19 Facts About Tripura

Tripura has the highest number of primate species found in any Indian state.

An ancient name of Tripura is Kirat Desh, probably referring to the Kirata Kingdoms or the more generic term Kirata.

Tripura became a princely state during British rule in India.

Udaipur, in the south of Tripura, was the capital of the kingdom, until the king Krishna Manikya moved the capital to Old Agartala in the 18th century.

Tripura is bordered by the country of Bangladesh to the west, north and south; and the Indian states of Assam to the north east; and Mizoram to the east.

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Out of 15 free ranging primates of India, seven are found in Tripura; this is the highest number of primate species found in any Indian state.

Tripura is governed through a parliamentary system of representative democracy, a feature it shares with other Indian states.

The Tripura government has three branches: executive, legislature and judiciary.

Tripura sends two representatives to the Lok Sabha and one representative to the Rajya Sabha .

Tripura has a unique tribal self-governance body, the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council.

Tripura is an agrarian state with more than half of the population dependent on agriculture and allied activities.

Economy of Tripura can be characterised by the high rate of poverty, low capital formation, inadequate infrastructure facilities, geographical isolation and communication bottlenecks, inadequate exploration and use of forest and mineral resources, slow industrialisation and high unemployment.

In late 2014, Tripura reached surplus electricity production capacity by using its recently discovered natural gas resources, and installing high efficiency gas turbine power plants.

Many areas of Tripura have the problem of excessive iron content in groundwater requiring the installation of Iron Removal Plants .

Schools in Tripura are run by the state government, TTAADC or private organisations, which include religious institutions.

Tripura ranked sixth in Human Development Index among 35 states and union territories of India, according to 2006 estimate by India's Ministry of Women and Child Development; the HDI of Tripura was 0.

Hindus believe that Tripura Sundari is the patron goddess of Tripura and an aspect of Shakti.

Tripura had a wide collection of notable art and cultural displays.

Tripura was the first Indian to win a gold medal in the men's singles tennis event of the Asian Games.