Bir Chandra Manikya
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H.R.H. Maharaja Bir Chandra Manikya Debbarman Bahadur | |
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King of Tripura | |
Reign | 1862-1896 |
Predecessor | Ishan Chandra Manikya |
Successor | Radha Kishore Manikya |
Consort | Ningthem Chanu Bhanumati Maharani Manamohini |
House | Manikya Dynasty |
Religion | Hinduism |
Maharaja Bir Chandra Manikya of the Manikya Dynasty was the king of Tripura from 1862 to 1896.
Biography[edit]
Bir Chandra Manikya is regarded as the architect of modern Agartala city.[1] In 1862, he started the urbanisation of the Agartala. In 1871 he established the Agartala Municipality. He established Umakanta Academy, the first western school in Tripura, in 1890.
An enthusiastic photographer, he was the first king of India to organize an annual photographic exhibition in his palace.[2] More than 100 years after his death, the Maharaja's Foto ka Karkhana, a fully equipped studio, came to light in Madho Niwas, inside the palace.[3]Lua error in Module:Gallery at line 124: attempt to call field '_warning' (a nil value).
Legacy[edit]
The Tagore family had links with the princes of Tripura since the time Dwarkanath Tagore but the relationship between the two families was closest during the time of Bir Chandra's reign. Rabindranath Tagore had a friendly relationship with the king. Three important works of Rabindranath Tagore — Mukuta (1885), Rajarshi (c. 1885), and Visarjana (1890) were directly influenced by his association with the royal family of Tripura.[4] Bir Chandra Manikya was also one of the main characters of the novel Prathom Alo (প্রথম আলো) by Sunil Gangopadhyay.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "AMC at a glance". Agartala Municipal Corporation. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
- ↑ "Old photographs - people in India". www.the-south-asian.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ↑ Sinha, Gayatri (7 September 2019). "Maharaja Ram Singh II of Jaipur was a radical pioneer of photography". The Hindu.
- ↑ Chattopadhyay, Suhrid Sankar. "Monarchy as model". Frontline. Retrieved 1 August 2020.