T. Torechu ( – 16 December 2019) was an Indian teacher and politician from

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...

belonging to

Naga People's Front The Naga People's Front (NPF) is a regional political party in Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh . It headed the Nagaland government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland from 2003 to 2018. NPF ...

. He was a legislator of the

Nagaland Legislative Assembly Nagaland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Nagaland. Nagaland became a state of India on 1 December 1963 and after election in January 1964, the first Nagaland Legislative Assembly was formed on 11 Februa ...

Biography

Torechu was a government teacher before joining active politics. He was elected as a legislator of the

from Pungro Kiphire in 2003 as a

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

candidate. Later, he joined

. He was also elected from this constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018. Torechu died on 16 December 2019 at the age of 71.

References

1940s births 2019 deaths Indian schoolteachers Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Nagaland Naga People's Front politicians People from Kiphire district Nagaland MLAs 2003–2008 Nagaland MLAs 2008–2013 Nagaland MLAs 2013–2018 Nagaland MLAs 2018–2023 {{Nagaland-BJP-politician-stub