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2009
- April 27: Tripura Government extends the Armed Forces (Special
Powers) Act of 1958 for another six months.
- 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.
- 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.
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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