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{{Infobox royalty
|type = monarch
|name = Joy Manikya I
|succession = [[Twipra Kingdom|Maharaja of Tripura]]
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|reign = 1573–1577
|predecessor = [[Udai Manikya]]
|successor = [[Amar Manikya]]
|spouse = Subhadra Mahadevi<ref>{{cite journal|last=Sarma|first=Ramani Mohan|title=Manikya Administration|page=11|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3to7AQAAIAAJ|journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society|volume=XX|year=1978|publisher=Asiatic Society.}}</ref>
|spouse-type = Consort
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|father = [[Udai Manikya]]
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|death_date = 1577
|religion = [[Hinduism]]
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{{Kingdom of Tripura}}

'''Joy Manikya I''' (died 1577) was the [[Maharaja]] of [[Twipra Kingdom|Tripura]] from 1573 to 1577.

==Life==
He was the son of [[Udai Manikya]], who had supplanted Tripura's previous [[Manikya dynasty|ruling dynasty]] and adopted its cognomen in 1567. Following his father's death, Joy succeeded him on the throne in 1573.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sarma|first=Ramani Mohan|title=Political History of Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmpuAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Puthipatra|pages=75–76}}</ref> However, his rule was only nominal as the powerful general Ranagan Narayan, who was the husband of his paternal aunt,<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=S. N. H.|editor-last=Rizvi|title=East Pakistan District Gazetteers: Chittagong|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZU4AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Udyamanikya+of+Tippera+sent+his+sister%27s+husband+Ranagan+Narayan%22|year=1971|publisher=East Pakistan Government Press|page=68}}</ref> held actual control of the kingdom, using Joy as a puppet-monarch.<ref name=SarmaP77>{{harvtxt|Sarma|1987|p=77}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Long|first=James|author-link=James Long (Anglican priest)|title=Analysis of the Bengali Poem Raj Mala, or Chronicles of Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iM7wdWc0bFsC&pg=PA547|page=547|journal=Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal|volume=XIX|year=1850|publisher=Asiatic society|location=Calcutta}}</ref>

Narayan eventually grew jealous of the popularity enjoyed by [[Amar Manikya|Amaradeva]], a prince of the former royal family.<ref name=SarmaP77/> The latter was invited to a dinner where Narayan planned to have him killed. However, he escaped and, rallying his supporters, captured the regent and had his head cut off. When Joy demanded an explanation for Narayan's death, Amaradeva dispatched his troops against the king, who attempted to flee before being overtaken and also beheaded.<ref>{{harvtxt|Long|1850|pp=547–48}}</ref> Joy's death is believed to have occurred in 1577, having reigned about 4 years.<ref>{{cite book|first=Nalini Ranjan|last=Roychoudhury|title=Tripura through the ages: a short history of Tripura from the earliest times to 1947 A.D.|page=22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WoJ5AAAAIAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Sterling}}</ref> Amaradeva subsequently took power under the name Amar Manikya, thus restoring the throne to the original ruling dynasty.<ref name=SarmaP77/>

==References==
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[[Category:Kings of Tripura]]
[[Category:History of Tripura]]
[[Category:Dethroned monarchs]]
[[Category:1577 deaths]]
[[Category:Executed monarchs]]
[[Category:Deaths by decapitation]]

Joy Manikya I - Revision history

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