Article Title: Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur
20-08-2023
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Why is in news? Prime Minister remembers Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur on his birth anniversary
Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Debbarma Bahadur (19 August 1908 – 17 May 1947) was a king or Maharaja of Tripura State.
He was succeeded by his son, Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman, who was the nominal king for two years till the state's merger into India in 1949. He built the first airport in Tripura (Agartala airport).
Since he was a minor during this time, the state was governed by a Council of Regency headed by his mother.
Tripura King Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur was popularly known as the "Architect of Tripura" due to his contribution to educational institutions.
King reserved lands for the indigenous people whose outcome is said to be the present TTAADC (Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Councils) area.
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