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|succession = [[Twipra Kingdom|Maharaja of Tripura]]<br />
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|reign = 1567–1572<br />
|predecessor = [[Ananta Manikya]]<br />
|successor = [[Joy Manikya I]]<br />
|spouse = Hira Mahadevi<ref>{{cite book|last=Majumdar|first=Ramesh Chandra|authorlink=R.C. Majumdar|title=History of mediaeval Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lBlBAAAAMAAJ&q=%22name+of+his+queen,+which+is+Hira-+mahadevi.%22|page=361|year=1974|publisher=G. Bharadwaj}}</ref><br />
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|birth_name = Gopi Prasad<br />
|death_date = 1572<br />
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'''Udai Manikya I''' (died 1572), also known as '''Gopi Prasad''', was the [[Maharaja]] of [[Twipra Kingdom|Tripura]] from 1567 to 1572. Though from a lowly background, he later rose to become one of the most powerful figures in the kingdom. Following the death of the previous monarch, his son-in-law, Udai took royal power himself, for a time supplanting the ruling dynasty with his own line.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Originally named Gopi Prasad, he was of humble origins.<ref name=RoychoudhuryP21>{{cite book|first=Nalini Ranjan|last=Roychoudhury|title=Tripura through the ages: a short history of Tripura from the earliest times to 1947 A.D.|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WoJ5AAAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Sterling}}</ref> He began his career during the reign of [[Vijaya Manikya II]], serving as a ''gomasta'' (rent-collector) in [[Dharmanagar]],<ref name=SarmaP75>{{cite book|last=Sarma|first=Ramani Mohan|title=Political History of Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmpuAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Puthipatra|page=75}}</ref> though was later driven out of this position after having climbed a tree belonging to a [[Brahmin]].<ref name=LongP547>{{cite journal|last=Long|first=James|authorlink=James Long (Anglican priest)|title=Analysis of the Bengali Poem Raj Mala, or Chronicles of Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iM7wdWc0bFsC&pg=PA547|page=547|journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal|volume=XIX|year=1850|publisher=Asiatic society|location=Calcutta}}</ref> Thereafter, he was appointed as a cook in the royal kitchens, then a ''[[wikt:chowkidar|chowkidar]]'', before ultimately rising to become Commander-in-Chief of the Tripura army. His influence further increased when Vijaya, wishing to ensure the ambitious officer's loyalty, married his own son to the latter's daughter, Ratnavati.<ref>{{harvtxt|Sarma|1987|pp=72, 75}}</ref><br />
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Upon the ascension of his son-in-law, [[Ananta Manikya]], to the throne in 1563, Gopi Prasad expanded his already extensive power,<ref>{{harvtxt|Sarma|1987|pp=73–75}}</ref> keeping the new king completely under his control.<ref name=RoychoudhuryP21/> This arrangement proved to be short-lived, when, in 1567, Ananta died under uncertain circumstances. According to differing versions of the ''[[Rajmala]]'', this was either the result of a fever or through strangulation on Gopi Prasad's orders.<ref name=RoychoudhuryP22>{{harvtxt|Roychoudhury|1983|p=22}}</ref><ref>{{harvtxt|Sarma|1987|p=6}}</ref> Regardless, the latter subsequently claimed royal power and adopted the regnal name Udai Manikya, assuming the erstwhile [[Manikya dynasty|ruling dynasty]]'s cognomen.<ref name=SarmaP75/><br />
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Udai proved to be a talented administrator and renamed the kingdom's capital, changing it from Rangamati to [[Udaipur, Tripura|Udaipur]] after himself. He extensively worked to beautify the city with the construction of buildings, temples and reservoirs, among which were the [[Chandra Gopinath Temple]] and the [[Chandrasagar]]. He was less successful in warfare however, having become involved in a 5-year-long conflict with [[Sulaiman Khan Karrani]], the [[Sultan of Bengal]], resulting in the heavy loss of money, 40,000 troops and the area of [[Chittagong]].<ref name=SarmaP76>{{harvtxt|Sarma|1987|p=76}}</ref><ref name=RoychoudhuryP22/><br />
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Tradition states that Udai had 240 wives, several of whom, on charges of infidelity,{{NoteTag|A visiting prince of Bengal was said to have numbered among their paramours.<ref name=LongP547/>}} he had executed through being [[Execution by elephant|trampled by elephants]] or devoured by dogs. Udai himself was poisoned to death in 1572, after having ingested a pill of [[Mercury (element)|quicksilver]] supplied by a certain woman. He was succeeded by his son [[Joy Manikya I]].<ref name=SarmaP76/><br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:Kings of Tripura]]<br />
[[Category:History of Tripura]]<br />
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[[Category:Murdered Indian monarchs]]<br />
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