Tripura kingdom manikya dynesty

Maharaja Bir Chandra Manikya

Manikya dynasty

The Kings the Twipra (Tripura) kingdom assumed the title of Manikya. The dynasty was founded when Ratna Fa (Ratna Manikya) assumed the title in 1280.
Kings of Tripura
Dhanya Manikya
1463-1515
Dharma Manikya II
1714-1733
Vijay Manikya II
1743-1760
Krishna Manikya
1760-1761
Rajdhar Manikya
1783-1804
Ramgana Manikya
1804-1809
Durga Manikya
1809-1813
Kashi Chandra
1826-1830
Krishna Kishore
1830-1849
Ishan Chandra
1849-1862
Bir Chandra
1862-1896
Radha Kishore
1896-1909
Birendra Kishore
1909-1923
Bir Bikram Kishore
1923–1947
Kirit Bikram Kishore
1947-1949
Kirit Pradyot Deb Barman
1978-
Tripura monarchy data
Manikya dynasty (Royal family)
Agartala (Capital of the kingdom)
Ujjayanta Palace (Royal residence)
Neermahal (Royal residence)
Rajmala (Royal chronicle)
Tripura Buranji (Chronicle)
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One of the more famous Manikya rulers was Bir Chandra Manikya Bahadur, in the 19th century.[1]Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya (r. 1923–1947) died in 1947, and his 14 year old son Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya was designated the 185th king even though he was too young to rule for the transitional period until 15 September 1949, when Tripura acceded to the [[Union of India]However, under Customary Law he ruled under his Mother, Regent Queen Kanchan Prabha Devi]. Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya died in 2006, and his son Pradyot Bikram Kishore Manikya (born 1978) would be the pretender as 186th king, sometimes so considered in Tripuri irredentism.
List of kings
The first king of the Manikya Dynasty is the 145th king in the reckoning of the Rajmala, the Chronicle of the Kings, written in the 14th century. The earlier kings are partly mythological and partly legendary or semi-legendary.[2]

1. Ratna Fa (Ratna Manikya) fl. 1280
2. Pratap Manikya
3. Mukut Manikya (Mukunda)
4. Maha Manikya
5. Dharma Manikya fl. 1430
6. Pratap Manikya II
7. Dhanya Manikya
8. Dhwaj Manikya
9. Deb Manikya
10. Indra Manikya
11. Vijay Manikya I (1532-1563)
12. Ananta Manikya
13. Udai Manikya
14. Jai Manikya (Loktor Fa)
15. Amar Manikya (1577-1586)
16. Rajdhar Manikya
17. Jashodhar Manikya
18. Kalyan Manikya
19. Gobinda Manikya (fl. 1660s)
20. Chhatra Manikya (Nakhshatra Rai) (fl. 1660s/1670s)
21. Ramdev Manikya
22. Ratna Manikya II
23. Narendra Manikya
24. Mahendra Manikya
25. Dharma Manikya II (1714-1733)
26. Mukunda Manikya
27. Jai Manikya
28. Indra Manikya II
29. Vijay Manikya II
30. Krishna Manikya
31. Rajdhar Manikya
32. Ramgana Manikya
33. Durga Manikya
34. Kashi Chandra Manikya
35. Krishna Kishore Manikya
36. Ishan Chandra Manikya
37. Bir Chandra Manikya
38. Radha Kishore Manikya
39. Birendra Kishore Manikya
40. Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma (1923 – 1947)
41. Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya Debbarma (1947-1949), d. in 2006
42. Kirit Pradyot Deb Barman (b. 1977 or 1978)