While the first political movement got a head start in 1945 by the Tripura Janasiksha Samiti pre independence of India when Tripura as Kingdom was still under the Monarchial Rule. It set off a ground for the Tiprasa contemporary movement spear headed by the TUJS and subsequent organizations.
The starting of an Era:
1972
On 21 January, 1972, Tripura, became a full-fledged state under the North Eastern Region (Re-organisation) Act, 1971. Under this act, Meghalaya and Manipur also attained statehood while Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram became union territories.
1979
The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC), 1979 was unanimously passed by the Tripura Legislative Assembly.
With the emergence of Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti (TUJS) considered as the first Tiprasa regional political party was formed under the leadership of Shyamacharan Tripura and Harinath Debbarma, a release movement was held to brought the TTAADC Act based on the land reservation made by Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur.
1980
Tripura witnesses sporadic communal riotsriots across different parts of the state.
1985
TTAADC gets the Sixth Schedule status by the Indian Parliament under the provision of Article 244(2) and Article 275 (1) of the Indian Constitution. The upgradation came with the 49th Constitution (Amendment) Act, 1984 which came into effect from April 1, 1985.
1988
The Tripura National Volunteers (TNV) led by Pu Bijay Kumar Hrangkhawl signed the 1988 TNV Peace Accord with the Union of India. The demands included were Union Territory status for TTAADC, 50 per cent reservation of Tripura Legislative Assembly Seats, Inner Line Permit and the deportation of Foreigners who came to Tripura before 1965.
However, an understanding was reached in the Peace Accord where three more seats became ST reserved. The legislative assembly became 20 for the scheduled tribes as 3-more were made reserved seats.
1993
The All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) led by it’s president Lalit Deb Barma signs the Memorandum of Settlement with the Government of Tripura on 23rd August 1993. One key point of the accord is the to deport Bangladeshis who came to Tripura after 25th of March 1971. Restoration of alienated land, Inner Line Permit, ADC Police Force, Increasing number of seats for Scheduled Tribes at TTAADC, renaming of village and rivers, improvement of Kokborok.
2004
Memorandum of Settlement was signed on December 17, 2004 between Government of India, the Government of Tripura and the National Liberation Front of Tripura (Nayan Bashi Group).
2009
The Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) came into being after it came out of a merger with the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT). It has since demand for the creation of a new state ‘Tipraland’ that encompasses the TTAADC denarcated areas which is about 68% of the present Tripura state.
2015
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) was lifted by the Manik Sarkar led CPIM government from Tripura after 18 years. It was first imposed on 16 February 1997 in over 42 olice stations when Dasarath Debbarma was the state chief Minister.
2017
The agitation for Tipraland spearheaded by the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura was at its peak when the party decided to go for an economic bloackade. The agitatord blocked the Hatai Kotor National Highway 8 and the railway line for 10 days from 10 to 20 July 2017.
2018
Tripura sees a change in government after long 25-years of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was defeated bythe alliance of BJP and IPFT. This is the first time in Tripura, where a party with the ideology of creating new state (Tipraland) is in the government.
2019 & 2020
The year 2019 saw an interesting development when Bubagra Pradyot Manikya quit the Congress laying the path for the formation of the TipraHa Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA). It later saw different regional groups dissolving and merging of the old guard INPT into it.
2021
With the pending TTAADC election held on 6th April 2021, there is a new paradigm shift as the newly established TIPRA wins the council breaking the 15-year rule of CPI(M) government.
With some changes, the Greater Tipraland demand has taken over as the prominent aspirations of the Tiprasas where it saw the Greater Tipraland resolution being passed by the TIPRA at its first Council session.
Presently, the demand for a new state is prime factor and the key driving element in the ongoing Greater Tipraland movement. The cause of Tiprasa political movement over 50 years remains the same of securing Tiprasa constitutional rights and the strive for permanent solution.
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