Tripura (princely state)

Tripura State, also known as Hill Tipperah,^[1] was a princely state in India during the period of the British Raj and for some two years after the departure of the British. Its rulers belonged to the Manikya dynasty and until August 1947 the state was in a subsidiary alliance, from which it was released by the Indian Independence Act 1947. The state acceded to the newly independent Indian Union on 13 August 1947, and subsequently merged into the Indian Union in October 1949.^[2]

This article is about the princely state up to the year 1949. For the state of India, see Tripura.

Tripura State (Hill Tipperah)

Agartala

1809

13 August 1947

15 October 1949

10,660 km² (4,120 sq mi)

513,000

c. 1400–1431

1431–1462

1462–1487

1487

1488

1489

1490–1515

1515–1520

1520–1530

1530–1532

1532–1563

1563–1567

1567–1573

1573–1577

1577–1585

1586–1600

1600

1600–1623

1623–1626

1626–1660

1660–1661

1661–1667

1661–1673

1673–1685

1685–1693

1693–1695

1695–1712

1712–1714

1714–1725

1725–1729

1729

1729–1739

c. 1739–1744

c. 1744–1746

c. 1744

1746

1746–1748

1740s/1750s

1750s–1760

1760–1783

1785–1806

1806–1809

1809–1813

1813–1826

1826–1829

1829–1849

1849–1862

1862–1896

1909–1923

1923–1947

1947–1949
1949–1978 (titular)

1978–present (titular)

The princely state was located in the present-day Indian state of Tripura. The state included one town, Agartala, as well as a total of 1,463 villages. It had an area of 10,660 km² and a population of 513,000 inhabitants in 1941.

1684 – 1712 (2nd time) (d. 1712)

Ratna Manikya II

1712 – 1714

Mahendra Manikya

1714 – 1732 (1st time)

Dharma Manikya II

1732 – 1733

Jagat Manikya

1733 Dharma Manikya II (2nd time)

1733 – 1737 (d. 1739)

Mukunda Manikya

1737 – 1739 Jai Manikya II (1st time)

1739 – 174. Indrasya Manikya II (1st time)

17.. – 174. Udai Manikya

174. – 174. Jai Manikya II (2nd time)

174. – 174. Indrasya Manikya II (2nd time)

174. – 1743 Jai Manikya II (3rd time)

1743 – 1760 Bijaya Manikya III

c. 1748 – c. 1758 -Regent (d. c. 1758)

Shamsher Gazi

1760 (d. 1760)

Lakshman Manikya

1760 – 1761 Krishna Manikya (1st time) (d. 1783)

1761 – 1767 Balaram Manikya

1767 – 11 July 1783 Krishna Manikya (2nd time) (s.a.)

11 July 1783 – Mar 1804 Rajadhara Manikya II (d. 1804)

11 July 1783 – 1786 Jahnavi Rani (RM)Mahadevayu (f) -Regent

Mar 1804 – 18 October 1809 Ramaganga Manikya (1st time) (b. 17.. – d. 1826)

18 October 1809 – 6 April 1813 Durga Manikya (b. 17.. – d. 1813)

6 April 1813 – 14 November 1826 Ramaganga Manikya (2nd time) (s.a.)

14 November 1826 – 19 March 1830 Kashichandra Manikya (d. 1830)

19 March 1830 – 3 April 1849 Krishna Kishor Manikya (d. 1849)

3 April 1849 – 31 July 1862 (b. 1829 – d. 1862)

Ishanachandra Manikya

31 July 1862 – 11 December 1896 (b. 1838 – d. 1896) (personal style Maharaja from 24 October 1877)

Virachandra Manikya

31 July 1862 – 9 March 1870 .... - Regent

11 December 1896 – 12 March 1909 (b. 1857 – d. 1909)

Radha Kishor Manikya

12 March 1909 – 1 January 1919 Virendra Kishor Manikya (b. 1883 – d. 1923)

Symbols[edit]

Flag[edit]

The flag features the coat of arms, on a background of saffron and red.

Coat of arms[edit]

The motto is "Bir ta Saramekam" (Courage is the one thing most needed or nothing is better than a warrior).

Eastern States Agency

Political integration of India

Tripura Merger Agreement

Tripura Buranji

Wade, Geoffrey (1994), The Ming Shi-lu (Veritable Records of the Ming Dynasty) as a Source for Southeast Asian History — 14th to 17th Centuries, Hong Kong{{}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

citation

Manipuri Queens in the Royal House of Tripura – A Historical Study

Tripura ruling dynasty

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