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{{Short description|Proposed state in India}}
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[[File:Tipraland.jpg|thumb|Proposed Tipraland state map]]

'''Tipraland''' is the name of a [[Proposed states and union territories of India#Tripura|proposed state]] in [[India]] for the indigenous [[Tripuri people]] in the tribal areas of the [[Tripura]] state.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chakravarty|first=Ipsita|title=Tripura vs Twipra: An old identity politics may feed into new political rivalries|url=http://scroll.in/article/814873/tripura-vs-twipra-an-old-identity-politics-may-feed-into-new-political-rivalries|access-date=15 July 2021|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> They demand the [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]] and some surrounding areas to be made into a separate state from Tripura. The proposed state covers 68% of the total geographical area of the Tripura and is home to over one-third of the total population of Tripura.<ref name="Wire">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thewire.in/article/politics/tripura-pradyot-debbarma-greater-tipraland/amp|title=With a Call for 'Greater Tipraland', Tripura Royal Scion's Party to Fight District Polls|author=Anmoy Chakraborty|newspaper=The Wire|date=8 February 2021|access-date=26 February 2021}}</ref>

There is also a demand for a "Greater Tipraland" by adding Tripuris dominant areas outside the TTAADC and creation of development council for Tripuris living in other Indian states.

==Background==
The formation of "Tipraland", a state within the Tripura Tribal Areas, under articles 2 and 3 of the Indian Constitution is demanded by a [[political party]] called the [[Indigenous People's Front of Tripura]] (IPFT) as one of their political agenda.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenortheasttoday.com/tag/indigenous-peoples-front-of-tripura-ipft/|title=Indigenous People's Front Of Tripura (IPFT) {{!}} The North East Today {{!}} Delivering news up to the minute|website=thenortheasttoday.com|language=en-US|access-date=16 July 2017}}</ref> Another registered regional political party [[Tipraland State Party]] (TSP) also demanding the same demand of Tipraland. The [[Kingdom of Tripura|Kingdom of Tripura]] is a former [[Monarchy|kingdom]] which was ruled by 184 Tripuri/Tipra kings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ttaadc.gov.in/History-TTAADC|title=History TTAADC {{!}} TTAADC|website=ttaadc.gov.in|language=en|access-date=16 July 2017}}</ref> The first king of the [[Manikya Dynasty]] of Tripura was [[Maha Manikya]], who ruled the kingdom in the early 15th century.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Momin|first1=Mignonette|last2=Mawlong|first2=Cecile A.|last3=Qādrī|first3=Fuz̤ail Aḥmad|title=Society and economy in North-East India|page=81|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iOfZAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Regency Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-87498-83-4}}</ref> The earlier kings are partly mythological and partly legendary or semi-legendary. The second last king was Maharaja [[Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman]] Manikya Bahadur. After his death in 1947, Tipra kingdom joined India as a C-Model State on 15 October 1949 under the name Tripura, and later achieved statehood on 21 January 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tripura.gov.in/history|title=Historical Background {{!}} Tripura State Portal|website=tripura.gov.in|language=en|access-date=16 July 2017}}</ref> On 18 January 1982 the [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]] was established.<ref name="Wire"/>

==Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council==
{{main|Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council}}
The indigenous Tipra people demanded an [[autonomous district council]], which they finally achieved on 23 March 1979 which is known as [[Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council]] (TTAADC).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ttaadc.gov.in/About--TTAADC|title=About TTAADC {{!}} TTAADC|website=ttaadc.gov.in|language=en|access-date=16 July 2017}}</ref> The politically important TTAADC constitutes two-thirds of Tripura's 10,491 km<sup>2</sup> area, which has 12,16,465 (mostly tribals) of the state's 37 lakh population residing in it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tripurainfo.com/pgDetailsNews.aspx?WhatId=27036|title=TRIPURAINFO : The first news, views & information website of TRIPURA.|website=www.tripurainfo.com|access-date=16 July 2017}}</ref> Tribal Welfare Department (Government of Tripura) strictly monitoring the implementation of the Tripura Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Reservation Act, 1991 (As amended up to February 2006) for departmental promotion / direct recruitment in all Government Departments / PSUs and local bodies. For admission in schools / colleges, allotment of seats in Medical / Engineering and other Technical and General Courses, 31% reservation for ST is strictly followed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://twd.tripura.gov.in/reservation-policy|title=Reservation Policy {{!}} Department of Welfare for Scheduled Tribes|website=twd.tripura.gov.in|language=en|access-date=16 July 2017}}</ref> Schedule Tribes in Tripura are exempted from income tax.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/archive/tax-exemption-only-for-sts-living-in-ne-states/68653/|title=Tax Exemption Only For STs Living In NE States|work=The Financial Express|access-date=16 July 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{Pie chart
|thumb = right
|caption = Linguistic groups in TTAADAC (2011)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/ |title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |access-date=19 August 2021 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603015649/https://censusindia.gov.in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|label1 = [[Tripuri language|Tripuri]]
|value1 = 83.4
|color1 = yellow
|label2 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|value2 = 16.2
|color2 = Red
|label3 = Others
|value3 = 0.4
|color3 = pink
}}

The population of the TTAADC area is 1,216,465 out of which the Scheduled Tribes are 1,021,560, i.e. 83.4% of the population in the TTAADC area.<ref>[http://ttaadc.gov.in/Basic-Statistic TTAADC Basic Statistics]</ref>

Historically, the Hindu rulers of Manikya dynasty of Tripura had always encouraged the immigration of and settlement of non-tribals, especially Bengalis, to Tripura. The ''[[Rajmala]]'' authenticates the fact that [[Ratna Manikya I|Ratna Manikya]] (1462-1487) was the first to ‘settle 4000 Bengalis in four places’ in Tripura.<ref name="Changing Mentality"/> During [[Noakhali riots]] in 1946 many Bengali Hindu survivors, referred to as [[East Bengali refugees|East Bengali Refugees]], were sheltered in temporary relief camps in Comilla, Chandpur, Agartala the present capital of Tripura and other places. A large migration of Bengali Hindus and Muslims took place in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and other places during [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] on 1971.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://silchar.com/over-11-lakh-bangla-nationals-entered-ne-during-1971-83/|title=Over 11 lakh Bangla nationals entered NE during 1971-83 - Silchar|date=19 March 2017|work=Silchar|access-date=16 July 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Demographic Trends of Tripura up till 1971 as per Census Report 2001, Department of Tribal Affairs, Government of Tripura<ref name="Changing Mentality">{{Cite journal|last=Ghoshal|first=Anindita|title=Changing Mentality of the Bengali Refugees: The Story of Tripura (1946-1971)|url=https://www.academia.edu/13051044|page=20,31}}</ref>
!Year
!Total Population
!Non-Tribal Population
!Tribal Population
!Percentage of Tribal Population
!Percentage of Non-Tribal Population
|-
|1901
|173,325
|81,646
|91,679
|52.89%
|47.11%
|-
|1911
|229,613
|119,484
|110,129
|47.96%
|52.04%
|-
|1921
|304,437
|137,937
|166,500
|54.67%
|45.31%
|-
|1931
|382,450
|179,123
|203,327
|53.16%
|46.84%
|-
|1941
|513,010
|256,019
|256,991
|50.09%
|49.91%
|-
|1951
|639,029
|401,071
|237,958
|37.23%
|62.77%
|-
|1961
|1,142,005
|781,935
|360,070
|31.53%
|68.47%
|-
|1971
|1,556,342
|1,105,796
|450,544
|28.95%
|71.05%
|}

==See also==
* [[Tripuri nationalism]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120425121405/http://tiprasa.com/articles/viewcomm.asp?identity=732 Tipraland: Demand for Separate State]

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