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10/12/22 21:28 PM IST

Greater Tipraland

In News
  • Recently, chief of a political party of Tripura led a two-day dharna at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, to raise the demand for a “Greater Tipraland”.
Issue
  • Several tribal outfits and indigenous communities of the north-eastern state of Tripura demand for a separate state of Greater Tipraland.
  • The indigenous communities in the region is demanding a separate state as “survival and existence” was at stake.
  • Among the 19 notified Scheduled Tribes in Tripura, Tripuris (aka Tipra and Tiprasas) are the largest.
  • According to the 2011 census, there are at least 5.92 lakhs Tripuris in the state, followed by Reangs (1.88 lakhs) and Jamatias (83,000).
  • They want the Centre to carve out the separate state under Article 2 and 3 of the Constitution.
Historical Background
  • Tripura was a kingdom ruled by the Manikya dynasty from the late 13th century until the signing of the Instrument of Accession with the Indian government on October 15, 1949.
  • The demand mainly stems from the change in the demographics of the state.
  • The indigenous communities were reduced to a minority due to the displacement of Bengalis from the erstwhile East Pakistan between 1947 and 1971.
  • Their population reduced from 63% in 1881 to 31% by 2011.
  • They have also been dislodged from land reserved for them by the penultimate king of the Manikya dynasty Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman.
  • In the intervening decades, ethnic conflict and insurgency gripped the state, which shares a nearly 860-km long boundary with Bangladesh.
Criteria for new State
  • Parliament derives powers to create a new state from Article 2 and Article 3 of the Constitution of India.
  • Article 2- Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
  • States like Sikkim (previously not within India) became a part of the country under Article 2.
  • Article 3- It empowered the Parliament to make law relating to the formation of new states and alteration of existing states.
Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council:
  • The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTADC) was formed under the sixth schedule of the Constitution in 1985 to ensure development and secure the rights and cultural heritage of the tribal communities.
  • ‘Greater Tipraland’ envisages a situation in which the entire TTADC area will be a separate state. It also proposes dedicated bodies to secure the rights of the Tripuris and other aboriginal communities living outside Tripura.
  • The TTADC, which has legislative and executive powers, covers nearly two-third of the state’s geographical area.
  • The council comprises 30 members of which 28 are elected while two are nominated by the Governor.
Source- Indian Express

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