Agartala is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Tripura,situated on the banks of Hoara River,about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the border with Bangladesh and about 2,499 km (1,52 mi) from the National Capital New Delhi. According to 2022 census,Agartala is the third-most populous city in Northeast India with a population of about 5.7 lakh. It is India's third international internet gateway and being developed under the Smart Cities Mission.
The National Liberation Front of Tripura is a banned Tripuri nationalist terrorist organisation based in Tripura,India. It has an estimated 550 to 850 members.
Kokborok is a Tibeto-Burman language of the Indian state of Tripura and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. Its name comes from kok meaning "verbal" and borok meaning "people" or "human" and is one of the ancient languages of Northeast India.
The Tripura Baptist Christian Union (TBCU) is a Baptist Christian denomination in Tripura,India. It has its head office in Agartala,the state capital. The TBCU is affiliated to the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation (APBF) and the Baptist World Alliance (BWA). It is also a member church in the North East India Christian Council (NEICC),a regional church body of the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI). As of 2020,TBCU had 84,795 members in 943 churches.
Khumulwng is a town in the West Tripura district in the Indian state of Tripura. It is the headquarters and the largest town of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council.
The Tripuri,are a Tibeto-Burman-speaking ethnic group of Northeast Indian state of Tripura. They are the descendants of the inhabitants of the Twipra/Tripura Kingdom in North-East India and Bangladesh. The Tripuri people through the Manikya dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Tripura for many years until the kingdom joined the Indian Union on 15 October 1949.
Kokborok (Tiprakok/Tripuri) is the native language of Tripuri people in present Tripura state in North East of India. During the 20th century many of Royal family and its officials contributes to develop the Kokborok language in many ways.
Drama was brought into the Kokborok-speaking population by the Yatra (Jatra) performers of Bengal. The rulers of Independent Tripura were the first to present and perform drama in Tripura. Though in the beginning the presentations of yatras (jatras) were limited to the Royal Compound,in course of time it came out of the royal compound and mass people also began to enjoy it and join it.
Debbarma is one of the clans of Tripuri community,predominantly in state of Tripura,India and Bangladesh,Mizoram who speak Kokborok,a Tibeto-Burman language. In Mizoram,they are known as 'Tiprasa" Tribe.
Kirit Pradyot Manikya Deb Barma Bahadur is the current head of the Tripuri royal family and is the titular king. He was born in New Delhi,and now resides in Agartala,Tripura. He also served as the editor of TNT-The Northeast Today. He is the current chairman of The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance also known as TIPRA Motha. He is known as 'Bubagra' among his people and is one of the active voices for the rights of Indigenous Tripuri people of Tripura.
Tripuri Kshatriya is a Vaishnav caste group which encompasses almost all the members of the Tripuri,Reang,Jamatia and Noatia ethnic groups,most of whom live in the Indian state of Tripura. The Tripuri Royal Family belonged to the Tripuri ethnic group,from the Debbarma clan. Originally the term "Tripur Kshatriya" was used to denote the Tripuri ethnic group only,but in due time,the Maharajah included the remaining three ethnic groups as well,in an attempt to foster a sense of kinship among his people. With the influx of the Bengali immigrants from neighboring places,the Tripuris lost their majority in their own kingdom and the Maharajah's power was taken away by the Indian government. Formerly,the community was organized under the Tripura Kshatriya Samaj,which was headed by the Maharajah of Tripura himself.
The Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) is a regional political party in Tripura,India. It is a member of the National Democratic Alliance and North-East Democratic Alliance. The party was merged into the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) in 2001,However diverged out in 2009. The party is allied with BJP in the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election and won 8 seats out of 9 contested seats. The party got 7.5% of the total votes polled. The BJP got 36 seats and with a total of 44 seats the BJP-IPFT coalition have two-thirds majority at the Legislative Assembly.
Sudip Roy Barman is an Indian politician from Tripura. He served as the MLA of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from the Agartala constituency which he held since 1998 by winning four elections consecutively on INC ticket by handsome margins. In 2018,he contested from Agartala constituency and won on BJP ticket. On 7 February 2022,he quit BJP and resigned from his MLA post. On 8 February he joined the Indian National Congress in Delhi. Again on 23 June 2022,he contested from Agartala constituency and won on INC ticket defeating his nearest rival of BJP by more than 3500 votes.
Kokborok Day is a festival celebrated in the Indian state of Tripura to celebrate the development of the Kokborok language. It is observed on 19 January every year. The Kokborok language is an official language in Tripura. This day is chosen to commemorate its initial recognition as an official language in 1979. The activities include cultural programmes and literary activities.
Biplab Kumar Deb is an Indian politician serving as the Member of Rajya Sabha from Tripura since 2022. He also served as the 10th Chief Minister of Tripura from 2018 to 2022. He was the member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from Banamalipur constituency from 2018 to 2022. He was also the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party,Tripura unit from 2016 to 2018.He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Krishnapur is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India. It is in Khowai district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It is also part of East Tripura Lok Sabha constituency.
Mewar Kumar Jamatia is an Indian politician belonging to the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT). He is the general secretary of IPFT,a political party that was created to demand a separate state for indigenous Tripuri people. He is current minister of tribal welfare and forest of BJP-IPFT Government,and represents the Ashrambari vidhansabha assembly. In 2018,he defeated Aghore Debbarma to win the Legislative Assembly election.
Sudhanwa Debbarma was an Indian Kokborok writer,Political leader and member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the former Speaker of Tripura Legislative Assembly. He was the veteran leader of Ganamukti Parishad. He was a member of Tripura Legislative Assembly from Takarjala (1977-1988).
Brishaketu Debbarma is a politician from Tripura,India. He was a member of 12th Tripura Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Assembly in 2018,representing the Simna constituency) as a member of the Indigenous People's Front of Tripura. He resigned from the Legislative Assembly on 29 June 2021 and joined The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) on 9 July 2021.
Nanda Kumar Deb Barma is a Tipra playwright,poet and lyricist from Tripura. He is known for his works of literature in Kokborok language and Kokborok Drama. Nanda Kumar Deb Barma is author of novels such as Rung (2001),and compilations of works such as Thungnuk Bwchap (2015). He has been one of the active advocates for Kokborok development in the field of literature and education and is the president of Kokborok Sahitya Sabha.
