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32-598: The constituency encompasses Fatikchhari Upazila . The constituency was created for the first general elections in newly independent Bangladesh, held in 1973. Ahead of the 2008 general election , the Election Commission redrew constituency boundaries to reflect population changes revealed by the 2001 Bangladesh census . The 2008 redistricting altered the boundaries of the constituency. 22°41′N 91°48′E  /  22.69°N 91.80°E  / 22.69; 91.80 This Bangladesh location article

64-696: A Tibeto-Burman -speaking ethnic group of Bangladesh and Northeast Indian state of Tripura . They are the descendants of the inhabitants of the Twipra/Tripura Kingdom in North-East India and Bangladesh. The Tripuri people through the Manikya dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Tripura for over 600 years starting from 1400 A.D. until the kingdom joined the Indian Union on 15 October 1949. The Tipra Dynasty

96-553: A strong base. Kokborok , the lingua franca of the 12 largest linguistic groups of the indigenous Tripuris and other dialects spoken in Tripura are of the Tibeto-Burman group and distinct from those spoken in India. There is no influence from those spoken by other peoples in the north-eastern region. The Tripuris follow a traditional luni-solar calendar Tripurabda , which has 12 months and

128-632: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Fatikchhari Upazila Fatikchhari ( Bengali : ফটিকছড়ি , romanized :  Fôṭikchhôṛi ) is an upazila of Chittagong District in Chittagong Division , Bangladesh . It is the largest upazila of Chittagong. The Fatikchhari Jami al-Uloom Fazil Madrasa and the Jamia Arabia Nasirul Islam Madrasa were founded in 1904 and 1912 respectively, transforming Fatikchhari into an important site of spiritual activities in

160-498: Is a syncretic religion, melding traditional folk religion with Hindu elements, commonly found in northeastern India . A minority of the Uchoi clan of the Tripuri are Buddhist. Tripuri people loves to eat different types of fresh vegetables from hill. In their food menu, Bamboo Shoots are one of the traditional dish which they call "Muya" in their Kokborok Language. The use of dry fish

192-456: Is a harvest festival and one of the main festivals of Tripuri people. This festival is very meaningful to Tripuri People. The Tripuris celebrate Hangrai with a festive way. People start taking preparation of Hangrai which begins 4-5 days before. The younger generation make Nowshah, small huts made of bamboo and paddy husks. They gather for picnic where hot rice cakes and different foods are served. Elders would remain at home and take shower early in

224-470: Is also spoken in Feni . There are three main dialects of Tripuri, though the central dialect of the royal family, DebBarma (Puratan Tripur), is a prestige dialect understood by everyone. It is the standard for teaching and literature. It is taught as the medium of instruction up to class fifth and as subject up to graduate level in Tripura. Historically, Tripuri was written in native Tripuri script known as Koloma,

256-534: Is common in their daily cuisine. Sticky rice which is one of the traditional food of Tripuri People and they eat sticky rice in different ways including Awang Bangwi/ Awang Bwthai,Awang Sokrang, Awang Phanswi, Phap ni Awang and Awang Belep Eight Traditional Recipes or Cuisines which Tripuri People eat in their daily life. Awang Bangwi or Awang Bwthai which is one of the traditional food of Tripuri People. This cone shaped rice rolls in Lairu or banana leaves for steam which

288-418: Is loved by Tripuris. Awan Bangwi which is a rice cake prepared by Tripuris including sticky rice,butter or Ghee, reisins, nuts, ginger and onion . Awan Bangwi is the national food of Tripura State. Using bamboo for cooking chicken or pork or fish is popular and traditional way of cooking process of Tripuri People. The process is simple. Marinating chicken or pork or fish with different ingredients and stuff

320-402: Is the harvest festival of Tripuri people where the worship of goddess Ama Mailuma takes place. The Mamita festival is held during the time of Osa Mwtai. Tripuri festival of lights where goddess Ama Mailuma & Ama Khuluma are worshipped. It is said that it the festival was stated during the reign of Tripuri King Subrairaja to create awareness among the Tripuri people during that era. Hangrai

352-582: Is the traditional New Year's Day which falls on 13 or 14 April. The Buisu Festival begins with Hari Buisu which is the first day. In Hari Buisu Tripuri People clean up their houses and decorate their houses with different flowers. They pray a special prayer in the evening in their houses and temples. The next day is known as Buisu which is the main event, where people visit each other's houses. During this main Buisu, people actually socialize with each other. People cook different traditional foods along with others. It's

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384-655: The Chittagong Hill Tracts . These two hill ranges become one at the northernmost point of the upazila and they widen apart as they proceed southwards. There is no particular geographical place in the upazila called Fatikchhari, rather the entire upazila takes its name from one small all-season rivulet known as Fatikchhari Khal that originates in the Sitakundu Hills on the West and enters the Upazila at Bhujpur Union before joining

416-675: The Debbarma or Tipra ethnic group was included in the Tripuri Kshatriya group. Later, the Raja included other groups like Reang , Jamatia and Noatia as well, in an attempt to foster a sense of kindness among the people under his region. The Tripuri people have a rich historical, social, and cultural heritage which is totally distinct from that of the mainland Indians. Their distinctive culture – as reflected in their dance, music, festivals, management of community affairs, dress and food habits – has

448-1169: The Bhujpur Rubber Dam. Bibir Hat is the administrative centre of the Fatikchhari Upazila, not Fatikchhari . The old Fatikchhari Thana is divided into two Thanas (Police Stations) with Bhujpur created as a new thana in 2008 with its seat near Kazir Hat . Fatikchhari Upazila is divided into Fatikchhari Municipality, Nazirhat Municipality, and 18 union parishads : Abdullapur, Bagan Bazar , Bhujpur , Bokhtapur , Dantmara , Dharmapur , Harualchari , Jafathagar , Kanchannagor , Khiram, Lelang , Nanupur , Narayanhat , Paindong , Roshangiri , Samitirhat , Suabil , and Sunderpur . The union parishads are subdivided into 102 mauzas and 206 villages. According to Banglapedia, Fatikchhari Coronation Model High School, founded in 1912; Maizbhander Ahmadia High School; Haidchakia High School, founded in 1926; Nanpur Abu Sobahan High School, founded in 1942; and Dhurung Khulshi Lion's High School, founded in 1943, are notable secondary school and Zamidar Abdul Bari Chowdhury (Abc) School There are five colleges in

480-633: The British during the nineteenth century to work as tea garden labourers. The Fatikchhari Upazila also has 7 orphanages which take care of orphan children and educate them. These include: 18 of Bangladesh's 163 tea gardens are in Fatikchhari Upazila. These are given below:- Fatikchhari is also home to many rubber gardens. The Dantmara Rubber Garden (4500 acre) is the largest rubber garden in Asia. The other rubber gardens are Tarakon Rubber Garden, Rangamatia Rubber Garden and Kanchannagar Rubber Garden. It also home to

512-514: The River Halda , the longest river in Fatikchhari Upazila that runs through the upazila along almost its entire length. Dhurung is its second longest river. There are some small rivers (khals) originating from the hills both on the eastern and western flanks, all being tributaries of the Halda flowing southwards to the sea. Among them are Gazaria, Fatikchhari, Baramasia, Mandakini, Balukhali etc. In between

544-479: The chicken/pork/fish inside the bamboo with little water. Then cook it for 40-50 min on Charcoal. This Bamboo Chicken /Pork/Fish is widely popular among Tripuri People. Like many parts of the world the Tripuri has traditional sports. It is common in almost all the clans of Tripuri. They are called thwngmung in Tripuri. The main Tripuri clans are: The Tripuri people consist of clans, each with its own elementary social and administrative organisation starting from

576-705: The country. During the British colonial period, a thana was formed in Fatikchhari in 1918. In 1928, the Nanupur Sunnia Madrasa was established. During the Bangladesh Liberation War , a training camp was founded in Fatikchhari by Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi , Ziaur Rahman and Zonal Commander Mirza Abu Mansur in March 1971. Bengali freedom fighters around Chittagong that used to go to India for training purposes would return through there and Fatikchhari alone

608-541: The earliest known writing in Tripuri dates from the 1st century AD, and was written in Koloma. The script was replaced by an alphabet based on the Eastern Nagari script. Currently the revival of ancient Koloma script is in process. Some of the most notable Tripuri historical literary works, written by court scholars, include: The Buisu is the new year festival of Tripuri/Tripura People in India and Bangladesh. This Festival

640-434: The east, Mirsharai and Sitakunda Upazilas on the west. As of the 2011 Census of Bangladesh , Fatikchhari upazila had 100,009 households and a population of 526,003. 126,792 (24.10%) were under 10 years of age. Fatikchhari had an average literacy rate of 51.35%, compared to the national average of 51.8%, and a sex ratio of 1025 females per 1000 males. 41,994 (7.98%) of the population lived in urban areas. Ethnic population

672-545: The morning and wear fresh clothes. They gather around and share their Awangs, Moi or Curries and rice-based alcohol Arak or chuwak. They enjoy the entire day until midnight. In this festival Tripuri People visit holy places, worship God and perform individual sacrifices and rituals. Religion among the Tripuri In the 2011 census, 93.6% of the Tripuri people followed an admixture of folk religions and Hinduism and 6.4% were Christians (mostly, Baptists ). Tripuri Hinduism

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704-468: The population are Bengali Muslims with around 10% adhering to Hinduism and around 9,000 adherents to Buddhism. There are around 3,000 followers of ethnic religions. There are populations of Tripuris , Chakmas and Mog but it is decreasing as more and more are migrating to the nearby semi-autonomous region of the Chittagong Hill Tracts . There are also the Manipuris and Oriyas who were brought over by

736-483: The royal priest Chontai. Ker mwtai is celebrated 14 days following the end of Kharchi mwtai. It is the strictest puja ever performed by Tripuri people. It may be mentioned here that no puja or worship is so strictly performed as is the Ker of Tripuri people, by any section of the people in the world . In this also all the gods of Tripuri people are worshipped at a time. The worship of Tripuri Goddess Ama Osa. Mamita festival

768-427: The seven day long festival, where Tripuri god Lord Goriya is worshipped starting from Buisu to Sena. It's the last day of Goriya worship, where Lord Goriya gives all the household work back to Goddess Mailuma & Khuluma. Kharchi mwtai is the worship of the dynasty deity of Tripuri people, the fourteen gods. It is performed in the month of July August on the eight day of new moon. The fourteen gods are worshipped by

800-407: The two hill ranges, Fatikchhari consists of flat farmland annually affected by flash floods caused by heavy rainfall in the hilly catchment areas and the water being drained by several small rivers and the Halda. It is surrounded by Tripura (India) to the north, Hathazari and Kawkhali Upazila ( Rangamati District ) to the south, Ramgarh , Manikchhari , Lakshmichhari , and Raozan Upazilas on

832-744: The upazila. They include Fatikchhari Degree College, founded in 1970. Another Primary School Founded in 1926, Anwar Ali Primary School and now it is a Registered Government Primary School. Its Haji Anwar Ali Sowdagor Bari Familiar Haji Anwar Ali Sowdagor Family Inferior. Other schools include Dantmara A.B.Z Sikder High School and Fatikchhari Girls Pilot High School. The madrasa education system includes two fazil madrasas and one kamil madrasa. Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Obaidia Nanupur and Al-Jamiatul Islamiah Azizul Uloom Babunagar are prominent Deobandi institutions in Fatikchhari. Tripuri people The Tripuri people ( Kókborok : Tripuri dópha rok , (also known as Tripura , Tipra , Twipra , Tipperah ) are

864-401: The village level and up to the chieftainship of the whole community. These indigenous communities enjoy their traditional freedom based on the concept of self-determination . The relation between the king and the subject communities was as Maharaja (king) of Tripura-Missip or liaison officer Roy or headman of the community – Sardar the chief of the village – the individual. Earlier, only

896-409: Was 11,919 (2.27%), of which Tripura were 6,857 and Chakma 1,038. According to the 1991 Bangladesh census , Fatikchhari had a population of 388,013, in 65,861 households. Males constituted 50.1% of the population, and females 49.9%. The population aged 18 or over was 182,250. Fatikchhari had an average literacy rate of 32% (7+ years), against the national average of 32.4% literate. Around 88% of

928-413: Was established in 590 AD. Tripuris are the native people of Tripura having its own unique and distinct rich culture, tradition, and history. They were able to expand their influence as far south as Chittagong Division , as far west as Comilla and Noakhali (known during the British period as "plains Tipperah") and as far north as Sylhet Division (all in present Bangladesh ). Chittagong Hill Tracts

960-671: Was home to roughly 1,500 Bengali freedom fighters. Thus Fatikchhari was regarded as the gateway to freedom fighters . Subsequently, the Abu Subhan School playground in Nanupur became a refugee camp. Mass graves were dug in Dantmara, Began Bazar, Darbar Sharif and Lelang Tea Garden. It is one of the largest upazilas of Bangladesh. It is a fertile valley between the Sitakunda Hills and the Hills of

992-593: Was merged into the newly independent India as Tripura State. The Tripuri people speak Kokborok (also known as Tipra), a Tibeto-Burman language. Tripuri is the official language of Tripura, India. There are estimated to be more than one million speakers of the dialects of Tripuri in Tripura, and additional speakers in Mizoram and Assam in India, as well as Sylhet and the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh . It

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1024-608: Was the part of Tipperah Kingdom till British took control of the Indian subcontinent. In the year 1512, the Tipperas were at the height of their supremacy when they defeated some Mughals. The ruling dynasty passed through several periods of history and ruled Tripura for several centuries until the 18th century, after which Plain Tippera became a colony of Britain and Hill Tippera remained an independent princely state . On 14 October 1949, Hill Tippera

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