Truth about Tring that is Tripura Era or Tipra Bisi

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• Truth about Tring that is Tripura Era or Tipra
  Bisi
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Truth About Tring

• There is no Tripuri Word Tring
• It is short form of Tripurabda, a Sanskrit word.
• It is like Bang of Bangabda or CE of Christian
  era
• No one celebrate like Bang or CE
• Then why should we as Tring?

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Tripura Era New year

• It was changed by some over enthused western
  culture minded people
• These people hate our culture, die for others
• 2 or 3 folksong was used as reference.
• The meaning was misinterpreted
• The actual meaning of song indicated new in 1st
  of Vaisakh, 14/15th
• Here are some examples of copies of documents

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Tripuri New year on Vaisakh

• Folk song proves in Vaisakh
• More songs directly pointing that new year is
  around 15th of April
• Songs are collected from Narendra Debbarmas book
  
• Book is Prachin Tripuri Loksangit

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Historical background of Tring

• The Book is compilation of opinion from
  distinguished Tripuri People.
• 21 distinguished persons opinion taken
• The book claims majority Supported for 22nd Dec.
  new year for Tripura Era.
• But in fact only one person suggested it between
  15th Dec to 15th Jan.
• Majority were for 1st of Vaisakh
• The opinion can be classed in 7 groups

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Group for New Year No of persons
So called Bengali eras 1st Vaisakh as NY of Tripura era 5
Saka era 1st Vaisakh as NY of TE 7
Either 1st Vaisakh of SE or BE 2
Betwen. Kartik-Agrahayn of BE 2
No comment about it 3
1st Pous of BE as NY day of TE 1
Any day Between 15 Dec to 15 Jan 1
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Calendar Reform Committee

• PM Nehru asked for Calendar reform
• Constituted in 1952, MN Saha-Chairman
• Report implemented in 1957, 22 March
• Two type of calendar recommended
• Civil Religious calendars
• Civil starts in 1st Chaitra NY on 22 march
• Religious in 1st Vaishakh NY in 13/14 Apr
• Since then Saka and Tripura era differed
• The report are here-just click

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Tripura Era

• Founded in 512 SE by Hamtorfa
• It followed the same month and date of Saka era.
• Here are the documented proofs

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Tripura era Followed SE
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New year day of TE

• Tripura era followed 1st Baisakh
• It used to vary from 1st wk April to 1st wk May
• The proofs are as follows.

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New year on 1st Vaisakh

• New Municipal law enforced on 1st of Vaisakh as
  it was new year day of tring.
• Proof is reports of Political agent

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New year on 1st Vaisakh

• School list of holiday of 1906 AD states
• School is closed on 1st of Vaisakh for new year
• From the Report of Gazette of Royal Govt. of
  Tripura.

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New year counted from Vaisakh

• The King Radha Kishore counted Tripuri new year
  from vaiskha.
• He signed as 12/8/1313 in the month of Agrahayan
  that is he counted new year from Vaisakh.
• Proof from royal gazette

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Cultural facts

• Is there cultural links to new year?
• Yes, what is that?
• That is Bisu / Buisu
• Buisu is our new year
• Proof is Robert Collins Book of My Journey to
  India 1837 AD

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Cultural facts

• It is new year celebration festival
• Three days celebration haribuisu and Maha buisu
• No particular God is worshipped
• Maikhlai is offered to departed soul
• It is only time to dine, dance and enjoy

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Other ethnic races Bihu

• May not have era but to welcome the year
  turnabout
• Ahoms
• Bodo, Naga tribes, Misings etc.
• Other tribes of Asom also celebrate
• Chakma Biju
• Mogh-Songkren/Sangrai
• Even Mizos chapcharkut is new year

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Bangabda New year

• It follows Tripura eras new year day
• Asom Era is same as BE
• Days and months are same
• Its celebration in very modern
• Only one day against 3 day of Bisu-Tring
• Program linked to Rabindra/Najrul songs
• No traditional culture linked or spontaneous
• Only city and educated people base
• Dr. Amlendu Mitra accepts this facts
• Kamal Narayan Chouduri accepts this fact

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New year in rest of India

• Not only Bengal or Tripura
• Many states observes in 1st Baisakh
• Tamilnadu, Orissa, Panjub, Assam

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Nepal New Yr. Baisakh

• Nepal also has its new year on 14th April
• No substance that Tripura Era followed Bengali
  new year
• Look at the cutting of internet pages

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Sri Lanka New Year

• It also has same year day as Tring
• It also celebrates on 1st of Vaisakh
• It corresponds 14th of April
• So no truth to saying that Tring followed Bengali
  new year

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Burma-Myanmar

• Now look at East, countries of mongoloid race
• In Burma new year is for 3 days like Tripuri Bisu
• It falls on April 13th to 15th
• Which is our 1st of Vaisakha
• View internet cuttings

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Thailand New year

• Now look at the Thai new year
• It is for 3 day April 13th to 15th
• It is known as Songkren
• It is also like our Bisu Tring
• It also falls on our 1st Vaisakh
• So 3 day new year is of Mongoloid origin
• Look at internet proofs

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Cambodia-Khmer Nw Yr

• Now look more east Mongolian country Cambodia
• It is also 3 days April 13th to 15th
• Like our Bisu on 1st of vaisakha
• No truth of 1st Vaisakh being of Bengali new year
  
• Look at the internet proofs

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Laos New Year

• Lastly look at Laos New year
• It is also 3 days April 13th to 16th
• Same as ours Bisu for three days
• So no iota of proof that 1st Vaisakh is copied
  from Bengali era new year
• Look at this proofs

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What the Scholars say

• Dr.Amalendu Mitra said 1st Vaiskha new year is
  not original of Bengali
• In his book of Rarher Sanskriti
• Kamal Narayan Choudhuri says bisu or new year is
  of Indo-mongoloid and sino Tibetan peoples origin
• In his books Folk Lore in North Eastern India

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Summery

• Historically SE, TE, BE same month date
• CRC-1957 recomd. Changes SE BE
• Historically it was on 1st Vsk
• Culturally 1st Vsk
• NE states tribes new year around 1st Vsk
• Neighbor country 1st Vaiskh
• Mongoloid country 13-15th April
• Majority of Historical background of Tring 1st
  Vaisakh
• 1st Vsk 14-15 Apr in not BE but of TE
• Tring or Tirpura era new year is on 14/15th April
  not on 22nd December

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One question

• Till which Tripura king observed 22nd Dec. as
  Tring new year?
• Which king changed from 22nd Dec to 1st vaisakh
  or 15th April at all?
• Can you reply?
• Nooo!
• So Tring new year is on 15th April-1st of Vaisakh

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