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2010
- January 15: Tripura
Times reports that huge tracts of the State
have been turned into ‘free area’ of NLFT
along the Tripura-Bangladesh international
borderline under Gandacherra Sub-division
of Dhalai district. A heavily armed militant
team is regularly moving in and out of the
Indo-Bangla border along Naraichari area
near border pillar no. 2268 and 2269 under
Boyalkhali village in Raisyabari area. The
team, led by self-styled NLFT ‘leader’ Atharobabu
Halam alias Babu Halam and Laltina Darlong
have reportedly divided into two platoons
to take control on localities under Raisyabari
and Gandacherra Police Stations. Recruitment
rallies of NLFT were held in several areas
of the locality namely Nunacherra, Jagabandhupara,
Bhagirathpara, Ratannagar around two years
back. According to the latest reports, a
five-member NLFT team had issued subscription
receipts against the names of all Government
employees of Raisyabari area during a one
night halt in the household of one Ajendra
Tripura, resident of Mainyakomar locality
under Raishyabari in December, 2010. The
team reportedly had close local aides namely
Shefali Tripura (28) and Hiralal Tripura
(45) among the members. The receipts demanded
three percent of salary from Government
employees as subscription to NLFT failing
which all the concerned persons would be
murdered mercilessly.
- February 1: Ruling CPI-M
says it feared a spurt of terrorism before
the local bodies elections in the state,
which has earned huge appreciation from
the central Government and other states
for effectively taming militancy. The elections
to 4,293 seats in 527 village committees
under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous
District Council (TTAADC) will be held Feb
24, 2011.
- March 3: BSF DG Raman
Srivastava says that BSF gave BDR a list
of camps of Indian militant outfits operating
in Northeast and will discuss the issue
of presence of the militant leaders of these
groups there. He said that they gave them
the list of Indian militant outfit camps,
including ATTF and NLFT and the names of
militant leaders who are still using the
soil of the Bangladesh.
2010
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October 25: As per the
Centre’s guidelines, around 1,200 refugee
families were supposed to return to Mizoram
within first part of October but it has
not happened due to a ‘misunderstanding’
among refugee leaders. According to sources,
the repatriation of Bru refugees has virtually
stalled due to a split among refugee leaders
belonging to Mizoram Bru Displaced People’s
Forum (MBDPF) and other NGOs. According
to administration in Agartala, the split
among Bru refugee leaders has virtually
marred the prospect of return of refugees.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram in his
last visit to Mizoram had made it clear
that all the refugees should be repatriated
by end 2010.
2009
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March 15: About 1,800
people become homeless after an entire camp
of Bru/Reang refugees in North Tripura district
is gutted in a major fire. The camp with
320 makeshift houses made of bamboo and
straw at Hamshapara is reduced to ashes
by the fire that broke out in one of the
huts. About 35,000 displaced Bru/Reang people
from neighbouring Mizoram are now sheltered
in six camps in the subdivision including
the Hamshapara camp.
2009
- August 17: In the
Conference of Chief Ministers on internal
security, held at New Delhi, Tripura Chief
Minister Manik Sarkar expresses serious
concern over the existence of NE militant
camps in Bangladesh and asks the centre
to enter into an extradition treaty with
Bangladesh to get hold of the insurgents
hiding their.
- October 13: Tripura’s
Left Front government extends for another
six months the Armed Forces (Special Powers)
Act (AFSPA), a controversial anti-terror
law enacted 50 years ago that gives sweeping
powers to the security forces deployed in
the region to counter insurgency, an official
on Tuesday said.
- November 10: Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh assures tribal leaders
from Tripura that the Central government
would suitably amend the controversial Armed
Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) 1958
that gives unlimited powers to the paramilitary
forces to shoot on sight and arrest anybody
without a warrant. The assurance, say tribal
leaders, came when a five-member delegation
of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura
(INPT) met the Prime Minister in New Delhi
late last month and submitted a detailed
memorandum.
2008
- May 9: The National Liberation Front
of Tripura (NLFT)
and Borok Nationalist
Council of Tripura
(BNCT) suffered a major jolt with the surrender
of 24 hardcore cadres with their family members
to the Assam Rifles.
- November 6: According to State Home Department
sources, the Tripura
Government submits a comprehensive report
to the Union Home Ministry on terrorists backing
militant outfits in the region, especially
Asom-based ULFA
and Tripura-based
ATTF. The reports states that the issue was
also discussed at a high-level security review
meeting, chaired by National Security Advisor
M K Narayanan, with police chiefs of the region.
It was revealed at the meeting that the blasts
in Assam
were reportedly carried out by Bangladesh-based
HuJI in coordination
with local outfit ULFA and serial bomb blasts
in Agartala were attributed to ATTF-ULFA combine.
2005
- October 1: The Union Government extends proscription of
the NLFT and ATTF for two years, till October
2, 2007.
2004
- April 15: The Nayanbasi Jamatiya faction of NLFT signs a ceasefire pact with
the Union and State Government for a period
of six months in New Delhi. The
signatories to the pact are the Additional
Secretary of Union Home Ministry, Commissioner
of Tribal Affairs (Tripura)
and Nayanbasi Jamatiya.
- April 22: ATTF chief
Ranjit Debbarma lays
down three pre-conditions for negotiations
with the Union Government.
- December 2: Ten militant outfits operating in the north-eastern
region have been proscribed under the ‘Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill, 2004’
tabled in the Lok Sabha in New Delhi. These
include the two groups’ active in Tripura,
the NLFT and ATTF.
- December 17: The National Liberation Front of Tripura-Nayanbashi (NLFT-N) signs a Memorandum
of Settlement (MoS)
with the Union Government and the State Government
of Tripura to surrender
arms and ammunition.
2001
- February: Another split takes place in NLFT. One faction is now headed by
Biswamohan Debbarma
while the other is led by Nayanbasi
Jamatiya. The primary reason for the split is
the expulsion of Nayanbasi
Jamatiya from the outfit following differences
with other top leaders.
2000
- September 2: A major split takes place in NLFT following the expulsion of Jogendra Debbarma,
chairman of the political wing. Debbarma
forms the Borok
National Council of Tripura (BNCT).
1997
- March 16: Tripura Government offers
to negotiate with ATTF
without any pre-conditions. The ATTF
proposal for talks in a third country is rejected.
- March 29: The Union Government imposes a ban of two years
on the ATTF.
- March 29: The Union Government imposes a ban on NLFT under the Unlawful
Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 , for
a period of two years.
1992
- The insurgent outfit rechristens itself as All Tripura Tiger Force by substituting the word
‘Tribal’ with ‘Tiger’.
1990
- July 11: The All Tripura Tiger
Force is founded under the leadership of Ranjit
Debbarma. At the
time of formation, it is known as All Tripura
Tribal Force.
1989
- March 12: The National Liberation Front of Tripura ( NLFT)
is founded under the leadership of Dhananjoy
Reang. Reang
designates himself as the chairman of the
outfit.
1987
- January 22: TNV banned under Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act, 1967, following involvement in a series
of killings, extortion and other terrorist
activities.
1980
- December: Binanda Jamatia founds Army of Tripura
Peoples’ Liberation Organisation
(ATPLO) to establish a sovereign Tripura
through armed struggle.
1980
- March 15: At its 12th general meeting, TUJS passes a resolution
calling for expulsion of Bengali-speaking
settlers from Tripura.
1978
- December: Tripura National Volunteers
(TNV) founded under the leadership of Bijoy Hrangkhal to
fight for a sovereign Tripura.
1972
- January 21: Tripura attains Statehood.
1967
- June: Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti
(TUJS), a tribal youth association, founded
by tribal groups to protect their rights.
1956
- November 1: Tripura becomes Union Territory.
1949
- October 15: Government of India takes over the
administration of the State.
1949
- September 9: Her Highness Maharani Kanchanprabha
Devi, Maharani Regent
of Tripura, and C. Rajagopalachari,
the Governor General of India, sign Tripura Merger Agreement.
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