100th birth anniversary of former Chief Minister Dasharath Deb on February 2.

To commemorate the contributions of Deb in spreading education in the remote tribal areas during the royal regime and integration of Communist movement before Independence, CPM organized public lectures in all CPM local committees, sub-divisional committees and eight district committees.
the state will observe the 100th birth anniversary of legendary tribal leader and former Chief Minister Dasarath Deb on February 2 and a programme will also be held at RS Bhawan on the same day.

Deb was the founder-member of Janashikhsha (public education) movement in Tripura during the royal regime. Born in 1916, Deb died in 1998. He was the first and yet the only tribal CM of Tripura from 1993-98. He fought for tribal rights and became a pioneer in the tribal movement in the Fifties and Sixties.