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{{Infobox royalty
|type = monarch
|name = Kalyan Manikya
|succession = [[Twipra Kingdom|Maharaja of Tripura]]
|title =
|image =
|alt =
|caption =
|reign = 1626–1660
|predecessor = ''Mughal interregnum''
|successor = [[Govinda Manikya]]
|spouse = Kalavati<br/>Saharavati
|spouse-type = Wives<ref name=SarmaP103>{{cite book|last=Sarma|first=Raman Mohan|title=Political History of Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bmpuAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Puthipatra|page=103}}</ref>
|issue = {{unbulleted list
|[[Govinda Manikya]]
|Jagannath
|[[Chhatra Manikya]]
|Mathuresa
|Yadava
|Balai}}
|issue-type = Issue<ref>{{harvtxt|Sarma|1987|pp=102–03}}</ref>
|father = Kachu Fa
|house = [[Manikya dynasty]]
|birth_date =
|death_date = {{death date|1660|6|16|df=y}}<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=123}}</ref>
|religion = [[Hinduism]]
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{{Kingdom of Tripura}}

'''Kalyan Manikya''' (d. 1660) was the [[Maharaja]] of [[Twipra Kingdom|Tripura]] from 1626 to 1660. Reigning in the aftermath of an occupation by the [[Mughal Empire]], Kalyan did much to restore the kingdom, though it remained in a continuous state of war with the Mughals.

==Reign==
Kalyan was born into a branch of the [[Manikya dynasty]], with his father Kachu Fa being a descendant of Gagan Fa, himself a son of [[Maha Manikya]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gan-Chaudhuri|first=Jagadis|title=Tripura, the land and its people|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SFFuAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Leeladevi|page=25|isbn=9788121004480}}</ref> Upon the capture of Tripura by the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] in 1618, [[Yashodhar Manikya]], prior to his expulsion from the kingdom, named Kalyan his heir, due to the former's lack of close male relatives.<ref name=SarmaP96>{{harvtxt|Sarma|1987|p=96}}</ref> Following the Mughal's retreat after a deadly epidemic in the region,<ref name=ChibP11>{{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|page=11}}</ref> the Tripuri nobles appointed Kalyan as the new ruler in 1626, confirming his previous nomination.<ref name=SarmaP96/>

During his reign, Kalyan extensively worked to restore order to the kingdom. The administration was reorganised and improvements were made to the military, allowing the recapture of previously lost territory.<ref name=ChibP11/> He was also devoted to religious pursuits, having constructed a temple to [[Kali]] as well as donating lands to [[Brahmin]]s.{{cn|date=October 2020}}

Like his predecessor, Kalyan refused to pay tribute to the Mughals, resulting in repeated attacks against the kingdom, which he was initially able to repulse. However, he was ultimately defeated by Prince [[Shah Shuja (Mughal prince)|Shah Shuja]] in 1658. Tripura was subsequently added to the Mughal revenue roll under the name "Sarkar Udaipur" and Kalyan was required to give up his son Nakshatra Roy (later known as [[Chhatra Manikya]]) as a hostage to Shuja's court.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chaudhuri|first=Dipak Kumar|title=The Political Agents and the Native Raj: Conflict, Conciliation, and Progress, Tripura Between 1871 to 1890|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ocpVs6FwlxcC&pg=PA3|year=1999|publisher=Mittal Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7099-666-8|pages=3–4}}</ref>

After his death in 1660, Tripura, already weakened by war, was further subjected to a fratricidal succession struggle amongst Kalyan's sons.<ref>{{harvtxt|Chaudhuri|1999|p=4}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Kings of Tripura]]
[[Category:History of Tripura]]
[[Category:1660 deaths]]

Kalyan Manikya - Revision history

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