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{{Infobox royalty
|type = monarch
|name = Udai Manikya II
|succession = [[Twipra Kingdom|Maharaja of Tripura]]
|title =
|image =
|alt =
|caption =
|reign = {{circa|1744}}
|predecessor = [[Joy Manikya II]]
|successor = [[Joy Manikya II]]
|spouse =
|father = [[Dharma Manikya II]]
|issue =
|house = [[Manikya dynasty]]
|birth_name = Gangadhar Thakur
|birth_date =
|death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bengal Subah]]
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|religion = [[Hinduism]]
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{{Kingdom of Tripura}}

'''Udai Manikya II''' was the [[Maharaja]] of [[Twipra Kingdom|Tripura]] briefly during the mid-18th-century, having laid claim to the throne during a power struggle between his relatives [[Joy Manikya II]] and [[Indra Manikya II]].

==Life==
Originally named Gangadhar Thakur, he was the eldest son of Maharaja [[Dharma Manikya II]]. During Dharma's reign, both Gangadhar and his younger brother Gadadhar Thakur were passed over for the naming of ''[[Yuvraj]]'' (crown prince), possibly due to a quarrel, with the title instead falling to their uncle [[Chandramani]], who later ascended the throne under the name Mukunda Manikya.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Durlabhendra|author2=Sukheshwar|author3=Baneshwar|translator1=Kailāsa Candra Siṃha|translator2=N.C. Nath|title=Sri Rajmala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cD9uAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Tribal Research Institute, Govt. of Tripura|location=[[Agartala]]|page=176}}</ref> When the latter was deposed by the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] in 1739, Gangadhar was captured alongside Mukunda's sons Bhadramani and [[Krishnamani]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Sarma|first=Ramani Mohan|title=Political History of Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmpuAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|page=127|publisher=Puthipatra|location=Calcutta}}</ref>

By 1744, Tripura was in conflict due to a power struggle between [[Joy Manikya II]] and [[Indra Manikya II]]. Taking advantage of the situation, Gangadhar bribed the Mughal [[Naib Nazim of Dhaka|Naib Nazim]] of [[Dhaka]], [[Nawazish Muhammad Khan]], and secured a ''[[fatwa]]'' in his favour.<ref name="RoychoudhuryP34">{{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.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WoJ5AAAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Sterling|page=34}}</ref><ref name="SarmaP130">{{harvtxt|Sarma|1987|p=130}}</ref> He arrived in [[Comilla]] with a strong army led by a general named Muhammad Raphie and claimed the throne under the reginal name Udai Manikya.<ref name="SarmaP130"/> His rule was short however,<ref name="PlayneP469">{{cite book|last1=Playne|first1=Somerset|authorlink1=Somerset Playne|last2=J.W|first2=Bond|editor=Arnold Wright|title=Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: Their History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources|url=https://archive.org/details/bengalassambehar00playuoft/page/469/mode/1up|year=1917|publisher=Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Company|location=London|page=469}}</ref> as Joy's army gave a strong resistance against the invasion, forcing him into submission and driving him out.<ref name="SarmaP130"/> Udai subsequently died in Dhaka.<ref name="RoychoudhuryP34"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Kings of Tripura]]
[[Category:History of Tripura]]
[[Category:Dethroned monarchs]]

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