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Name: tripura state

Type: Cluster

Start: 1259 AD

End: 1947 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Twipra Kingdom
  • Tripura Kingdom
  • Tripura State (Princely State)
  • Establishment


  • January 1259: Establishment of the Twipra Kingdom.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Aurangzeb


    Expansion during the rule of Aurangzeb in the Mughal Empire.

  • January 1701: The plains areas fell away from Tripura state due to the actions of a renegade Tripuri prince who was backed by Mughal governors of Eastern Bengal plains. After this, plains Twipra became a separate Mughal client kingdom, with the Mughal rulers exerting influence on the appointment of its kings.

  • 2. Partition of India


    Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

  • August 1947: Accession of Tripura State to India.

  • 3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1261: Gour Govinda conquered the Kingdom of Brahmachal.

  • January 1401: The Twipra Kingdom is established by Maha Manikya. It encompassed the Barak valley (Cachar Plains) of present day Assam state of India, the Mizoram state of India, and the Tripura state of India.

  • January 1401: The first king who ruled the state under the royal title of Manikya was Maharaja Maha Manikya, who ascended the throne in 1400.

  • January 1490: Independence of the Pratapgarh Kingdom from Tripura.

  • January 1514: Bengal sultan Alauddin Husain Shah annexed large parts of the Twipra Kingdom.

  • January 1516: Dhanya Manikya expanded Tripura's territorial domain well into Eastern Bengal establishing control over entire Comilla district and parts of Sylhet, Noakhali and Chittagong districts of Bangladesh.

  • January 1598: In 1597, the vassals of Mainpur had broken away from the Kingdom of Manipur, either legally or in practice. This event marked a significant shift in the political landscape of the region during that time.

  • January 1810: In 1809 Tripura became a British protectorate and in 1838 the Rajas of Tripura were recognised by the British as sovereigns.

  • January 1896: Due to the remoteness of the relatively inaccessible mountain country, Mizoram remained outside the focus of world politics for a long time and the population lived in small tribal communities without forming larger state associations. After the Chin-Lushai Expedition, the Mizo tribes submitted completely. The Mizo Hills formally became part of British India in 1895.

  • Disestablishment


  • August 1947: Accession of Tripura State to India.
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