Tripura Hill People's Party

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The Tripura Hill People's Party (THPP)is a Tripuri nationalist political party in the Tripura region of India. [1]

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The THPP is led by Debabrata Koloi.

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  1. "Strategy of terror". India's National Magazine. 17 (9). April–May 2000. Archived from the original on 23 August 2002. Retrieved 15 March 2009.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)