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{{Short description|Annual book fair usually held in February in Agartala, Tripura, India}}

'''Agartala Book Fair''' ([[Bengali language]]: আগরতলা বইমেলা) is an annual book fair usually held in February in [[Agartala]], [[Tripura]], [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Agartala book fair begins, bibliomania grips people|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/agartala-book-fair-begins-bibliomania-grips-people-117021100642_1.html|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Business Standard|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Agartala book fair from today|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/agartala-book-fair-from-today/cid/1445722|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=12 day long 38th Agartala book fair inaugurated|url=https://www.tripurachronicle.in/Tripura/12-day-long-38th-agartala-book-fair-inaugurated-19741.cms|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.tripurachronicle.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Agartala Book Fair begins|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/agartala-book-fair-begins/1744841|access-date=2021-02-12|website=www.outlookindia.com/}}</ref>

== History ==
It was started in 1981.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Prominent literary figures to assemble at Agartala Book Fair|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/tripura/prominent-literary-figures-to-assemble-at-agartala-book-fair.html|access-date=2021-02-12|website=NORTHEAST NOW|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2017, Tripura Publishers' Guild Secretary Raghunath Sarkar says, "After New Delhi and Kolkata book fairs, Agartala book fair is the most popular book fair in India."<ref name=":0" />

== See also ==

* [[Agartala]]
* [[Kolkata Book Fair]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Book_fairs_in_India]]
[[Category:1981 establishments in Tripura]]
[[Category:Annual events]]

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