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{{Short description|Third Maharani consort of Tripura}}

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'''Maharani Khuman Chanu Manmohini Devi''' was the third [[Maharaja|Maharani consort]] of [[Tripura (princely state)|Tripura]] through her marriage to [[Bir Chandra Manikya|Maharaja Birchandra Manikya]]. She was a contemporary royal photographer who choreographed her self-portraits with the Maharaja<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sinha |first1=Gayatri |title=Maharaja Ram Singh II of Jaipur was a radical pioneer of photography |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/art/maharaja-ram-singh-ii-of-jaipur-was-a-radical-pioneer-of-photography/article29350664.ece |work=The Hindu |date=7 September 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref> and was considered the first Indian woman who mastered the art of photography.<ref name="a">{{cite news |last1=Bureau |title=DID YOU KNOW India’s 1st female photographer was probably from Northeast India! |url=https://www.thenortheasttoday.com/did-you-know/did-you-know-indias-1st-female-photographer-was-probably-from-northeast-india |work=The Northeast Today |date=12 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A Woman In 19th Century Bengal Paved The Way For The First Female Photographers In India |url=https://homegrown.co.in/article/804002/a-woman-in-19th-century-bengal-paved-the-way-for-the-first-female-photographers-in-india |work=homegrown.co.in |date=11 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Did you know Kolkata produced the first professional female photographer of India? |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/did-you-know-kolkata-produced-the-first-professional-female-photographer-of-india |work=Get Bengal |date=8 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Kumar |first1=K. G. Pramod |last2=G |first2=Pramod Kumar K. |title=Posing for Posterity: Royal Indian Portraits |publisher=Lustre Press |isbn=978-81-7436-878-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x8U3NAEACAAJ&dq |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Maharaja Birchandra with Maharani Manamohini.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait of Manamohini Devi with Maharaja in 1880, is perhaps the first self-portrait by a couple in India.]]

She was the niece of [[Bir Chandra Manikya|Maharaja]]'s first wife, Queen [[Ningthem Chanu Bhanumati]]. She married Maharaja when she  was only 13 years.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bureau |title=History of Manipuri Queens in Tripura & their contribution towards development of state |url=https://www.thenortheasttoday.com/blogs/blog-history-of-manipuri-queens-in-tripura-their-contribution-towards-development-of-state |work=The Northeast Today |date=2 October 2018 |language=en}}</ref> The Maharaja gave the land at Math Chowmuhani as her share. She also established a temple and a 'mandapa' near the present [[:Category:International Society for Krishna Consciousness temples|Iskcon temple at Tripura]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Singha |first1=Memchaton |title=Matrimonial Alliances between the Royal Houses of Tripura and Manipur in the Days of Monarchy |date=31 August 2014 |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2489572 |publisher=Social Science Research Network |language=en}}</ref>