Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = '''Pradyot Bikram Kishore Manikya Deb Barma'''
| image =
| caption =Bubagra Pradyot Manikya Deb Barma during the coronation day
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|7|4|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]| predecessor = [[Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman]]
| religion =
|native_lang1=[[Kokborok]]|native_lang1_name1=Bubagra|full name=H.H. Bisam-Samar-Bijojee Mahamopadhyaya Pancha-Srijukta Maharaj Sri Sri Sri Kirit Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman Manikya|house=[[Manikya Dynasty]]| father = [[Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman]]
| mother = [[Bibhu Kumari Devi]]
| occupation = [[Political activist]], [[Hotelier]], [[Journalist]], [[Politician]], [[wikt:Statesman|Statesman]]}}{{Officeholder infobox
| office = Chairman of [[The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance| The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA)]]
| office2 = MDC of [[ Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council |TTAADC]]
| order2 =
| order =
| parliament = [[Tripura Tripura Areas Autonomous District Council|TTAADC]]
| term2 = |
| constituency2 = Takarjala-Jampuijala
| governor2 = [[Ramesh Bais]]
| party = [[The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance|The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA)]]
| termstart2 = 20 April 2021
| alma_mater = [[St. Edmund's College, Shillong]], [[North-Eastern Hill University]]
| residence = [[Ujjayanta Palace|Ujjayanta Palace (Nuyungma)]], [[Agartala]]
| relations = Maharaj Kumari Pragya Debbarma (Sister)
}}
'''Kirit Pradyot Manikya Deb Barman Bahadur''' is an [[India|Indian]] political activist. He is the current head of Tripura Royal Family and is the 186th King [[Titular ruler|Titular]].
He was born in [[Delhi]], and now resides in [[Agartala]], [[Tripura]]. He also served as the editor of [[The Northeast Today|TNT-The Northeast Today]]. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Ch|last2=P|first2=an|last3=ay|date=2021-03-10|title=TIPRA chairman Pradyot Deb Barman to contest ADC elections from Takarjala seat|url=https://www.eastmojo.com/tripura/2021/03/10/tipra-chairman-pradyot-files-nomination-for-adc-from-takarjala-seat/|access-date=2021-04-16|website=EastMojo|language=en-US}}</ref>He is the current chairman of [[The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance]] also known as TIPRA.<ref name=scion>
{{cite news
|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060530/asp/northeast/story_6256097.asp
|title=Tripura scion follows in mom's footsteps - Royal foray into politics
|first=Sekhar|last=Datta
|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]
|date=30 May 2006
|access-date=2012-07-23
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130209/jsp/northeast/story_16538216.jsp|title=A royal suitable boy looks for a suitable girl|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref>He is known as 'Bubagra'<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tripura: Knowing the Bubagra - INSIDE NE|url=https://www.insidene.com/tripura-knowing-the-bubagra/|access-date=2021-04-17|language=en-US}}</ref> among his people and is one of the active voice for the rights of Indigenous [[Tripuri people]] of Tripura.

== Early life ==
Bubagra Pradyot Manikya was born at New Delhi on 4 July 1978 as the first son of [[Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman|Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore Debbarma (The 185th King of Tripura)]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Today|first=Northeast|date=10 April 2019|others=The state of Tripura which currently shares 856 km long border with Bangladesh, was a Princely State ruled by Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur Debbarma of the Manikya Dynasty.|title=The Conundrum of the Indigenous Tripuri|url=https://archive.northeasttoday.in/the-conundrum-of-the-indigenous-tripuri/|url-status=live|access-date=17 April 2021|website=Northeast Today}}</ref> and [[Bibhu Kumari Devi|Maharani Bhibu Kumari Devi]]. His childhood days was spent in [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]] at the Tripura castle. Also, his initial to higher education was from [[Shillong]] itself.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A royal suitable boy looks for a suitable girl - Pradyot Deb Burman is happy to be a bachelor but life does get lonely sometimes|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/a-royal-suitable-boy-looks-for-a-suitable-girl-pradyot-deb-burman-is-happy-to-be-a-bachelor-but-life-does-get-lonely-sometimes/cid/335477|access-date=2021-04-16|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

== Political career ==
As a youth, Pradyot Manikya was an active [[Indian National Congress]] politician. His father Kirit Bikram Debbarma was a three time MP and his mother Bibhu Kumari, a two time Congress MLA who had served as the Revenue Minister of Tripura. Although Pradyot did not contest election until this year 2021 TTAADC election, he had remained active in protest, agitations and movement for the Tipra people of Tripura.

In the 2018 Lok Sabha election, he was an active campaigner for his sister Maharaj Kumari Pragya Debbarma who contested for the Tripura East. He had also tried to forged a regional alliance during that period which did not happen.

'''2019-'''

After the fallout with the [[Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee|Tripura Pradesh Congress]] in 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tripura Congress chief resigns, accuses party of asking him to accommodate corrupt people|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/tripura-congress-chief-resigns-accuses-party-of-asking-him-to-accommodate-corrupt-people/cid/1707284|access-date=2021-04-17|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tripura Congress Chief Resigns From All Party Posts|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/tripura-congress-chief-pradyot-bikram-manikya-deb-barman-resigns-2106211|access-date=2021-04-17|website=NDTV.com}}</ref> Bubagra Pradyot Manikya resigned from the President post over the dispute of [[National Register of Citizens|NRC]] case filing and took some break from active politics.<ref>{{Cite news|last=News Service|first=Express|date=24 September 2019|title=Tripura Congress chief Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman resigns over NRC dispute|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/sep/24/tripura-congress-chief-pradyot-debbarman-resigns-over-nrc-dispute-2038402.html|access-date=17 April 2021}}</ref> However he started gained voice and support for his agitation against the [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2018]] (now an act). He also jointly filed a case with [[Tripura People's Front|TPF Supremo Patal Kanya Jamatia]] in the Supreme Court to revoke CAA in the state of Tripura and enforce [[National Register of Citizens|NRC]] with the cut off year as 1951.

'''2020-Present'''

== Positions ==

<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tripurainfo.com/Info/Interview/Interview_Pradyot_Kishore.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-04-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412181046/http://www.tripurainfo.com/Info/Interview/Interview_Pradyot_Kishore.htm |archive-date=2015-04-12 }}</ref>
* Chairman of [[The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance|The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA)]]
*Chairman of the Club Heritage - Tripura Castle Hotel
*Current Head of The Tripura Royal Family
* Former Member of the [[All India Congress Committee]]
* Advisor to the North East Students Committee, Delhi
* Advisor to the North East Regional Development Association (NERDA)
* Chairman of the Royal Tripura Foundation;<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.royaltripurafoundation.org | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815032257/http://royaltripurafoundation.org/ | title=Royal Tripura Foundation | archive-date=15 August 2013 | access-date=4 May 2018 }}</ref>
* Former Member of the governing council of [[Tripura University|Tripura Central University]]
* Former General Secretary [[Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee|Tripura Pradesh Congress]]
* Former President of [[Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee|Tripura Pradesh Congress]]

== Public life, activism and opinions ==
Bubagra Pradyot is quite active in his public life and can be seen taken part in several occasions like the TEDx Talks.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TEDxUTMShillong {{!}} TED|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/9251|access-date=2021-04-18|website=www.ted.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Ch|last2=P|first2=an|last3=ay|date=2020-07-04|title=How Tripura royal scion Pradyot is celebrating birthday by raising funds for the needy|url=https://www.eastmojo.com/news/2020/07/04/how-tripura-royal-scion-pradyot-is-celebrating-birthday-by-raising-funds-for-the-needy/|access-date=2021-04-18|website=EastMojo|language=en-US}}</ref> On 16 February 2020, he organized a Q&A interactive session with students at Townhall, Agartala where he talked and discussed about leadership, clarity and issues like [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|Citizenship Amendment Act]] with the students present. He also suggested that a scholarship in the name of [[Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman|Maharaja Bir Bikram]] be started by the Government of Tripura than putting up a statue.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Start scholarship in Maharaja's name instead of his statue: Pradyot Manikya|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/spend-money-students-instead-installing-statue-tripura-royal-family-head.html|access-date=2021-04-18|language=en-US}}</ref>

He launched [[The Northeast Today]], a magazine targeted at residents of India's northeastern states.<ref name=scion/> This enjoys a readership just shy of 1,000,000. He resigned and sold his magazine in November 2019 to concentrate on his own regional platform The Indigenous Progressive regional alliance popularly known as TIPRA. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-06-25|title=An interview with Maharaja Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma|url=https://erosbonazzi.altervista.org/an-interview-with-maharaja-pradyot-bikram-manikya-debbarma/|access-date=2021-04-18|website=Subcontinental wind|language=it-IT}}</ref>He is one of India's most vocal critics of the [[Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act|Armed Forces Special Powers Act]] (AFSPA) and is a prolific guest speaker at universities, the most notable being [[Harvard University|Harvard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2012/03/27/indias-north-east-on-focus-at-harvard/|title=India’s North East on focus at Harvard|website=Theshillongtimes.com|access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref> He has been active in protesting against the CAA since the passing of the bill in 2019 at the parliament.

== Filmography ==

=== Films ===
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| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Role
!scope="col"| Notes
|-
| 2021
!scope="row"| ''[[Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar]]''
| Himself (guest appearance) {{Citation needed| date = May 2021}}
|
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.tripurainfo.in/News/ArchiveDet.aspx?WhatId=7528 |title=Sourabee Deb barma |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181628/http://www.tripurainfo.in/News/ArchiveDet.aspx?WhatId=7528 |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.tripurainfo.in/Info/Archives/208.htm |title=Assertion of Tripura |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721181703/http://www.tripurainfo.in/Info/Archives/208.htm |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}

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[[Category:1978 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Agartala]]
[[Category:Tripura politicians]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tripura]]

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