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{{Infobox royalty
|type = monarch
|name = Govinda Manikya
|title =
|image =
|alt =
|caption =
|reign-type1 = 1st reign
|succession = [[Twipra Kingdom|Maharaja of Tripura]]
|reign1 = 1660–1661
|predecessor1 = [[Kalyan Manikya]]
|successor1 = [[Chhatra Manikya]]
|reign-type2 = 2nd reign
|reign2 = 1667–1676
|predecessor2 = [[Chhatra Manikya]]
|successor2 = [[Rama Manikya]]
|spouse = Gunavati Mahadevi<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sharma|first1=Suresh Kant|last2=Sharma|first2=Usha|title=Discovery of North-East India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8Mq1NU9Ml4C&pg=PA21|volume=II|year=2015|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-045-1|page=XI}}</ref>
|spouse-type = Consort
|issue = [[Rama Manikya]]<br/>Durga Thakur<ref>{{cite book|author1=Durlabhendra|author2=Sukheshwar|author3=Baneshwar|translator1=Kailāsa Candra Siṃha|translator2=N.C. Nath|title=Sri Rajmala|page=163|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cD9uAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Tribal Research Institute, Govt. of Tripura|location=[[Agartala]]}}</ref>
|father = [[Kalyan Manikya]]
|mother = Saharavati<ref>{{cite book|last=Goswami|first=D.N.|title=The Episode of Shuja Mosque- A historical review|url=http://www.dspace.nehu.ac.in/bitstream/1/11184/1/The%20episode%20%28D%20N%20GOSWAMI%29.pdf|series=Proceedings of North East India History Association: Tenth session|year=1989|publisher=North East India History Association|page=122}}</ref>
|house = [[Manikya dynasty]]
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|death_date = 1676
|religion = [[Hinduism]]
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{{Kingdom of Tripura}}

'''Govinda Manikya''' (d. 1676) was the [[Maharaja]] of [[Twipra Kingdom|Tripura]] from 1660 to 1661 and again from 1667 to 1676. Though viewed as a capable and successful ruler, Govinda's reign was interrupted by his temporary overthrow and usurpation by his younger brother.

==Life==
The eldest son of Maharaja [[Kalyan Manikya]], Govinda succeeded upon the latter's death in 1660. However, he was overthrown within a year of his ascension by his brother, [[Chhatra Manikya]], who claimed the throne with the aid of the [[Mughal Empire]], forcing Govinda into exile.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chib|first=Sukhdev Singh|title=This beautiful India: Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YMItAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Ess Ess Publications|isbn=978-81-7000-039-6|pages=11–12}}</ref>

Govinda fled into the [[Chittagong Hill Tracts]] where, according to the ''[[Rajmala]]'', he developed a friendship with [[Shah Shuja (Mughal prince)|Shah Shuja]], the similarly exiled brother of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Aurangzeb]]. However, chronological data indicates that a meeting between the two princes is impossible.<ref>{{harvtxt|Goswami|1989|pp=122–23}}</ref> Govinda later took refuge in [[Kingdom of Mrauk U|Arakan]], [[Sanda Thudhamma|whose ruler]] aided him in recovering Tripura in 1667. Accounts are contradictory regarding whether Govinda had Chhatra killed at this point, or if the latter had already died previously.<ref name=ChibP12>{{harvtxt|Chib|1988|p=12}}</ref>

To placate the Mughals, at whose behest his brother had become ruler, Govinda agreed to send five elephants annually as tribute to the emperor.<ref name=ChibP12/> Govinda generally maintained good relations with the empire, with Tripura being able to enjoy a de facto independent status.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thakurta|first=S. N. Guha|title=Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8LFuAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=National Book Trust, India|isbn=978-81-237-2542-0|page=13}}</ref> He is viewed as having been an able administrator, as well as a patron of the arts and learning.<ref name=ChibP12/> During his reign, the third section of the ''Rajmala'' was completed and the ''[[Naradiya Purana#Brihannaradiya Purana|Brihannaradiya Purana]]'' was translated into [[Bengali language|Bengali]].{{cn|date=October 2020}}

Govinda died in 1676 and was succeeded by his son [[Rama Manikya]]. Centuries later, he was immortalised by his depictions in the plays of [[Rabindranath Tagore]], ''Visharjan'' and ''Rajarshi''.{{cn|date=October 2020}}

==References==
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[[Category:Kings of Tripura]]
[[Category:History of Tripura]]
[[Category:Dethroned monarchs]]
[[Category:Rabindranath Tagore]]
[[Category:1676 deaths]]

Govinda Manikya - Revision history

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