Bengali immigrants and renovation of the administrative structure of princely state Tripura: An analytical study

Movements of immigrants were not a new phenomenon for the state Tripura. Tripura began to witness the flow of immigrants’ right from the last quarter of the 19th century and before her amalgamation, she witnessed a large number of immigrants especially from Colonial Bengal. The close affinity between the Colonial Bengal and Hill Tipperah caused the movements of the people from one place to another. Whether the rulers of Tripura whole-heartedly wanted to make a close affinity with Colonial Bengal is a matter of long discussion, but it is true that they had to admit the Bengalis into their territory. Now what were the reasons for which the rulers of Tripura pulled the Bengali immigrants especially from the educated sections from their state of origin? The present study is made to find out analytically the reasons behind those educated Bengali immigrants who immigrated into the Princely state of Tripura.