TRIPURA.....for Competitive Exams
Tripura GK Important Notes
Geographical location: 22°56'N to 24°32'N latitude & 91°10' E to 92°21'E longitude.
Area of Tripura: 10,491.69 sq Km (0.32% of India).
Size: Tripura is the 3rd smallest among 29 states of India and the 2nd smallest among the eight Northeast states.
International Boundary: 856 Km with Bangladesh.
Inter -state boundary:162 km with Assam and Mizoram.
(1) In 1972 Tripura attained full Statehood.
Explanation:
Tripura merged with the Indian Union on 15th October,1949. Before that the former princely state of Tripura was rulled by the Maharajas of Manikya dynasty.
On 26 th January,1950 Tripura was accorded the status of "C" category state.On 1st November, 1956 Tripura was recognised as a Union Territory.
On 21st January,1971, as per the North East Reorganization Act , 1972 Tripura gained full Statehood.
(2) Total number of Districts of Tripura are 08 (eight).
Explanation:
Tripura was a single-district State.Now decentralisation has been taken :
Number of Districts = 08
Number of Sub-divisions = 23
Number of Rural Development Blocks = 58
Number of Gram Panchayats = 591
Number of Jilla Parishads = 08
Number of Nagar Panchayats = 09
Number of Municipal Councils = 10
Number of Municipal Corporation = 01
In addition 587 Village committees are working as Gram Panchayats under 6th Schedule areas.
(3) Rajmala the Chronicle of the Kings of Tripura , was written under Maharaja Dharma Manikya.
The Chronicle of Tripura Dynasty Rajmala was first written in Kokborok by the royal priest Dhurlabhendra Chantai during the reign of Maharaja Dharma Manikya I , the 149 th Maharaja in 1431 AD and first translated into Sanskrit and then Bengali . Traditionally, the Chantai used to recite the lists and stories of Maharajas in the court orally. Sukreshwar and Baneswara ,the two Brahmin Pandits , translate Rajmala into Bengali in 1431.It was compiled by many authors in various time into four Laharas.
(4) Agar Tree is the State Tree of Tripura.
Aquilaria species is declared as critically endangered and included in Apendix II of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endengared Species of Wild Fauna and Flora . It is abundant in Tripura , especially Kadamtala Block of North Tripura District.
Agarwood oil is termed as "King of Insence" and of three grades ,viz., Boya, Boha and Khara whose measuring unit is tola(1tola = 11.66 gms) .There are many classes of agarwood chips viz., Jura, Muri, Challa, Sisor, etc.
(5) Sachindra Lal Singha was the first Chief Minister of Tripura (01/7/1963 to 01/11/1971)
He was elected from Agartala Sadar II Constituency.
(6)Manik Sarkar is the longest served Chief Minister of Tripura..
Sri Sarkar was elected from Dhanpur Assembly Constituency.He served as CM for cosequitive four times:
(i) 11/3/1998 to 07/3/2003
(ii) 07/3/2003 to 10/3/2008
(iii) 10/3/2008 to 06/3/2013
(iv) 06/3/2013 to 09/3/2018
(7) Dhalai is the largest district by area in Tripura.
Dhalai.....................2,400 sq Km
South Tripura.........1,534.2 sq Km
Gomati...................1,522.8 sq Km
North Tripura.........1,444.5 sq Km
Sipahija..................1,044.78 sq Km
Khowai...................1,005.67 sq Km
West Tripura............ 942.55 sq Km
Unakoti.....................591.93 sq Km
Dhalai District
Headquarter.........Ambasa
Number of Sub-divisions= 04
1 Kamalpur
2 Ambasa
3 Longtarai Valley
4 Gandachera
Number of Block Developments = 07
1 (a) Salema
1(b) Durga Chawmuhani
2 Ambasa
3 (a) Manu
3 (b) Chhawmanu
4 (a) Dumburnagar
4 (b) Raisyabari
Municipals =02
1 Kamalpur Nagar Panchayat
2 Ambasa Municipal Council
South Tripura
Headquarter.............Belonia
Subdivisions.............03
1 Santirbazar
2 Belonia
3 Sabroom
Development Blocks= 08
1(a) Bagafa
1(b) Jolaibari
2(a) Hrishyamukh
2(b) Rajnagar
2(c) Bharat Chandra Nagar
3(a) Satchand
3(b) Rupaichhori
3(c)Pongbari
Municipal Councils = 03
1 Santirbazar Municipal Council
2 Belonia Municipal Council
3 Sabroom Nagar Panchayat
Gomati District
Headquarter........Udaipur
Subdivisions=03
1 Udaipur
2 Amarpur
3 Karbook
Block Developments =07
1(a) Matabari
1(b) Kakraban
1(c) Killa
2(a) Amarpur
2(b) Ompi
3(a) Karbook
3(b) Silachari
Municipal Councils = 02
1 Udaipur Municipal Council
2 Amarpur Nagar Panchayat
North Tripura District
Headquarter..........Dharmanagar
Subdivisions = 03
1Dharmanagar
2 Kanchanpur
3 Panisagar
Development Blocks= 07
1(a) Kadamtala
1(b) Yuvarajnagar
2(a) Dasda
2(b) Jampuihill
2(c) Laljhuri
3(a) Panisagar
3(b) Damcherra
Municipal Council=01
1 Dharmanagar Municipal Council
Sipahija District
Headquarter........... Bishramganj
Subdivisions= 03
1 Bishalgarh
2 Jampuijola
3 Sonamura
Development Blocks=05
1 (a) Bishalgarh
2 (a) Jampuijola
3 (a) Melagarh
3 (b) Kathalia
3 (c) Boxanagar
Municipal Councils =03
1 Bishalgarh Municipal Council
2 Sonamura Nagar Panchayat
3 Melagarh Municipal Council
Khowai District
Headquarter.......Khowai
Subdivisions 02
1 Khowai
2 Teliamura
Development Blocks = 06
1(a) Khowai
1(b) Tulashikhor
1(c) Padmabil
2 (a) Teliamura
2(b) Kalyanpur
2(c) Mungiakami
Municipal Councils 02
1 Khowai Municipal Council
2 Teliamura Municipal Council
West Tripura District
Headquarter....... Agartala
Subdivisions 03
1 Sadar
2 Mohanpur
3 Jirania
Development Blocks 06
1(a) Dukli
2(a) Mohanpur
2(b) Hezamara
2(c) Lefunga
3(a) Jirania
3(b) Mandai
Municipal Councils 03
1 Agartala Municipal Council
2 Mohanpur Municipal Council
3 Ranirbazar Municipal Council
Unakoti District
Headquarter........ Kailashahar
Subdivisions 02
1 Kailashahar
2 Kumarghat
Development Blocks 03
1 Kumarghat
2 Pecharthal
3 Gournagar
Municipal Councils 02
1 Kumarghat Municipal Council
2 Kailashahar Municipal Council
(8) The Bhuvaneswari Temple is situated on the bank of river Gomati.
Rabindranath Tagore immortalized this temple in his novel Rajarshi (1887 AD) and drama Bisharjan ( 1890 AD).
(9) There are 04(four) wildlife sanctuaries in Tripura.
Explanation:
(i) Sepahijala Wild Life Sanctuary is about 20 Km away from Agartala and 2 Km from Subdivisional headquarter Bishalgarh. On 2nd February,1987 it was declared as a WLS which covers 13.46 sq Km area. This bio-complex established in 1972 .It has a Botanical Garden with 456 plant species , a zoo and a deer park.
Tachypithecus obscures phayrei , চশমা বাঁদর , the spectacle langur is one of the major fauna of this WLS. November to February is the best time to visit this WLS .
(ii) Trishna WLS is about 115 km from the state capital Agartala (via Sonamura) or 105 km via Udaipur and 13 km from the Subdivision HQ Belonia. It's area is 163.08 sq Km and declared as Wild Life Sanctuary on 19/11/1988. It is situated at two districts ,viz., South Tripura and Gomati district.
(iii) Gomati Wild Life Sanctuary is situated at two districts ,viz., Gomati district and Dhalai district.It located 102 km away from Agartala . It covers an area of 389.54 sq km and declared as Wild Life Sanctuary on 01/12/1988.
(iv) Rowa WLS is at Panisagar of North Tripura District and covers an area of 0.86 sq km . On 07/05/2009 it was declared as a WLS.
(10) Garia Puja is performed in the month of Chaitra (last day of Chaitra).
Lord Garia ,the deity of livestock and wealth, is symbolized by a bamboo pole . It is worshipped with flowers and garland. Cotton thread, rice, fowl chick, rice beer, wine,earthen pots,eggs ,etc. are sacrificed before the Garia to get his blessing.
It begins on the last day of Chaitra and continues for seven days. Seventh day is observed as state holiday.
(11) Manu is the longest river of Tripura.
Length : 167 km(104 mile).
It riginates below Kahosib Chura of the Shakhantang range of Tripura,India.
Rivers of Tripura:
Haora 53 km , Khowai 166 km, Deo 132 km, Juri 79km, Longai 98 km, Manu 167 km, Muhuri 64 km, Dhalai 117 km , Gomati 133 km, Fenny 108 km.
(12) ONGC started drilling in Tripura from 1972.
(13) Total number of elected members of TTAADC is 28.
(14) Neer Mahal was built by Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur.
This is the "Lake Palace" of Tripura and it was the summer residence of Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur. British Company Martin and Burn took 9 years ( 1930-1938) to construct it. "Jal Mahal" of Rajasthan and "Neer Mahal" of Tripura are the only two "water palaces " in India.It is situated in the middle of "Rudradagar " at Melaghar , 53 km away from the state capital Agartala .It has 24 rooms which are in two parts , "Andar Mahal" the western part for the royal family and the eastern part comprising of open -air theatre .
MaharajabBir Bikram Manikya Bahadur
(15) The first campaign for mass literacy was initiated by Dasarath Deb.
Sri Dasarath Deb, Former CM of Tripura. Sri Deb became the CM of the 3rd Left Front government on 10/4/1993 and was in office till 11/3/1998.
On 27th December,1945 Dasarath Deb established Janasiksha Samiti forthe mass education programme in Tripura.
(16) Tripureswari Temple is situated at Udaipur.
(17) First newspaper published from Tripura is "Rabi / Arun".
(18) Trial Run of the first train to Agartala took place on 29th June, 2008.
(19) Rani Tripura Sundari was the wife of Maharaja Kritidhar Manikya.
(20) Tripurabda started from 590 AD.
(21) Dasarath Deb was the first tribal Chief Minister of Tripura(10/4/1993- 11/3/1996).
(22) On 19 th January Kokborok Language day is observed in Tripura.
(23) In the year 1979 Tribal Research Institute, Agartala was established.
(24) In 1974 Tribal Sub-Plan was established.
(25) "Tripura Sixth Schedule Bill" was passed by Loksabha in 1984.
(26) River Gomati of Tripura is originated from Atharamura range and Longtharai range.
Tributary Sarma is from Atharamura Range and TributaryRaima is from Longtharai Range.
Origin / Sources of other rivers :
Haora -Baramura Range,
Khowai - Atharamura Range,
Deo - Jampui Range,
Juri - Jampui Range,
Longai- Jampui Range,
Manu - Sakhan Range,
Muhuri- Devtamura Range,
Dhalai- Atharamura Range,
Fenny- Baramura- Atharamura Range.
(27) Maharaja Gobinda Manikya was the "Rajarshi" of Rabindranath Tagore.
(28) Maharaja Dhanya Manikya excavated Kamala Sagar.
(29) First Olympian of Tripura was Saraswati Dey.
(30) Hiracherra of Kailashahar is the first tea garden of Tripura.
(31) B.K.Nehru was the first Governor of Tripura.
(32) NH 44 connects Tripura with rest of India.
(33) The Tripura High Court was established in ......., Justice Deepak Gupta was the first Chief Justice.
(34)The Ujjayanta Palace was constructed in1899-1901AD by Maharaja Radhakishore Manikya.
It is to be noted that the older Ujjayanta Palace was constructed by Maharaja Ishan Chandra Manikya in1862 AD , which was 6 mile away from Agartala. It was cracked due to earthquake, hence , again reconstructed in 1899-1901 AD .
It occupies 1.25 sq km (250 acres ) having two lakes surrounded by Mughal gardens. Sir Alexander Martin of Martin & Burn was it's chief architect. The palace was handed over to the State Government in 1972.
Till July,2011 it was the house of State Legislative Assembly. Now it is the State Museum, inogurated on 25 th September, 2013 by the then Vice President of India Hamid Ansari ji.
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TTAADC
The TTAADC was formed after a long democratic movements by the indigenous peoples of Tripura to get the empower to govern themselves and also to develop the backward classes so that they can protect and preserve their cultures , customes and traditions. The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District council Bill, 1979 was unanimously passed by the Tripura Legislative Assembly on 23/3/1979 and theTTAADC was constituted through vote by secret ballot on 15/1/1982 and the elected members were sworn in on 18/1/1982. Later it it was upgraded under the provision of the 6th schedule under para 11 of the Indian Constitution with effect from 1/4/1985 by the 49th amendment to the Constitution of India. A fresh election held on 30/6/1985 through vote by secret ballot under the 6th schedule and the elected members were sworn in on 19/7/1985 subsequently.
Veteran CPM leader Narayan Rupini was the first Chairman of the TTAADC.
Aghore Debbarma was the first Chief Executive Member of the TTAADC.
The total erea of the TTAADC is 7,132.56 sq km which covers 68% of the total area (10,491 sq km) of the state having 23 Rural Development Blocks . Establishment of Village Committee Act, 1994 was published in the Extraordinary Issue of Tripura Gazette , vide No.F.11(74)/ADC/ Law/94 , 22/3/1994 which has received the assent of the Governor on 28/2/1994 as required under Para 11 of the 6th Schedule of the Constitution of India.
Historical aspects: The princely state of Tripura was an Independent kingdom under the Tripuri or Borok dynasty before merger to Indian Dominion . According to the Chronicle of Tripuri, Rajratnakaram , written in Sanskrit by Kailash Chandra Singha and Kali Prasanna Sen , the state was ruled by about 185 kings of the said dynasty. The Regent Kanchan Prava Devi - the widow of late Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur Debbarmana of Tripura signed the Merger Agreement with the Indian Union on 15/10/1949.
Population: About 12,16,465 peoples live within the area of TTAADC out of which the ST are 10,21,560 which is 83.4% of the total population of the TTAADC area.
Headquarter: Khumulwng. ( On 23rd August, 1992, the headquarter was shifted from Swet Mahal).
Constituency: 28; 25 reserved for ST's & 3 UR
Members: 30, 28 reserved for ST's, 2 nominated by the Governor.
Rural Development Blocks: 23
West Tripura District(8/23)
Lefunga
Hezamara
Jampuijola
Mandwi
Mungiakami
Padmabil
Tulashikhor
Bishramganj
North Tripura District (4/23)
Damcherra
Jampuihill
Pecharthal
Dasda
South Tripura District (4/23)
Ominagar
Killa
Karbook
Rupaichhori
Dhalai District (7/23)
Chhawmanu
Manu
Dumburnagar
Salema
Ambasa
Ganganagar
Raisyabari
Zonal Development Offices: 5
Sub-zonal development offices : 32
Revenue villages :462
Village Development Committee: 587
No of Departments of TTAADC: 19
Primary Schools:
During 1986-2002 , according to the provision of 6th Schedule of the Constitution, 1374 Government Junior Basic Schools (Primary) were handed over to TTAADC . During 2003-2008 , 444 Junior Basic Schools were upgraded to Senior Basic Schools (upper primary) and subsequently handed over to the State Government as TTAADC is empowered only to look after Primary Schools.At present TTAADC has 1622 primary schools and one English Medium Residential School.
Zonal Chairman's:
(1) North Smt. Depali Reang
(2) Unakoti. Shri Bipul Debbarma
(3) Dhalai. Shri Paritosh Debbarma
(4) Khowai Shri Bishu Debbarma
(5) West. Shri Ranjit Debbarma
(6) Sepahijala Shri Uma Shankar Debbarma
(7) Gomati Shri Surjya Basi Molsom
(8) South. Shri Debojit Tripura
Officials:
Shri Satyadeo Narain Arya.....Hon'ble Govornor
Shri Jagadish Debbarma..... Hon'ble Chairman
Shri Purna Chandra Jamatia.... Hon'ble CEM
Shri Chandra Kumar Jamatia..... Chief Executive Officer
Shri Animesh Debbarma.... Hon'ble Deputy CEM
Shri Chitta Ranjan Debbarma..... Hon'ble EM, Education & PWD
Shri Kamal Kalai ..... Hon'ble EM, Health & ARDD
Shri Bhaba Ranjan Reang..... Hon'ble EM, LRS
Smt Dolly Reang.... Hon'ble EM, Social Welfare & Social Education
Shri Rajesh Tripura..... Hon'ble EM, Fisheries
Shri Suhel Debbarma....Hon'ble EM, Sports & Youth Affairs
First Chairman of the TTAADC:
First Chief Executive Member of TTAADC
Kokborok came into force all over TTAADC in 20th April,1999.
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