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The '''Tripura Territorial Council''' was the legislature of the [[Union Territory]] of [[Tripura]] from 1957 to 1963.

==History==
Tripura became a Union Territory of India on September 1, 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/|title=Tripura Election commission}}</ref> A 30-member Electoral College was established.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bhattacharyya|first=Harihar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnhQDwAAQBAJ|title=Radical Politics and Governance in India's North East: The Case of Tripura|date=2018|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-21116-7|language=en}}</ref> In 1957 this was replaced by a 32-member Territorial Council consisting of 30 elected members and two appointed by the national government.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Bareh|first=Hamlet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fk8kq9PUapkC&pg=PA7|title=Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Tripura|date=2001|page=7|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-795-5|language=en}}</ref> Elections were held in [[1957 Tripura Territorial Council|1957]] and [[1962 Tripura Territorial Council|1962]].

In 1963 the Territorial Council was dissolved and the members transferred to a newly created Legislative Assembly.<ref name=":1" /> The [[1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|first elections]] to the Legislative Assembly occurred in 1967.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://tripuraassembly.nic.in/historicalbackground.html|title=Brief History of the Tripura Legislative Assembly|website=Tripura Legislative Assembly|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref>

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{{Tripura elections}}

[[Category:Politics of Tripura]]
[[Category:Tripura Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Historical state legislatures in India]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1963 disestablishments in India]]

Tripura Territorial Council - Revision history

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