ABSTRACT
This chapter traces the journey of a native tribal princely town that was transformed into the capital city of a post-independent state on Tripura on the eastern borders of India. The author traces the history of Agartala as an urban space and study the impact of those ‘vicissitudes’ on its developments. Exemplifying the pivotal role of the Partition and the influx of refugee population, she argues how the linguistic and ethical pattern of the city changed drastically, giving way to a new notion of urbanity in which the policy makers both at the centre and state played a negligible role as the once-quaint town of Agartala which transformed into a refugee settlement. This narrative also draws attention to the post-independent towns and cities of the eastern borders that emerged out of unplanned growth and represent a different notion of urbanity.
