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Tripura (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 24 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 24.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 092 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 92.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Independent Hindu kingdom for over a millenium until annexed by Mughal Empire 1733; suzerainty once covered most of Bengal, Assam and Burma; acceded to independent India 1947; more than half of inhabitants speak Bengali, other languages are Tripuri and Manipuri. |
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| Tripura (preferred,C,V)
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| State of Tripura (C,V,English,U)
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| Tripura, State of (C,V)
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| ত্রিপুরা (NA,V,Bengali,U)
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| IN26 (NA,V,FIPS)
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| Hill Tippera (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, C) |
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since 1972 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| union territory (H) |
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designated 1956 |
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