Agartala - Tremella Mesenterica (Paperback)

Chapters: Tremella Mesenterica. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 57. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Agartala - Ujjayanta palace The ancient Capital of the then Princely State Swadhin Tripura was at Rangamati (Udaipur, South Tripura) by the bank of the river Gomati and in 1760 A.D., it was shifted by the Maharaja Krishna Kishore Manikya (r.1829-1849) of Manikya Dynasty to present old Agartala by the bank of the river Howrah and was named Haveli. Due to frequent invasion of the Kuki's and also to keep easy communication with the British Bengal, the Maharaja Krishna Kishore Manikya started the process of shifting the Capital from Old Haveli to New Haveli (present Agartala ) in the year 1849 A.D. During British Raj, Agartala was the capital of the erstwhile 'Hill Tippera' state, it became a municipality in 1874-75, and in 1901 had the population of 9,513 . The Agartala Municipality was established during the reign of Maharaja Bir Chandra Manikya (1862-1896) within an area of 3 sq. miles having a population of only 875 by a royal proclamation in the last part of 1871 A.D. Mr. A.W.S. Power, the Ist British Political Agent for Tipperah was also appointed as the Chairman of the Agartala Municipality in the year 1872 A.D. who held office from 1872-73 A.D. Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur is called the founder of the planned City of Agartala. During the period of the early forties, the entire town area was re-organised infrastructurally in a planned manner with strong roads and a market building. On October 1, 2008 a series of 5 bomb blasts rocked the city. Agartala is situated in a plain along the Haora River, though the city also extends to the low lying hills on its northern parts. Agartala has a monsoon influenced humid subtropical climate with high levels of precipitation almost a...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=443719