Tripura Assembly Speaker Biswa Bandhu Sen dies at 72
Tripura Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswa Bandhu Sen, a four-time MLA from Dharmanagar, died in Bengaluru on 26 December 2025 at the age of 72.
Summary
Tripura Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswa Bandhu Sen died at a hospital in Bengaluru on 26 December 2025, aged 72, while undergoing treatment after a cerebral stroke. Biswa Bandhu Sen was elected four times from the Dharmanagar constituency in North Tripura. The Tripura government declared three days of state mourning from 26 December and closed government offices and educational institutions that day; Prime Minister Narendra Modi also condoled the Speaker's death.
Key facts
- Died
- 26 December 2025, Bengaluru, aged 72
- Office
- Speaker, Tripura Legislative Assembly
- Constituency
- Dharmanagar (North Tripura), four-time MLA
- Mourning
- Three-day state mourning in Tripura
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Biswa Bandhu Sen, who died on 26 December 2025, was the Speaker of which state's Legislative Assembly?
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Correct answer: A — Tripura
PIB 2208733, The Hindu and The Economic Times: Biswa Bandhu Sen was Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly.
Tripura Assembly Speaker Biswa Bandhu Sen represented which constituency?
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Correct answer: D — Dharmanagar
The Economic Times and The New Indian Express: Sen was the MLA from Dharmanagar in North Tripura; The Economic Times says he won the seat four times.