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Tripura Current Affairs - January 2019 ............................................................................................................. 2
Tripura Current Affairs - February 2019 ........................................................................................................... 3
Tripura Current Affairs - March 2019 ............................................................................................................... 4
Tripura Current Affairs - April 2019 ................................................................................................................. 5
Tripura Current Affairs - May 2019 .................................................................................................................. 6
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ICAR and Tripura received the award for the best Tableau in Republic Day Parade from Defence
Minister
On January 28, 2019,Defence minister, Nirmala Sitharaman presented the First Prize to the Indian Council of
Agricultural Research (ICAR) for its representation of Tableau on ‘Kisan Gandhi’ with the theme
:“Mishrit Kheti, Khushiyon Ki Kheti” under the central ministries and departments category.
Key Points:
i. The ICAR presentation depicted the importance of dairy farming, use of indigenous breeds and livestock
based organic agriculture for rural prosperity.
ii. Tripura bagged the best state tableau with the theme:‘Empowering Rural Economy the Gandhian
Way’whereas The second position was bagged by Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab was placed in the third
spot.
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Key Points
i. Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya is considered as father of modern architecture in Tripura. He did
the entire planning of present-day Tripura during his rule. He planned the capital city Agartala also.
ii. Statue was built by faculty and students of Tripura government’s Art and craft college. It costs Rs.5
lakh for the Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya statue.
Republic Day Parade: Gorkha Brigade wins best marching contingent award
On January 30, 2019, Gorkha Brigade received the best marching contingent trophy of the Republic Day
parade whereas ,The CRPF won the best marching contingent prize for the para-military forces.
i. In the category of tableaux ,Tripura ‘s tableau depicted Gandhian way of fuelling rural economy and won
the first prize whereas Jammu and Kashmir’s tableau depicted the state’s composite culture and ethnic
diversity won the second place and Punjab’s tableau which represented the theme of Jallianwala Bagh
massacre of 1919, which evoked memories of Independence struggle received the third prize.
Tribal musician of Tripura, Thanga Darlong, conferred with first AB Vajpayee Life Time Achievement
Award
Thanga Darlong, a musician from Tripura was awarded with the first Atal Behari Vajpayee Life Time
Award at the 37th Agartala Book Fair in Agartala, Tripura. He was honoured by the Deputy Chief Minister
of Tripura,Jishnu Devvarma.
i. He is the last tribal musician who plays Rosem which is a flute-like musical instrument made of bamboo.
ii. He had earlier received the following awards:
• Padma Shri- January 2019
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award- 2014
iii. He was also a part of the ‘Tree of Tongues in Tripura’ which was directed by the National Awards winner
Joshy Joseph in 2016.
Special Central Police Observers for States of Mizoram, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Tripura have been
appointed by Election Commission of India
On 26th March 2019, Election Commission of India has appointed Sh K K Sharma as Special Central Police
Observer for the States of West Bengal and Jharkhand and Sh Mrinal Kanti Das as Special Central Police
Observer for States of Tripura and Mizoram.
Key Points:
i. Sh K K Sharma, an Indian Police Service officer of 1982 batch and is a Retd DG Border Security Force.
ii. Sh Mrinal Kanti Das, an Indian Police Service officer of 1977 batch and is a Retd DGP Manipur.
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iii. Both these officers were allocated to supervise the deployment and other security issues in their respective
states.
3-day “Mainamati Maitree Exercise 2019” between BSF and BGB held in Tripura
Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) took part in the 3-day ‘Mainamati
Maitree Exercise 2019’ as a part of ‘Confidence Building Measures’ between India and Bangladesh held in
a general area of BSF’s Srimantapur border outpost near Agartala, Tripura.
i. The main objective of this exercise was to plan and conduct anti-smuggling and anti-criminal activity related
operations with an aim to achieve better joint operational efficiency and border management in the area.
ii. Both the forces took part in joint patrolling, anti-smuggling drills, simulated raids on suspected places in
both the countries, and checking of goods and identity at international check posts.
iii. The exercise was named after Mainamati hill range situated 8 km west of Comilla
township in Bangladesh, which is home to ancient Buddhist archaeological site in the region.
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