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The Bengali language movement [a] was a political movement in East Bengal [b] (modern-day Bangladesh) in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the then-Dominion of Pakistan to allow its use in government affairs, the continuation of its use as a medium of education, its use in media, currency and ...
Tripuri Nationalism is an ideology that supports self-determination by the Tripuri people. [1] The conflict is in essence ethnic and the Tripuri community, indigenous to the region formed the clear majority of population in the princely state of Tippera, which joined the Republic of India in 1949 as the state of Tripura.
Bangla Pokkho (pronounced [ˈbaŋla ˈpɔkʰːo]) is a pro-Bengali advocacy organisation that focuses on rights for Bengalis in the Republic of India. [1] Based on Bengali nationalism, it works against the enforcing of the Hindustani language in West Bengal. It is organised along linguistic lines and is aimed at protecting Bengali culture.
Joy Bangla (Bengali: জয় বাংলা; meaning 'Glory to Bengal') written in Bengali alphabet, in Pan-Bengali colours, red and white, is a slogan and war cry to indicate nationalism towards the geopolitical, cultural and historical region of Bengal and Bangamata (also known as Bangla Maa: বাংলা মা or Mother Bengal) Map of Bengali language in Bangladesh and India ...
Hindu Sangharsh Samity were holding anti-Bangladeshi protests for several days in Agartala, the capital of the Northeast Indian state of Tripura which shares a border with Bangladesh. [2] On 2 December 2024, at around 2 p.m. IST , members of the organisation appeared at the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala and entered its ...
Although Bangladesh is in a trade deficit with India, its export to Tripura is significantly more than import from the state; a report in the newspaper The Hindu estimated Bangladesh exported commodities valued at about ₹ 3.5 billion (US$40 million) to the state in 2012, as opposed to "very small quantity" of import. [89]
However, after partition, thousands of Bengali Hindus migrated to Tripura, which changed the state's demography completely. Tripura's tribes became a minority in their own homeland and lost their land holdings. As a result, a tribal insurgency began, causing violent riots among tribes and Bengalis in 1980. A low-scale insurgency has continued ...
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.