Under the Tripura Official Language Act, 1964, the official languages of Tripura are:

Under the Tripura Official Language Act, 1964, as amended, Bengali and Kokborok are the official languages of Tripura, and English is also used for official purposes.

Background:

• The Tripura Official Language Act was passed in 1964.
• Kokborok was recognised as an official language of the state in 1979, through an amendment.

About Kokborok:

• Kokborok is the language of the Borok (Tripuri) people, the indigenous tribal communities of Tripura.
• It belongs to the Tibeto-Burman language family.
• Kokborok Day is celebrated on 19 January every year.
• There has been a long debate about whether Kokborok should be written in the Roman script or the Bengali script.

About Bengali in Tripura:

• Bengali is the language of the majority of the population of Tripura.
• A large number of Bengali-speaking people moved to Tripura, especially after the partition of India in 1947.

State official languages:

• Under Article 345, the legislature of a state may adopt one or more languages in use in the state, or Hindi, as the official language of that state.
• Many states have more than one official language.

Tripura's political history:

• Tripura was a princely state ruled by the Manikya dynasty.
• It merged with India on 15 October 1949.
• It became a Union territory in 1956 and a full state on 21 January 1972.
• Its capital is Agartala.

Tribal areas:

The tribal areas of the state are covered by the Sixth Schedule, which provides for a self-governing council for them.

Kokborok and the Eighth Schedule:

There is a demand to include Kokborok in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, which lists 22 languages.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Manipuri is the official language of Manipur.
• ✗Assamese is the official language of Assam.
• ✗Hindi is not an official language of Tripura.