Mariyam Nagar Church
Standing amidst the lush green lap of nature, seven KMs east of Agartala, Mariamnagar is actually a historical site. The Catholic church in this sparsely populated pastoral scenario had once been used by Portuguese settlers.
Tripura’s momentous contact with the Portuguese, settled in Chittagong in present Bangladesh, had commenced in 1577 when king Amar Manikya had sought their help in his war against the rampaging Mog tribal army.
The Portuguese who had fought for the king as mercenaries settled down in Tripura after the war had ended in 1585. When king Krishna Manikya shifted Tripura’s capital from Udaipur to ‘Puran Haveli’ in 1760 the Portuguese, though considerably reduced in number by then, settled there . But they settled down in Mariamnagar when king Krishna Kishore Manikya (1830-1849) shifted capital from ‘Puran Haveli’ to present Agartala in 1838.
The descendants of the original Portuguese settlers have by now ethnically and culturally melted down in the local population but the 169 yearold Church still remains the place of worship and an attractive structure.
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