Tripura (princely state)
| Tripura State (Hill Tipperah) ত্রিপুরা |
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| Princely State of British Indian Empire | ||||||
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| Capital | Agartala | |||||
| History | ||||||
| • | British protectorate | 1809 | ||||
| • | Accession to India | 1949 | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| • | 1941 | 10,660 km2(4,116 sq mi) | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| • | 1941 | 513,000 | ||||
| Density | 48.1 /km2 (124.6 /sq mi) | |||||
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. |
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| Kingdom of Tripura | |
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| Part of History of Tripura | |
| Kings of Tripura | |
| Dhanya Manikya | 1463-1515 |
| Dharma Manikya II | 1714-1733 |
| Vijay Manikya II | 1743-1760 |
| Krishna Manikya | 1760-1761 |
| Rajdhar Manikya | 1783-1804 |
| Ramgana Manikya | 1804-1809 |
| Durga Manikya | 1809-1813 |
| Kashi Chandra | 1826-1830 |
| Krishna Kishore | 1830-1849 |
| Ishan Chandra | 1849-1862 |
| Bir Chandra | 1862-1896 |
| Radha Kishore | 1896-1909 |
| Birendra Kishore | 1909-1923 |
| Bir Bikram Kishore | 1923–1947 |
| Kirit Bikram Kishore | 1947-1949 |
| Kirit Pradyot Deb Barman | 1978- |
| Tripura monarchy data | |
| Manikya dynasty (Royal family) | |
| Agartala (Capital of the kingdom) | |
| Ujjayanta Palace (Royal residence) | |
| Neermahal (Royal residence) | |
| Rajmala (Royal chronicle) | |
| Tripura Buranji (Chronicle) | |
Tripura State, also known as Hill Tipperah, was a princely state in India during the period of the British Raj and for some two years after the departure of the British. Its rulers belonged to the Manikya dynasty and until August 1947 the state was in a subsidiary alliance, from which it was released by the Indian Independence Act 1947. In 1949, it became one of the last princely states to accede to the newly-independent Indian Union.
The princely state was located in the present-day Indian state of Tripura. The state included one town, Agartala, as well as a total of 1,463 villages. It had an area of 10,660 km² and a population of 513,000 inhabitants in 1941.
The predecessor state of Tripura was founded about 100 AD. According to legend the Manikya dynasty derived its name from a jewel ('Mani' in Sanskrit) that had been obtained from a frog. The first king who ruled the state under the royal title of Manikya was Maharaja Maha Manikya who ascended the throne in 1400. The Rajmala, a chronicle of the Kings of Tripura, was written in Bengali verse in the 15th century under Dharma Manikya I. The kingdom of Tripura reached its maximum expansion in the 16th century.
In 1764, when the British East India Company took control of Bengal, the parts of Bengal that had been under the Mughal Empire were taken over by the British administration. In 1809 Tripura became a British protectorate and in 1838 the Rajas of Tripura were recognised by the British as sovereigns. Between 1826 and 1862 the eastern part was subject to the ravages caused by Kuki invaders that plundered and destroyed villages and massacred their inhabitants.
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