History of Tripura

The last ruler of the princely state of Tripura was Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur Debbarma who reigned from 1947 to 1949 Agartala after whom the kingdom was merged with India on 9 September 1949, and the administration was taken over on 15 October 1949.

[1] Tripura became a Union Territory on 1 November 1956, and attained the status of a full-fledged state on 21 January 1972.

The origins of the kingdom are shrouded in the stories written in Rajmala, the chronicle of the Kings of Tripura, which meanders from Hindu traditional histories and Tripuri folklores.

In this period their power and fame was even acknowledged by the Mughals, who were their contemporaries in North India.

Tripura became a Union Territory on 1 July 1963, and attained the status of a full-fledged state on 21 January 1972.