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{{Infobox royalty<br />
|type = monarch<br />
|name = H.R.H. Maharaja Bir Chandra Manikya Debbarman Bahadur<br />
|title = [[Tripura (princely state)|King of Tripura]]<br />
|image = Maharaja Bir Chandra Manikya.jpg<br />
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|caption = <br />
|reign = 1862-1896<br />
|predecessor = [[Ishan Chandra Manikya]]<br />
|suc-type = Successor<br />
|successor = [[Radha Kishore Manikya]]<br />
|house = [[Manikya Dynasty]]<br />
|spouse = Ningthem Chanu Bhanumati<br>[[Manmohini Devi|Maharani Manamohini]]<br />
|religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
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{{Kingdom of Tripura}}<br />
'''Maharaja Bir Chandra Manikya''' of the [[Manikya Dynasty]] was the king of [[Tripura]] from 1862 to 1896.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Bir Chandra Manikya is regarded as the architect of modern [[Agartala]] city.<ref>{{cite web|title=AMC at a glance|url=http://agartalacity.nic.in/about_amc1.htm|publisher=Agartala Municipal Corporation|accessdate=8 June 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006034328/http://agartalacity.nic.in/about_amc1.htm|archivedate=6 October 2009}}</ref> 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.<br />
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An enthusiastic photographer, he was the first king of India to organize an annual photographic exhibition in his palace.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Old photographs - people in India|url=http://www.the-south-asian.com/march2007/old_photographs_people_india.htm|access-date=2020-08-01|website=www.the-south-asian.com}}</ref> 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.<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>{{Gallery<br />
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|File:Maharaja Birchandra with Maharani Manamohini.jpg|Maharaja Birchandra with the queen [[Manmohini Devi|Maharani Manamohini]] in 1880<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
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'' ({{Circa|1885}}), and ''Visarjana'' (1890) were directly influenced by his association with the royal family of Tripura.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chattopadhyay|first=Suhrid Sankar|title=Monarchy as model|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/article25641967.ece|access-date=2020-08-01|website=Frontline|language=en}}</ref> Bir Chandra Manikya was also one of the main characters of the novel ''Prathom Alo'' ({{Lang|bn|প্রথম আলো}}) by [[Sunil Gangopadhyay]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Manikya dynasty]]<br />
*[[Tripura (princely state)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/t/tripura.html Kingdom of Tripura - University of Queensland]<br />
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