AGREEMENT made this the
fifteenth day of September, 1949, between the General-Governor of India and His
Highness Maharaja of Tripura.
WHERAS in the best interests of the State of Tripura
as well as of the Dominion of India it is desirable to provide for the
administration of the said State by or under the authority of the Dominion
Government:
It is hereby agreed as follows:-
Article I
The Maharaja of Tripura hereby cedes to the
Dominion Government full and exclusive authority, jurisdiction and powers for
and in relation to the governance of the State and agrees to transfer the
administration of the State to the Dominion Government on the fifteenth day of
October, 1949 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the said day’)
As from the said day the Dominion Government
will be competent to exercise the said powers, autonomy and jurisdiction in
such manner and through such agency as it may think it.
Article II
The Maharaja shall with effect from the said
day be entitled to receive from the revenues of the State annually for his
privy purse the sum of Rupees three lakh and thirty thousand only free of
taxes. This amount is intended to cover all the expenses of the Ruler and his
family, including expenses on account of his personal staff, maintenance of his
residences, marriages and other ceremonies, etc., and will neither be increased
nor reduced for any reason whatsoever.
This said sum may be drawn by the Maharaja in
four equal installments in advance at the beginning of each quarter from the
State Treasury or at such other treasury as may be specified by the Government
of India.
Article III
The Maharaja shall be entitled to the full
ownership, use and enjoyment of all private properties (as distinct from State
properties) belonging to him on the date of this agreement. The Maharaja will
furnish to the Dominion Government before 10th October, 1949, an inventory of
all immovable properties, securities and cash balances held by him as such
property. If any dispute arises as to whether any item of property is private
property of the Maharaja or State property it shall be referred to a judicial
Officer qualified to be appointed as High Court Judge, and the decision of that
Officer shall be final and binding on both parties.
Article IV
The Maharaja shall be entitled to all the
personal rights, privileges, immunities and dignities enjoyed by him as the
Ruler of Tripura, whether within or without the State, immediately before 15th
August, 1947.
Article V
All the members of the Maharaja’s family
including Her Highness the Rajmata shall be entitled to all the personal
privileges, dignities and titles enjoyed by them, whether within or without the
State, immediately before 15th August, 1947.
Article VI
The Dominion Government guarantees the
succession, according to law and custom, to the gaddi of the State and to the
Maharaja’s personal rights, privileges, dignities and titles.
Article VII
No enquiry shall be made by or under the
authority of the Government of India, and no proceedings shall lie in any Court
of Tripura, against His Highness the Maharaja or otherwise, in respect of
anything done or omitted to be done by them under their authority during the
period of the Regency administration of the State.
Article VIII
1) The Government of India hereby guarantees
either in continuance in the service of the permanent members of the Public
Services of Tripura on conditions which will be no less advantageous than those
on which they were serving before the date on which the administration of
Tripura is made over to the Government of India or the payment of reasonable
compensation.
2) The Government of India further guarantees
the continuance of pensions and leave salaries sanctioned by the Government of
Highness the Maharaja to the members of the Public Services of the State who
have retired or proceeded on leave preparatory to retirement, before date on
which the administration of Tripura is made over to the Government of India.
Article IX
Except with the previous sanction of the
Government of India, no proceedings, civil or criminal, shall be instituted
against any person in respect of any act done or purporting to be done in the
execution of his duties as a servant of the State before the day on which the
administration is made over to the Government of India.
In confirmation whereof Mr. Vapal Pangunni,
Advisor to the Government of India in the Ministry of States, appends his
signature on behalf of and with authority of the Governor-General of India and
Her Highness Maharani Kanchan Prabha Devi, Maharani Regent of Tripura, has
appended her signature on behalf of His Highness Maharaja Manikya Kirit Bikram
Kishore Dev Barman Bahadur, the minor Ruler of Tripura, his heirs and
successors.
Dated, New Delhi, KANCHAN
PRABHA DEVI
the 9th Sep, 1949. Maharani
Regent, Tripura State
V.P.MENON,
Advisor
to the Government of India
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