Introduction
Tripura (/ˈtrɪpʊrə,
The area of modern Tripura—ruled for several centuries by the Tripuri dynasty—was part of an independent princely state under the protectorate of the British Empire. The independent Tripuri Kingdom (also known as Hill Tippera) joined the newly independent India in 1949. Ethnic strife between the indigenous Tripuri people and the migrant Bengali population—due to large influx of Bengali Hindu refugees and settlers from East Bengal—led to tension and scattered violence since Tripura's integration into India, but the establishment of an autonomous tribal administrative agency and other strategies have led to peace.
Selected general articles
- Education in Tripura, a state in Northeast India, is provided by both the public sector and the private sector. On 8 September 2013, the literacy rate of Tripura was declared to be 94.65%, which is the highest among all states of India. Read more...
- The Tripuri calendar is the traditional calendar used by the Tripuri people, especially in the context of Tripuri irredentism. Its era, the "Twipra Era", "Tripura Era" or Tripurabda is set at 15 April AD 590, significantly just ahead (by three years) of the Bangabda or Bengali Era.
The Tripura Era's New Year is on the 1st of Vaishakh which corresponds to 14 or 15 of April of Christian Era, depending on whether that year is a Leap year or not. The months are named in pan Indian months, time since its inception 1419 years back by Tripur king Hamtorfa alias Himtifa alias Jujharufa in 512 Saka Era. Read more... - Languages of Tripura, a state in Northeast India, include Bengali as official language and many other minority languages. As in the rest of India, English is used for official purpose. Bengali is the most spoken language, due to the predominance of Bengali people in the state. Kokborok is the official language of the state and is a prominent language among the tribes.
In the state of Tripura, most of the languages of India are used. Major languages in terms of the number of speakers per 2001 census of India are as follows: Read more... - Tripuri cuisine is the type of food served in Tripura (situated in northeast India). The Tripuris are essentially nonvegetarians and hence the main courses are mainly prepared using meat, but with the addition of vegetables. Traditional Tripuri cuisine is known as Mui Borok. Tripuri food has a key ingredient called Berma (also called Shidal in Bengali), which is a small, oil-pasted and dry fermented fish. The foods are sometimes considered to be healthy as they are usually prepared without oil. Tripuri food such as bangui rice and fish stews, Muya (Bamboo shoot), local fishes, vegetables, herbs, Batema (this jelly-like food is prepared by making a paste of Batema plant's corm or tuber (Elephant foot yam) with sodium powder and water to remove it's raphide. After making the paste into bun-shaped, they are boiled with water containing sodium powder. Since lack of sodium powder cause throat to itch, they are cut into pieces and preferred with fresh pasted garlic, and Mosdeng), wahan moso (prepared by adding boiled pork, onion pieces, salt, pasted ginger and roasted green chilli paste) and roasted meat are extremely popular within and outside the state. Read more...
- Kokborok is the original Language of Twiprasa in present Tripura state in North East of India. During 20th centuries many of Royal family and its officials contributes to develop the Kokborok Language in many ways. Read more...
The Tripura Legislative Assembly or Tripura Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the northeastern Indian state of Tripura, with 60 Members of the Legislative Assembly. The present Assembly is located in Gurkhabasti. Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala served as the previous meeting place. The tenure of the Assembly is five years unless sooner dissolved. The present Assembly is the 12th Legislative Assembly where Rebati Mohan Das is the current speaker of the House. Read more...
Unakoti hill, literally meaning one less a koti in Bengali, hosts an ancient Shaivite place of worship with huge rock reliefs celebrating Shiva.
It is the prime tourist spot of Unakoti District Tripura in the Kailashahar Subdivision in the North-eastern Indian state of Tripura. It is Shiva pilgrimage and dates back to 7th – 9th centuries if not earlier. Read more...
West Tripura is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Agartala. As of 2012 it is the most populous district of Tripura (out of 8).
While Tripura as a whole lies approximately between the north latitude 22 degrees 56' and 24 degrees 32' and between longitude 91 degrees 0' and 92 degrees 20' east, the West Tripura district lies approximately between latitude 23 degrees 16' to 24 degrees 14' north and longitude 91 degrees 09' east to 91 degrees 47' east. The West Tripura District is bounded by Bangladesh in the north and west by Khowai district in the east and by Sepahijala district in the south. Total area of the district before 2012 was 3544 km2 but with effect from 21 January 2012 four more new districts was divided making a total of 8 districts in the state and hence West Tripura contracted to 983.63 km2.
The district headquarters is located at Agartala, which is also the capital of the State. Read more...
The Tripuri (Tipra or Tipperah) people are the original inhabitants of the state of Tripura in North East India. The Tripuri people through the Royal family of the Debbarmas ruled the state of Tripura for more than 1400 years till the kingdom joined the Indian Union in 1949. The Tripuris constitute the weightiest section of the entire indigenous population of the State of Tripura.
The important dances of the Tripuris are:- Goria Dance
- Huk kaimani Dance
- Lebang bumani Dance
- Hojagiri Dance
- Ua Bamboo dance
- Kokborok is the Sino-Tibetan native language of the Borok (Tripura) people of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. The name comes from kok, meaning "language", and borok, meaning "human". Kokborok is closely related to the Bodo, Dimasa and Kachari languages of the neighbouring state of Assam. Read more...
Tripuris have their own traditional dresses. This type of dress is similar to that of the rest of the North-East Indian people, but the pattern and design is totally different. Read more...
The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is an independent council administering the Tripuri-dominated areas of the state of Tripura, India. Its council and assembly are situated in Khumulwng, a town 26 km away from Agartala, the state capital.
[to be renamed TRIPURA TRIBAL AREAS AUTONOMOUS TERRITORIAL COUNCIL after constitutional amendment is made to the 6th schedule of the INDIAN CONSTITUTION] Read more...- The first king of the Manikya Dynasty is the 145th king in the reckoning of the Rajmala, the Chronicle of the Kings, written in the 14th century. The earlier kings are partly mythological and partly legendary or semi-legendary.
:145. Ratna Fha (Ratna Manikya) fl. 1267-1280
:146. Pratap Fha-Kotor Manikya fl.1280-1300
:147. Mukut Fha-Kotor Manikya (Mukunda) fl. 1300-1327
:148. Maha Manikya fl. 1327-1431
:149. Dharma Manikya fl. 1431-1462
:150. Pratap Manikya II fl. 1462-1477
:151. Dhanya Manikya fl.1490-1515
:152. Dhwaj Manikya fl.1515-1517
:153. Devo Manikya fl. 1520-1523
:154. Indra Manikya fl. 1523-1529
:155. Vijay Manikya I (1529-1564)
:156. Ananta Manikya
:157. Udai Manikya
:158. Jai Manikya (Loktor Fha)
:159. Amar Manikya (1577-1586)
:160. Rajdhar Manikya
:161. Jashodhar Manikya
:162. Kalyan Manikya
:163. Gobinda Manikya (fl. 1660s)
:164. Chhatra Manikya (Nakhshatra Rai) (fl. 1660s/1670s)
:165. Ramdev Manikya
:166. Ratna Manikya II
:167. Narendra Manikya
:168. Mahendra Manikya
:169. Dharma Manikya II (1714-1733)
:170. Mukunda Manikya
:171. Jai Manikya
:172. Indra Manikya II
:173. Vijay Manikya II
:174. Krishna Manikya
:175. Rajdhar Manikya
:176. Ramgana Manikya
:177. Durga Manikya
:178. Kashi Chandra Manikya
:179. Krishna Kishore Manikya
:180. Ishan Chandra Manikya
:181. Bir Chandra Manikya
:182. Radha Kishore Manikya
:183. Birendra Kishore Manikya
:184. Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma (1923 – 1947)
:185. Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya Debbarma (1947-1949), d. in 2006
:186. Kirit Pradyot Deb Barman (b. 1977 or 1978) Read more... - The State of Tripura has a long history. The Kingdom of Tripura at its peak included the whole eastern region of Bengal from the Brahmaputra River in the north and west, the Bay of Bengal in the south and Burma to the east during the 14th and 15th centuries AD.
The last ruler of the princely state of Tripura was Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur Debbarma who reigned from 1947 to 1949 Agartala after whom the kingdom was merged with India on 9 September 1949, and the administration was taken over on 15 October 1949. Read more... - Healthcare in Tripura features a universal health care system run by the state government. The Constitution of India charges every state with "raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties". Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of the Government of Tripura is responsible for healthcare administration in the state.
The health care infrastructure is divided into three tiers — the primary health care network, a secondary care system comprising district and sub-divisional hospitals and tertiary hospitals providing specialty and super specialty care. Read more... - Khowai is a town located in the Indian state of Tripura and a recent nagar panchayat forming into a Khowai Municipal Council in newly formed Khowai district. The city lies on the banks of Khowai river and hence from the river the city gets its name. It was originally settled upon by Upendranath Roy.Located near the Bangladeshi border, Khowai has boundaries with Bangladesh on its entire southern part. Read more...
The Chief Minister of Tripura, a northeast Indian state, is the head of the Government of Tripura. As per the Constitution of India, the Governor of Tripura is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Tripura Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.
Since 1963, Tripura has had nine chief ministers. The first was Sachindra Lal Singh of the Indian National Congress. Manik Sarkar of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) served as Chief Minister of Tripura from 1998 to 2018; his reign was the longest in the state's history. The current incumbent is Biplab Kumar Deb, who is also the first CM of the state from the Bharatiya Janata Party. Read more...- Twipra Kingdom (Sanskrit: Tripura, Anglicized: Tippera) was one of the largest historical kingdoms of the Twipra people in the North-east India.
The Twipra Kingdom was established around the confluence of the Brahmaputra river (Twima) with the Meghna and Surma rivers in today's Central Bangladesh area. The capital was called Khorongma (Kholongma) and was along the Meghna river in the Sylhet Division of present-day Bangladesh. Read more...
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Tripuri children preparing for a dance performance. The Tripuri, a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group that originated near the upper courses of Yangtze River and Yellow River in China, form about 30 per cent of the state's population.
Ujjayanta Palace, built in the 19th century as a replacement for a former royal palace destroyed in an earthquake, was used until 2011 as the meeting place of Tripura's State Legislative Assembly.
The border post between Bangladesh and India in Akhaura
Universal Prayer Hall of Ramakrishna Mission in Agartala.
Ujjayanta Palace, which houses the tripura rajbari,for naitong jati need is located in Agartala, Tripura's capital and most populous city
Durga Puja is the major festival of Tripura
Rice is grown on Tripura's alluvial plains, which include lungas, the narrow valleys that are found mainly in the west of the state.
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council, pictured, encompasses much of the state
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