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The princely state of Tripura existed outside British India, in a subsidiary alliance with it, and was a self-governing area known as Hill Tippera, the present-day state of Tripura. However, the kings retained an estate known as Tippera district of the British Bengal Presidency or Chakla Roshanbad, which after the partition of India became part ...
The Tripuri people (Kókborok: Tripuri dópha rok, (also known as Tripura, Tipra, Twipra, Tipperah) are a Tibeto-Burman-speaking ethnic group of Bangladesh and Northeast Indian state of Tripura. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] They are the descendants of the inhabitants of the Twipra/Tripura Kingdom in North-East India and Bangladesh.
Tripura (/ ˈ t r ɪ p ʊr ə,-ər ə /) [10] is a state in northeastern India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers 10,491 km 2 (4,051 sq mi); and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 3.67 million. [11] It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east and by Bangladesh to the north, south and west. [12]
Its use in Tripura (Twipra) can be traced to the 163rd king in Tripuri reckoning, Govinda Manikya (fl. 1660), and the characteristic shift by three years is first recorded under his successor, Chhatramanikya in 1663/4, who can thus be considered to have introduced the "Tripuri calendar".
The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (abbr. INPT) was a political party in the Indian state of Tripura. Bijoy Kumar Hrangkhawl was the president of the party. [ 1 ] It merged with the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Alliance (TIPRA) party on 11 June 2021.
The State of Tripura, in northeastern India, has a long history.The Twipra Kingdom 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.
It describes "the landscape, habits, dress, manners and beliefs of the people, deities and temples and the intrigues for the throne within the court of Tripura." [8] The strict protocols governing the diplomatic missions of the Ahom and Twipra kingdoms are described. [12] A spring festival, as celebrated by the Twipra king and his subjects is ...
Tripura State, also known as Hill Tipperah, [1] was a princely state in India during the period of the British Raj and for some two years after the departure of the British. Its rulers belonged to the Manikya dynasty and until August 1947 the state was in a subsidiary alliance , from which it was released by the Indian Independence Act 1947 .