Indian Streams Research Journal

Volume : III, Issue : III, April - 2013

A STUDY ON THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE MUSLIMS OF TRIPURA

ALAK BHATTACHRYA AND MIJANUR RAHAMAN

DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

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Tripura is a small state of India union situated in the North-Eastern part of the Indian sub-continent. The state lies within the latitudes 22º56'N -24º32'N and between the longitudes 90º10' E-92º21' E. The area of Tripura, in ancient time, was said to be very extensive. Assam and Mizoram bound it on the north and the east respectively; while Bangladesh lies on the west; the northwest; the South and the South-east.Tripura did not have a distinct political status or demarcated boundary as it has today. One of the earlier kings of Tripura brought a number of Muslim families along with other Bengali castes of Hindu communities from the Muslim Sultan of Bengal and he arranged their permanent settlement in all over Tripura. Since then from time to time, the Muslim Bengalis like the major Hindu Bengali inhabitants migrated from the plain lands adjacent to the present Tripura which was regarded as District of Tipperah or State of Hill Tipperah

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