Agartala, May 18 (TIWN): 77th birth anniversary of former Chief Minister Lt. Sudhir Ranjan Majumder observed at his own residence on Monday.

MLA Ashis Saha has paid a floral tribute to the portrait of Lt. Sudhir Ranjan Majumder. However, PCC Former Secretary Jibon Saha and other dignitaries remain present at the program.

Majumder, 75, breathed his last on January 04, 2009.

He was elected as an MLA from Bardowali constituency; Majumder was the chief minister of the state when the Congress-Tripura Upajati Juba Samity coalition was in power during 1988 and 1992.

He was first elected to the assembly in 1983 from Khayerpur constituency. From 1986 to 1988, he held the position of opposition leader in the assembly and became the TPCC President in 1988.

He was also the Rajya Sabha MP from 1992 to 1998.

A sociable gentleman, he was always accessible to the common man even during his time as the chief minister.