PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Founded
about 100AD. Rulers are.....
- Raja RATNA, 99th King, received the title of Manikya about
1352.
- Raja RAJADHARA MANIKYA II 1785/1804
- Raja RAMAGANGA MANIKYA 1804/1809 and 1813/1826
- Raja DURGA MANIKYA 1809/1813
- Raja KASHICHANDRA MANIKYA 1826/1830, died 5th January 1830.
- Raja KRISHNA KISHORE MANIKYA 1830/1849, married and had
issue. He died 1849.
- Raja ISHANACHANDRA MANIKYA (qv)
- HH Maharaja BIRCHANDRA MANIKYA DEV VARMAN (qv)
- Raja ISHANACHANDRA MANIKYA 1849/1862
- HH Maharaja BIRCHANDRA MANIKYA DEV VARMAN 1862/1896, born
1837,
succeeded 31st July 1862 (#1),
married and had issue. He died 14th December 1896.
- HH Maharaja RADHA KISHOR MANIKYA (qv)
- Maharajkumar Samarendra Chandra Dev Varma
- HH Maharaja RADHA KISHOR MANIKYA 1896/1909, born
1857, married and had
issue. He died 12th March 1909.
- HH Maharaja BIRENDRA KISHORE MANIKYA (see below)
- Maharajkumar Ranabur Kishore Dev Varman, married Rani
Yadvhendra Kaur,
daughter
of Raja Ranbir Singh of Patiala.
- Maharajkumar Brajendra Kishore Dev Varman, married two
Princesses from
Dholpur,
and had issue.
- Maharajkumar Ramendra Kishore Dev Varman, married
1stly,
Rani
Ila Devi, daughter of HH Maharaja JITENDRA NARAYAN Bhup Bahadur of Cooch
Behar, and his wife, HH Maharani Indira Devi, married 2ndly, Rani
Kamal Prabha (see below), and had issue
- Maharajkumar Manabendra Kishore Deb Burman [Prince
Bhim]
(by Rani
Ila Devi),
born 1937, married
Rani Reeta Roy. He died 2002.
- Maharajkumar Bharat Kishore Deb Burman [Prince Habi]
(by
Rani
Ila Devi), born
1941, married
Rani
Moon Moon Sen, and has issue, 2 daughters.
- Kumari Raima Dev Sen Verma, born 11th November
1979 in Mumbai; a Film actress, she first appeared in Godmother
(1999), with her most recent role being in The Japanese Wife
(2008).
- Kumari Riya Dev Sen Verma, born 24th January
1981 in Kolkata; educated at Loreto House, Kolkata, Rani Birla College,
Kolkata and the National Institute of Fashion Technology; a
Fashion designer, model and Film actress, she first appeared in Vishkanya
(1991), and since then has starred or appeared in many movies, the most
recent being Heyy Baby (2007); she has worked as an activist,
and has appeared in an AIDS awareness music
video and has
helped to raise funds for paediatric eye-care.
- Rani Devika Devi, born 1938, married 1961, Maharaj
PRITHVIRAJ SINGH of Jhalai/Jaipur.
- Maharajkumari Dhriti Devi (by Rani Kamal Prabha)
 Maharajkumari Shriti Devi (by Rani Kamal Prabha) - Maharajkumari Hemantika Devi (by Rani Kamal Prabha)
- Maharajkumar Jishnu Kishore Dev Varma (by Rani Kamal
Prabha),
married and has issue.
- Kumar Pratik Kishore Dev Varma
- HH Maharaja BIRENDRA KISHORE DEV VARMAN MANIKYA
Bahadur 1909/1923, born
1883, Maharaja [cr.1919], married 4thly, (amongst others), HH Maharani
Jeevan
Kumari
Devi, and had issue. He died 13th August 1923.
- Capt. HH Bisam-Samar-Bijayi Mahamahodya Pancha-Srijukta
Maharaja
Manikya
Sir BIR BIKRAM KISHORE DEV VARMAN Bahadur (see below)
- Maharajkumar Durjay Kishore Dev Varman fl.1940
- HH Maharani (name unknown), married HH Maharawal
SABHAGSINHJI RANJITSINHJI
of Baria,
and had issue.
- Rani Kamal Prabha, born 1915, married (her cousin),
Maharaj Ramendra Kishore Dev Varman, and had issue (see
above).
 Capt.
HH Bisam-Samar-Bijayi Mahamahodya Pancha-Srijukta Maharaja Manikya Sir
BIR BIKRAM KISHORE DEV VARMAN Bahadur 1923/1947, born 19th August 1908,
married 1stly, 16th January 1929, the 6th daughter of Maharaja Bahadur Sir BHAGWATI PRASAD
SINGH of Balrampur,
married 2ndly, 28th May 1931, HH Maharani Kanchan Prabha Devi, Regent
of
Tripura 1947/1949, eldest daughter of Col.
HH Maharaja Mahendra Sir YADVENDRA SINGH Ju Deo Bahadur of Panna, and his first wife, HH Maharani
Shri
Manhar Kunverba,
and had issue. He died 17th May 1947
- HH Bisam-Samar-Bijayi Mahamahodya Pancha-Srijukta
Maharaja
KIRIT BIKRAM KISHORE DEV VARMAN Manikya Bahadur (qv)
- HH Maharani Jayati Devi, married HH
Maharajadhiraj
Sipahdar-ul-Mulk JAYENDRA SINGH Ju Deo of Charkhari,
and has issue.
- HH Maharani Priti Devi, married 1956, Yuvaraj
Prithviraj Singh [later HH Maharajadhiraj
Mirzan Maharao Shri PRAGMALJI MADANSINHJI III Sawai Bahadur] of Kutch, and has issue.
 HH Bisam-Samar-Bijayi Mahamahodya Pancha-Srijukta
Maharaja KIRIT BIKRAM KISHORE DEV VARMAN Manikya Bahadur 1947/2006,
born
13th December 1933, educated
at
I.T. College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; Member of the Lok Sabha in 1967,
1977
and 1989 elected from East Tripura constituency as a Congress
candidate; whilst in college he represented Rajasthan
in hockey and cricket; he was crowned table tennis champion of
Meghalaya in 1979; married 1stly, 6th March 1960, HH Maharani Padma
Raje, daughter of HH Maharaja Scindia Sir JIVAJIRAO SCINDIA
of Gwalior, and his wife, HH Maharani
Vijaya Raje, born 23rd February 1942, died 26th April 1969; married
2ndly, HH Maharani
Bibhu Kumari Devi,
born 28th June 1944 in Mussorie, Uttar Pradesh, daughter of Raja LUV
SHAH
of Khairigarh (UP), and his wife,
Rani Meenakshi Devi, B.A.; MP and Minister of State, and had
issue. He died of a heart attack on 27th November 2006 at the Rabindranath Tagore International
Institute of Cardiac Science Hospital in Kolkata, and was
accorded a state funeral.
- Maharaj Kumari Kanika Devi (by HH Maharani Padma
Raje), born 29th
January
1961,
married
1stly, February 1980 in New Delhi (div.), Tikka Budheshwar Pal, born
6th
July 1956 at New Delhi, son of Raja Saheb Shri MAHENDRA PALJI Bahadur
of Kutlehar,
and his first wife, Rani
Lalita Devi, married 2ndly, Yuvraj Chandra Vijay Singh, son of Maharaja
Bahadur KAMAL SINGH of Dumraon,
and his wife, Maharani Usha Rani, and has issue by second husband.
- Rani Saheb Pratima Devi (by HH Maharani Padma
Raje), born 12th June
1962
in Calcutta,
married 26th June 1980 in Mussoorie, Shri Dhawal Shumsher Jung Bahadur
Rana of Nepal, and
has
issue.
- Maharaj Kumari Pragya Deb Burman (by HH Maharani
Bibhu Kumari Devi), born 10th
January 1969, Convener for the Indian National Trust for Art and
Cultural Heritage in Tripura, Chairperson of the North Eastern Regional
Development Association in Shillong, awarded The International Poet of
Merit Award in Washington D.C. for her poetry book, Immortal Verses;
married 7th November 2008, Dr. Matteo Forani of Italy.
- Maharaj Kumari Kriti Devi (by HH Maharani
Bibhu Kumari Devi), born 3rd June
1971, engaged in rural development projects in
Panna, married 19th February 2003,
Yuvraj
Yogeshwar Singh [now Raja
YOGESHWAR SINGH, Raja Saheb] of Kawardha
in
Chhatisgarh, and has issue.
- HH Bisam-Samar-Bijayi Mahamahodya Pancha-Srijukta
Maharaja
PRADYOT DEB BURMAN Manikya Bahadur (by HH Maharani
Bibhu Kumari Devi) (qv)
- HH Bisam-Samar-Bijayi Mahamahodya Pancha-Srijukta Maharaja
PRADYOT DEB BURMAN Manikya Bahadur (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Ranjan Deb Burman
- Rajib Deb Burman, born 28th March 1967.
- Jay Kishore Deb Burman, born 25th July 1972 at Agartala.
- Debabrata Deb Burman, born 3rd February 1971 at Agartala.
- Arup Deb Burman, born 6th January 1963 at Agartala.
- Ankur Deb Burman, born 2nd April 1967 at Agartala.
- Amitabha Deb Burman, born 11th February at Agartala.
- Shri Birchandra Deb Burman, son of Shri Satish Chandra Deb
Burman, M.A,
LLB., C.P.I. (Tripura); born 1st March 1920, Member of the Tripura
Legislative
Assembly 1962/1967, Member of the Rajya Sabha 1974/1980, died unmarried
1995. (Harish Thakur Street, Agartala, Tripura, India).
- Sanjib Debbarma Dip. Engg., born 18th April 1986, son of S.
Debbarma, and his wife, R. Debbarma.
- Maharajkumar Nabadwip Chandra Deb Burman, briefly heir to
the Tripura gaddi, sitarist,
married
Kumari Nirupama Devi, and had
issue, nine children, five sons and four daughters.
- Rajkumar Navin Chandra Deb Burman, married and had issue.
- Kumar Pulin Behari Deb Burman, a sitarist, married
Kumari Shreela
Deb Burman, and
had
issue, one son and three daughters.
- Kumar Deepak Deb Burman
- Kumari Ashima Deb Burman, born 10th November 1956 in
Mumbai,
Lecturer in
Education
in Mumbai.
- Lt. Col. Rajkumar Kiran Kumar Deb Burman (fourth son)
- Rajkumar Sachin Deb Burman (fifth son), born 1st October
1906 in
Comilla,
singer, composer
and
music director, educated in Comilla (passing his Matriculation (1920)
and Intermediate (1922) examinations), then at Comilla Victoria College
(B.A., 1924) and at Calcutta University (M.A., English); he first sang
for All India Radio Kolkata around 1926 and cut his first disc as a
singer cum composer in 1932; he was awarded a gold medal in the All
Bengal Classical Music Conference in 1934 and later, the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy Award and the
Padma Shri for his
contribution to music; he married 1938, Kumari Meera
Devi,
an accomplished singer and dancer, and had issue. He died 31st October
1975 in Bombay.
- Kumar Rahul Deb Burman, born 27th June 1939, singer and
actor, married Asha
Bhonsla,
born 1932, famous singer, daughter of Dinanath Mangeshkar (died 1942),
and sister of Lata Mangeshkar, born 28th September 1929 at Lahore, well
known singer. He died 1994.
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born 4th July
1977, succeeded to the gaddi
of Tripura on 27th November 2006; educated at St. Edmund's School and
St. Anthony's College (Hist. Hons.), Chairman of the Royal Heritage
Hotel, Member of the All India Congress, Chairman and Managing Editor
of the Northeast Today newspaper, Advisor to the North East Students
Committee in Delhi, Advisor to the North East Regional Development
Association (NERDA), Publisher - Manikya prints and works, Director of
Meghalaya Road Runners, a state junior representative in cricket and
football (soccer), is a keen sports lover and is currently a member of
and advisor to many social and cultural organisations in north eastern
India.