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Tripura is divided into 8 districts and 23 sub-divisions, where Agartala is the capital and the largest city in the state. Tripura has 19 different tribal communities [13] with a majority Bengali population. Bengali, English and Kokborok are the state's official languages. [7]
Agartala (/ ˌ ʌ ɡ ər t ə ˈ l ɑː /, Bengali: [agorot̪ɔla] ⓘ, Kok Borok:) [6] is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Tripura, situated on the banks of Haora/Saidra River, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the border with Bangladesh [7] and about 2,499 km (1,552 mi) from the national capital, New Delhi. [8]
The plains of Tripura, however, fell to the attacks from Mughals. The plains territories comprise today's South-East Dhaka and Comilla areas. While the plains areas were thus Islamized, the Hills of Tripura served as a continuous bulwark against penetration to the East. The Tripura Hill Kings were major sponsors of Hindu traditions and customs.
Tripura State, also known as Hill Tipperah, [1] was a princely state in India during the period of the British Raj and for some two years after the departure of the British. Its rulers belonged to the Manikya dynasty and until August 1947 the state was in a subsidiary alliance , from which it was released by the Indian Independence Act 1947 .
Kokborok is a Sino-Tibetan language of the Bodo–Garo branch. It is related to the Bodo and Dimasa languages of neighboring Assam. The Garo language is also a related language spoken in the state of Meghalaya and neighboring Bangladesh. Kókborok consists of several dialects spoken in Tripura.
The Tripura High Court, located in Agartala, Tripura exercises the jurisdiction and powers in respect of cases arising in the State of Tripura. [3] The present Legislative Assembly of Tripura is unicameral, consisting of 60 Member of the Legislative Assembly (M.L.A). Its term is 5 years, unless sooner dissolved. [4]
Tripuri language; Tripuri nationalism; Tripuri calendar; Tripuri culture; Tripuri cuisine; Tripuri dances; Tripuri dress; Tripuri games and sports; Tripuri Kshatriya, a Vaishnav caste group including almost all the members of the Tripuri, Reang, Jamatia and Noatia ethnic groups; Tripuri, Madhya Pradesh, ancient Kalchuri capital near Jabalpur
The Tripuri people speak Kokborok (also known as Tipra), a Tibeto-Burman language. Tripuri is the official language of Tripura, India. There are estimated to be more than one million speakers of the dialects of Tripuri in Tripura, and additional speakers in Mizoram and Assam in India, as well as Sylhet and the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh.