Mukunda Manikya

Mukunda Manikya (d. 1739) was the Maharaja of Tripura from 1729 to 1739.

Mukunda Manikya
Maharaja of Tripura
Reign1729–1739
PredecessorDharma Manikya II
SuccessorJoy Manikya II
BornChandramani Thakur
Died1739
Wives[1]
  • Prabhavati
  • Rukshmini
issue[1]
HouseManikya dynasty
FatherRama Manikya
ReligionHinduism
Kingdom of Tripura
Part of History of Tripura
Maha Manikyac. 1400–1431
Dharma Manikya I1431–1462
Ratna Manikya I1462–1487
Pratap Manikya1487
Vijaya Manikya I1488
Mukut Manikya1489
Dhanya Manikya1490–1515
Dhwaja Manikya1515–1520
Deva Manikya1520–1530
Indra Manikya I1530–1532
Vijaya Manikya II1532–1563
Ananta Manikya1563–1567
Udai Manikya I1567–1573
Joy Manikya I1573–1577
Amar Manikya1577–1585
Rajdhar Manikya I1586–1600
Ishwar Manikya1600
Yashodhar Manikya1600–1623
Interregnum1623–1626
Kalyan Manikya1626–1660
Govinda Manikya1660–1661
Chhatra Manikya1661–1667
Govinda Manikya1661–1673
Rama Manikya1673–1685
Ratna Manikya II1685–1693
Narendra Manikya1693–1695
Ratna Manikya II1695–1712
Mahendra Manikya1712–1714
Dharma Manikya II1714–1725
Jagat Manikya1725–1729
Dharma Manikya II1729
Mukunda Manikya1729–1739
Joy Manikya IIc. 1739–1744
Indra Manikya IIc. 1744–1746
Udai Manikya IIc. 1744
Joy Manikya II1746
Vijaya Manikya III1746–1748
Lakshman Manikya1740s/1750s
Interregnum1750s–1760
Krishna Manikya1760–1783
Rajdhar Manikya II1785–1806
Rama Ganga Manikya1806–1809
Durga Manikya1809–1813
Rama Ganga Manikya1813–1826
Kashi Chandra Manikya1826–1829
Krishna Kishore Manikya1829–1849
Ishan Chandra Manikya1849–1862
Bir Chandra Manikya1862–1896
Birendra Kishore Manikya1909–1923
Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya1923–1947
Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya1947–1949
1949–1978 (titular)
Kirit Pradyot Manikya1978–present (titular)
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)
Chaturdasa Devata (Family deities)

Life

Originally named Chandramani Thakur, he was the youngest of the four surviving sons of Maharaja Rama Manikya.[2][3] Each of his elder brothers had successively ruled Tripura; under Ratna II's rule, Chandramani had been sent as a hostage to the Mughal viceregal court at Murshidabad, while during the reigns of Mahendra and Dharma II, he was appointed Barathakur and Yuvraj respectively.[4][note 1]

When he succeeded Dharma in 1729, Chandramani assumed the regnal name Mukunda Manikya.[6] He proved to be a pious monarch, donating lands to Brahmins and Kshatriyas.[7] He attempted to maintain cordial relations with the Mughals, sending his son Panch Cowrie Thakur as a hostage[8] and informing on a plot to kill the Mughal Faujdar at Udaipur by his cousin Rudramani.[9]

However, in 1739, he was overthrown by the Mughals due to failing to provide Tripura's annual tribute of five elephants.[10] Udaipur was raided and Mukunda, alongside his sons Bhadramani, Krishnamoni and nephew Gangadhar, were arrested. Unable to bear this humiliation, he poisoned himself, with his queen performing sati in his funeral pyre. He was succeeded by Rudramani (afterward known as Joy Manikya II), who was chosen over Mukunda's sons after he drove the Mughals out of Udaipur.[9]

Notes
  1. Barathakur was a recently-created post which meant "principal prince".[5]

References
  1. Sarma, Ramani Mohan (1987). Political History of Tripura. Calcutta: Puthipatra. p. 128.
  2. Sarma (1987, p. 116)
  3. Roychoudhury, Nalini Ranjan (1983). Tripura through the ages: a short history of Tripura from the earliest times to 1947 A.D. Sterling. p. 30.
  4. Sarma (1987, pp. 119, 120, 125)
  5. Saha, Sudhanshu Bikash (1986). Tribes of Tripura: A Historical Survey. Agartala: Rupali Book House. p. 63.
  6. Gan-Chaudhuri, Jagadis (1980). Tripura, the land and its people. Leeladevi. p. 31. ISBN 9788121004480.
  7. DebBarma, Chandramani (2006). Glory of Tripura civilization: history of Tripura with Kok Borok names of the kings. Parul Prakashani. p. 25.
  8. Sur, Hirendra Kumar (1986). British Relations with the State of Tripura, 1760-1947. Saraswati Book Depot. p. 13.
  9. Sarma (1987, p. 127)
  10. Chib, Sukhdev Singh (1988). Tripura. Ess Ess Publications. p. 14. ISBN 978-81-7000-039-6.
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