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.
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.
The Tripuri people are the original inhabitants of the Twipra Kingdom in North-East India and Bangladesh. The Tripuri people through the Manikya dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Tripura for more than 2000 years until the kingdom joined the Indian Union in 1949.
The Tripuri 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.
Kutna Kami is a village located around 30 km away from the capital city of Agartala in Tripura state of India. The nearest town is Borokathal. It has a Junior Basic school and a church.
Kisong is a village in the central Sadar sub-division of West Tripura, a district of Tripura, India. It is about 5 kilometers away from the NEEPCO Power Station in Khayerpur. It is well connected with the Abhicharan village and the Durga Chowdhury village. The local church, Kisong Baptist Church, has been very active since its establishment and is also one of the oldest churches amongst the Kokborok speaking people of Tripura.
Jamatia is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura And it is the only tribe of Tripura with its own Customary Law in Practice. They mainly dwell in the West Tripura and the South Tripura districts. They speak the language Kokborok which is of Tibeto-Burmese origin. There were 74,949 Jamatia people as of the 2001 Census.
Reang are one of the 21 scheduled tribes of the Indian state of Tripura. The Bru can be found all over the Tripura state in India. However, they may also be found in Mizoram and Assam. They speak the Reang dialect of Bru language which is of Tibeto-Burmese origin and is locally referred to as Kau Bru.
Noatia is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of the Tripura state of India. The tribe mainly lives in the hills of Dhalai and the North Tripura districts of the Tripura state of India. They speak the Noatia dialect of Kokborok which is of Tibeto-Burmese origin.
Uchoi is one of the 21 scheduled tribes of Tripura state of India. They are mainly dwelling in the Dhalai and the South Tripura districts of Tripura state of India. They speak the language Kokborok which is of Tibeto-Burmese origin. They are the least in number among Tripuri tribes. These people are also living in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh and are called Usui. They mainly live on Jum cultivation in the remote parts of the stated region. These people follow Buddhism apart from worshiping nature and spirits though in the wake of Christian missionaries activities, since the 80s of the 20th century, about a half of the population now has been converted to Christianity in faith. Bandarban and Rangamati District are the home of these people in Bangladesh. Thanchi, Rowangchari and Ruma Upzaila of Bandarban district are the present habitat of them while Kaptai and Rajsthali upazila have been the same in Rangamati district.
Twipra Kingdom was one of the largest historical kingdoms of the Twipra people in the North-east India.
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 of the Bangabda or Bengali Era.
The All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) is a Tripuri nationalist insurgent group active in India's Tripura State. It was founded on 11 July 1990, by a group of former Tripura National Volunteer members under the leadership of Ranjit Debbarma. The ATTF is considered a terrorist organisation by India. According to the South Asian Terrorism Portal, approximately 90% of the ATTF's administration are Hindu and the rest are Christians. The group is said to have been formed as the armed wing of the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) but since seems to have split into its own organization. The group is headquartered in Tarabon in Bangladesh.
Tripuri nationalism is an ideology that supports self-determination by the Tripuri people. 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.
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 Deb Barma 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 neighbouring 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.
Kailashahar is a municipal council city, the headquarters of the Unakoti district in the Indian state of Tripura.
Goria dance or Garia dance is a dance of the Tripuri people of the Indian state of Tripura. It is performed during Goria puja, the festival to celebrate the sowing of new crops and prayer for a good harvest during the month of Baisakha. In the western calendar, the dancing occurs after the middle of April. As well as the Tripuri people themselves, the dance also occurs amongst neighbouring peoples of Tripuri such as the Jamatia, Reang and Noatia. Both sexes take part in the dance accompanied by drums and flutes. The dance begins with a slow rhythm, gradually increasing in tempo as the dance progresses from one village to another. It involves many hand movements and some whirling. The dancers also sing in chorus. There are more than two-dozen mudra (movements) in the dance many of which represent the movements of animals and birds or other features of nature.
Sabual is a village in the northeastern part of Tripura state in Northeast India. It is one of the ten Mizo villages which compose the Jampui Hills range under Kanchanpur Sub-Division. The District headquarter, Dharmanagar is approximately 85 kilometers from Sabual. It sits at about 1000 meters above sea level. Summer is cool and winter season is cold. The economy of the village depend on shifting cultivation and Gardening.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Tripura:
The insurgency in Tripura was an armed conflict which took place in the state of Tripura between India and several separatist rebel organisations. It was a part of the wider insurgency in Northeast India and was fueled by Tripuris who had become a minority in their own state because of immigration of Bengali people.
