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INDIA - TRIPURA |
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Date-wise Events |
- September 09, 1949: Tripura
became a princely state during British rule in India. The
Maharani Regent of Tripura signed the Tripura Merger
Agreement on this day, as a result of which Tripura became a
Part C state of India. It became a Union Territory, without
a legislature, in November 1956 and an elected ministry was
installed in July 1963.
- January 21, 1972: Some
parts of the state were shelled by the Pakistan Army during
the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Following the Indo-Pak war
of 1971, the Indian government reorganised the North East
region to ensure effective control of the international
borders and formed three new states including Tripura that
came into existence on this day.
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Description |
- It is a state in Northeast India.
- The Indian epic, the Mahabharata; ancient religious
texts, the Puranas; and the Edicts of Ashoka – stone pillar
inscriptions of the emperor Ashoka dating from the third
century BCE – all mention Tripura. An ancient name of
Tripura is Kirat Desh.
- The third-smallest state in the country, it covers
10,491 km2 (4,051 sq mi) and is bordered by Bangladesh (East
Bengal) to the north, south, and west, and the Indian states
of Assam and Mizoram to the east.
- The Bengali Hindu people form the ethno-linguistic
majority in Tripura. Indigenous communities, known in India
as scheduled tribes, form about 30 per cent of Tripura's
population.
- The area of modern 'Tripura' was ruled for several
centuries by the Tripuri dynasty.
- It was the independent princely state of the Tripuri
Kingdom under the protectorate of the British Empire which
was known as Hill Tippera while the area annexed and ruled
directly by British India was known as Tippera District
(present Comilla District).
- The independent Tripuri Kingdom (or 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 Bangladesh (former
East Pakistan) led to tension and scattered violence since
its integration into the country of India, but the
establishment of an autonomous tribal administrative agency
and other strategies have led to peace.
- Tripura lies in a geographically disadvantageous
location in India, as only one major highway, the National
Highway 8, connects it with the rest of the country.
- Five mountain ranges—Boromura, Atharamura, Longtharai,
Shakhan and Jampui Hills—run north to south, with
intervening valleys; Agartala, the capital, is located on a
plain to the west.
- Forests cover more than half of the area, in which
bamboo and cane tracts are common. Tripura has the highest
number of primate species found in any Indian state.
- Due to its geographical isolation, economic progress in
the state is hindered. Poverty and unemployment continue to
plague Tripura, which has a limited infrastructure.
- Most residents are involved in agriculture and allied
activities, although the service sector is the largest
contributor to the state's gross domestic product.
- The sculptures at the archaeological sites Unakoti,
Pilak and Devtamura provide historical evidence of artistic
fusion between organised and tribal religions. The Ujjayanta
Palace in Agartala was the former royal abode of the Tripuri
king.
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