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5 unusual facts about Tripuri


Amoghavarsha III

Amoghavarsha III (934–939 CE), whose Kannada name was Baddiga, was in exile in Tripuri and was a younger brother of Indra III and uncle to Govinda IV.

Christianity in Tripura

Christians are mostly found among the tribal communities of the state such as the Tripuri, Lushai, etc.

Krishna III

He even defeated his own family relations, the Chedi of Tripuri who had turned against the Rashtrakutas.

Manikya dynasty

Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya (r. 1923 – 1947) died in 1947, and his infant son Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya was designated the 185th king even though he was too young to rule for the transitional period until 15 September 1949, when Tripuri acceded to the Union of India.

Twipra Kingdom

In British India, the kings retained an estate in British India, known as Tippera district or Chakla Roshnabad (now the Comilla district of Bangladesh), in addition to the independent area known as Hill Tippera, the present-day state of Tripuri.


Kalachuri dynasty

They established their kingdom in Madhya Pradesh with their capital at Tripuri near Jabalpur.

Swatantra Tripura Committee

The Swatantra Tripura Committee organized a conference in Agartala on November 6, 1955, in which representatives from Halam, Kuki, Tripuri, Bengali Hindu and Muslim communities took part.

Tripuri dances

The Tripuri (Tipra or Tipperah) people are the original inhabitants of the state of Tripura in North East India.

Tripuri people

There are estimated to be 1,000,000 speakers of the various dialects of Tripuri in Tripura, others being in Mizoram & Assam in India and Sylhet and Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh.


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