Tripuri Nationalism is an ideology that supports
self-determination
Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage.
Self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international la ...
by the
Tripuri people
The Tripuri people (Kokborok language, Kókborok: ''Tripuri dópha rok''), also known as Tripura, Tipra, Twipra, Tipperah, are a Tibeto-Burman-speaking ethnic group of Northeast India, Indian state of Tripura and Bangladesh. They are the descend ...
. The conflict is in essence ethnic and the Tripuri community, indigenous to the region formed the clear majority of population in the
princely state of
Tippera, which joined the
Republic of India
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country since 2023; and, since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy. Bounded by ...
in 1949 as the state of
Tripura
Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ...
.
The issue has led to a number of armed uprisings and
Insurgency in Tripura.
There was a rebellion in 1950,
and armed conflict continued to erupt in the 1980s to 2000s. Since 1989, the armed rebellion was mostly led by the
National Liberation Front of Tripura
The National Liberation Front of Tripura (abbreviated NLFT) was a banned Christian Tripuri nationalist militant organisation based in Tripura, India. It had an estimated 1500 members in 2001. The NLFT sought to secede from India and establi ...
(NLFT) and the
All Tripura Tiger Force
The All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) was a Tripuri nationalist militant group active in India's Tripura State. It was founded on 11 July 1990, by a group of former Tripura National Volunteer members under the leadership of Ranjit Debbarma. ...
ATTF).
The Bengali side retaliated by forming militias of their own, such as the United Bengali Liberation Tiger Front (UBLTF), which destroyed a number of Tripuri villages in 2000.
The NLFT is classified by the
National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism as one of the ten most active terrorist groups in the world, and has been accused of forcefully converting people to Christianity.
[
Militant activity peaked in 2000 with 514 terrorism-related fatalities in that year. As of 2012, the uprising has largely been brought under control by the authorities through security actions and negotiated surrenders.]
Organisations and militant groups
Tripuri political organizations and militant
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groups include:
*All Tripura Tiger Force
The All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) was a Tripuri nationalist militant group active in India's Tripura State. It was founded on 11 July 1990, by a group of former Tripura National Volunteer members under the leadership of Ranjit Debbarma. ...
*National Liberation Front of Tripura
The National Liberation Front of Tripura (abbreviated NLFT) was a banned Christian Tripuri nationalist militant organisation based in Tripura, India. It had an estimated 1500 members in 2001. The NLFT sought to secede from India and establi ...
See also
*Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is an autonomous district council administering the Tribal-dominated areas of the state of Tripura, India. Its council and assembly are situated in Khumulwng, a town 26 km away ...
* Tripura rebellion
* Naga nationalism
*Tamil nationalism
Tamil nationalism is the ideology which asserts that the Tamils, Tamil people constitute a nation and promotes the cultural unity of Tamil people. Tamil nationalism is primarily a secular nationalism, that focus on language and homeland. I ...
*Insurgency in North-East India
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*Assamese nationalism
{{Infobox military conflict
, conflict = Assam separatist conflict
, partof = the Insurgency in Northeast India
, image = IN-AS.svg
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, caption = State of Assam
, date ...
*Assam movement
The Assam Movement, also known as the Anti-Foreigners Agitation, was a popular uprising in Assam, India, from 1979 to 1985, that demanded the Government of India detect, disenfranchise and deport illegal alien (law), aliens.: "The citizenship ...
* United Liberation Front of Axom
*Assam conflict
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, conflict = Assam separatist conflict
, partof = the Insurgency in Northeast India
, image = IN-AS.svg
, image_size = 300px
, caption = State of Assam
, date ...
References
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1980s conflicts
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