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(. and has a glorious history of over 2500 years and 186 Kings {Link without Title} . ORIGIN OF NAME Several theories exist pertaining to the origin of Tripura's name:
HISTORY See Also: History of Tripura See Also: Twipra Kingdom Kings of Tripura Tripura finds mention in the Mahabharata , the Purana s and pillar inscriptions of Emperor Ashoka . Tripura was a Princely State before its merger with the Indian Union . The Tripuri Kings (''Habugra'') held the title of Manikya and ruled Tripura for 3000 years until its merger. Udaipur , in South Tripura District , was the capital of the Kingdom. The capital was shifted to Old Agartala by King Krishna Manikya in the eighteenth century, and then to the present Agartala in the 19th Century. The 19th century marked the beginning of Tripura's modern era, when King Bir Chandra Manikya Bahadur Debbarma modeled his administration on the pattern of British India and enacted various reforms. The '' Ganamukti Parishad '' movement led to the integration of the kingdom with India in 1949. Tripura was heavily affected by the Partition Of India and the majority of the population now comprises Hindu Bengalis , many of whom came as refugees from East Pakistan after independence in 1947. Tripura became a centrally administered Union Territory on July 1 , 1963 and attained the status of a full-fledged state on January 21 , 1972 . Armed conflict in Tripura has been a problem since the end of the 1970s as an aftermath of 1971 Indo-Pak War . Mass migration of Bengalis from Bangladesh during this time has resulted in wide-spread insurgency and militancy in the state with groups such as the Tripura National Volunteers , the National Liberation Front Of Tripura and the All Tripura Tiger Force aiming to drive away the Bengali People . GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE Tripura is a Landlocked Hill y state in northeastern India with altitudes varying from 50 to 3080 ft above Sea Level , though the majority of the population lives in the plains. Tripura has a Tropical climate and receives rainfall during the Monsoon s. It is surrounded on the north, west, and south by Bangladesh and is accessible to the rest of India through the Cachar district of Assam and Aizawl district of Mizoram in the east. The state extends between 22°56'N and 24°32'N and 90°09'E and 92°10'E. Its maximum stretch measures about 184 km from north to south and 113 km from east to west with an area of 10,492 km&2. Tripura is the third smallest state of the country. ECONOMY figures in millions of Indian Rupees
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