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2 Jun, 5 tweets, 1 min read
What connects Tintin to Tripura? The gorgeous 'Ujjayanta Palace' that inspired Maharaja of Gaipajama's palace in 'Cigars of the Pharoh' & 'The Blue Lotus' (1/5)
Many Tintin fans will know that the world's most famous boy reporter visited India for the first time in 1934. Yet, how many can guess which state and which palace in India hosted him? (2/5)
The answer is Ujjayanta Palace in Tripura, on which Hergé modelled the palace of the Maharaja of Gaipajama. (3/5)
In the riveting Cigars of the Pharaoh, it is into the jungles of Gaipajama that Tintin crashes his plane. It is also where he meets a mad fakir, escapes from a mental asylum & is hosted by the Maharaja at his palace. (4/5)
Interestingly, the Ujjayanta Palace was built in the late 19th century by Maharaja Radha Kishore Manikya of the Manikya dynasty, after a devastating earthquake flattened Agartala in 1897. Rabindranath Tagore gave it its beautiful name. (5/5)

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