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{{short description|Coordination of political forces in Tripura, India}}
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The '''Swatantra Tripura Committee''' was a coordination of political forces in [[Tripura]], [[India]], that struggled against the integration of Tripura into the state of [[Assam]]. The campaign was active 1955-1956.

The committee was founded at meeting in Hotel Tripur, [[Agartala]], 8 October 1955. The organization had 62 members at the time of its foundation. The committee was led by an Executive Committee, [[Swarnakamal Roy]] was its president and [[Dasarath Deb]] its general secretary.<ref>Mohanta, Bijan. ''Tripura – In the light of socio-political movements since 1945''. [[Kolkata]]: Progressive Publishers, 2004. p. 101</ref>

The Swatantra Tripura Committee had been formed with the backdrop of rumours that the [[States Reorganisation Commission]] would propose that Tripura be annexed to the state of Assam. On 10 October 1955, the rumour became an official fact, as the SRC made its recommendations public. The founders of the Swatantra Tripura Committee argued that such a merger would have been ‘undemocratic’ and ‘illogical’. Moreover, the committee argued that Tripura should be an entity of its own within the Indian Union and have its own [[Vidhan Sabha|legislative assembly]].<ref>Mohanta, Bijan. ''Tripura – In the light of socio-political movements since 1945''. [[Kolkata]]: Progressive Publishers, 2004. p. 102-103</ref>

Politically, the committee was backed up by the [[Communist Party of India]], the [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]] and the [[Praja Socialist Party]]. The Tripura organization of the [[Indian National Congress]] had been invited to take part in the founding of the committee, but they stayed aloof.<ref>Mohanta, Bijan. ''Tripura – In the light of socio-political movements since 1945''. [[Kolkata]]: Progressive Publishers, 2004. p. 101, 103</ref>

On 11 October 1955, the committee organized a [[hartal]] (general strike) in Agartala. In the evening, a manifestation was held. [[Nripen Chakroborthy]], a speaker at the public meeting, gave a call to build Swatantra Tripura Committee branches throughout Tripura.<ref>Mohanta, Bijan. ''Tripura – In the light of socio-political movements since 1945''. [[Kolkata]]: Progressive Publishers, 2004. p. 104</ref>

On 4 November 1955, the Union Home Minister [[G .B. Pant]] visited Agartala.<ref name=a/> On 5 November 1955 the Swatantra Tripura Committee mobilized a mass protest with some 100,000 participants. Deb and Roy spoke at the rally.<ref>{{cite book|title=Thought|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBbmAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA8-PA13|year=1955|publisher=Siddhartha Publications|page=17}}</ref> During his visit, Pant conveyed that the reorganization issue had not yet been decided and that the Congress party should not be criticized for the recommendations of the SRC.<ref name=a>Mohanta, Bijan. ''Tripura – In the light of socio-political movements since 1945''. [[Kolkata]]: Progressive Publishers, 2004. p. 111</ref>

The Swatantra Tripura Committee organized a conference in Agartala on 6 November 1955, in which representatives from [[Halam (ethnic group)|Halam]], [[Kuki people|Kuki]], [[Tripuri people|Tripuri]], [[Bengali people|Bengali]] [[Hindu]] and [[Muslim]] communities took part. The conference resolved that subdivision-level conferences of the Swatantra Tripura Committee should be held in every subdivision of Tripura within one month.<ref>Mohanta, Bijan. ''Tripura – In the light of socio-political movements since 1945''. [[Kolkata]]: Progressive Publishers, 2004. p. 112</ref>

The issue was settled in July 1956, as the [[Lok Sabha]] decided to retain Tripura as a separate entity.<ref>Mohanta, Bijan. ''Tripura – In the light of socio-political movements since 1945''. [[Kolkata]]: Progressive Publishers, 2004. p. 114</ref>

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[[Category:Organisations based in Tripura]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1955]]
[[Category:Organizations disestablished in 1956]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in Assam]]
[[Category:1956 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Political organisations based in India]]

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