Debbarma
Debbarma is the surname or the title generally used by the Borok(Tripuri) people, indigenous people of Tripura, a state in India. The mother tongue of this ethnic group is Kokborok.and Bengali
Variations
Variations of the surname is also used and is also officially recognized by the state government in Tripura and Bangladesh. The variations used are:
- Debbarma
- Debbarman
- Dev Barman
- Dev Burman
- Deb Barma
- DebBurman
- Dev Verma
- Dev Varman
Statistics
According to Census of India, 1991, Tripuri's constituted 16% of the Tripura state's population of 2.7 million, i.e., there are more than 500,000 people who use this surname at present.this surname is also found among bengalis of eastern bengal(bangladesh) and tripura as we all know pancham da famous rahul devburman music director is a son of tripura he was a bengali .
Places
The surname is used in India (Tripura state) (west bengal)and neighbouring districts of Bangladesh.
Famous Debbarma's
- Sachin Dev Burman, famous Bollywood composer and singer from Tripura
- Rahul Dev Burman, famous Bollywood composer and singer
- Dhirendra Krishna Debbarman,Blessed by Rabindranath tagore- he was a renowned artist. One of his masterpiece can be seen in the mural paintings in India House in London.
- Dasarath Deb,Only Borok Chief minister of Tripura ever since the Kingdom joined in Indian territory.
- Rabi Kumar Debbarma, Vir Chakra Award Winner during IPKF battle in Sri Lanka
- Khagesh Debbarma,Novelist and editor of popular Bengali literary magazine Prantik
- Somdev Devvarman , Davis Cup tennis player for Indian national team .In 2010, Somdev won the Gold medal in the Men's Singles event of XIXth Commonwealth Games in New Delhi and followed it up with both Mens Singles and Doubles Gold in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China
- Sankha Subhra Devbarman, An acclaimed and known poet, columnist and novelist.One of his novels(Banakuntalar upakhyan) was serialised and shown in six episodes in the national channel of Doordarshan. Winner of Tripura Government's literary award.
- Sourabhee Debbarma, famous Indian Idol 4 Live TV performer and singer from Tripura
See also