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The Tripura Era's New Year is on the 1st of Vaishakh which corresponds to 14 or 15 of April of Common Era, depending on whether that year is a Leap year or not. The months are named in pan Indian months, time since its inception 1419 years back by Tripuri king Hamtor pha alias Himti pha alias Jujharu pha in 512 Saka Era.
Before Tripura's merger with the Union of India, majority of the population composed of Tripuri people. [30]: 9 Ethnic strife between the indigenous Tripuri tribe and the predominantly immigrant Bengali community led to scattered violence, [35] and an insurgency spanning decades, including occasional massacres such as the 1980 Mandai massacre. [36]
The lineage in Tripuri is called sandai or bosong.. Most Tripuri groups or sub-groups are named after an animal or bird. All the sub-groups of Tripuri lineage are patriarchal.
The largest native group was the Tripuri who had a population of 543,848 in 2001 census, [1] representing 16.99% of the state population and 54.7% of the scheduled tribe population. [1] The other group of people in order of decreasing population were Chakma (6.5%), Halam (4.8%), Mog (3.1%), Munda , Kuki tribes and Garo Hajong . [ 1 ]
In 1971 the Reang were the second largest of the scheduled tribes in Tripura. There were 64,722 people accounted for in the Reang tribe in Tripura that year. In 1961 the Reang had numbered 56,597 and in 1951 they had numbered 8,471. [9] According to the 2001 census, there were 165,103 Reang in Tripura and 1,88,220 in 2011. [10]
The following list shows the 33 largest Scheduled Tribes according to the Census in India 2011 (76% ≈ 80 of a total of 104 million members) with their population development (population explosion from +25%), their proportions and their gender distribution (number of female relatives per 1000 male) as well as the populated states/territories ...
Dasarath Debbarma, (1993-1998) first and yet only Tripuri Chief Minister of Tripura. Jishnu Debbarma, 4th Governor of Telangana, and former Deputy Chief Minister Of Tripura Government. He is the youngest son of Maharaj Kumari Kamal Prabha Devi, the single sister of Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Debbarma (last king of Tripura).
Apart from Halam group, the Old Kuki tribes like Chorei, Khelma/Sakachep, Aimol, Ranglong, Hrangkhol inhabit in the Karimganj district of Assam, North Tripura and Dalai district of Tripura and Mizoram, Anal, Chawthe, Chiru, Koren, Kom, Lamgang, Purum, Tikhup and Vaiphei of Manipur also asserted that they are the descendant of a couple who came ...