Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur (19 August 1908 – 17 May 1947) was a

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(or ''Maharaja'') of

Tripura State Tripura () is a state in northeastern India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 3.67 million. It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east and by Bangladesh to the ...

. He is known as "the architect of modern Tripura". He was succeeded by his son, Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore Debbarman, who was the nominal king for two years till the state's

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into India in 1949. Since he was a minor during this time, the state was governed by a Council of Regency headed by his mother,

Kanchan Prava Devi Maharani Kanchan Prava Devi was a queen of Tripura as the wife of Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma, king of Tripura State. After her husband's death in 1947, she was regent of Tripura until it was merged with India in 1949.Komol Singha, M. Amarjee ...

Reign

Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya assumed the throne in 1923, upon the death of his father. Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur was popularly known as the ‘Architect of Tripura’ due to his contribution to economic, social and educational institutions. He also was the first ruler of Tripura to have visited Europe and America in 1931 and 1939. He reserved lands for the Indigenous Tiprasa people whose outcome is the TTAADC ( Tripura Tribal Area Autonomous District Councils) area. Maharaja Bir Bikram College and

Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport ; (), also known as Agartala Airport, is a domestic airport situated 12 kilometres (7 miles) northwest of Agartala, the capital of Tripura. It is administered by the Airports Authority of India (AAI). It is the seco ...

Agartala Agartala (, , ) is the capital and the List of cities and towns in Tripura, largest city of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tripura, situated on the banks of Haora River, Haora/Saidra River, about east of the border ...

were built by him.

Maharaja Bir Bikram University Maharaja Bir Bikram University (MBB University) is a state university located at Agartala, Tripura, India. It is the first state university in the state of Tripura. The university is named after Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman, the last ruling mah ...

is named after him.

Titles

*1909–1923: Srila-Srijukta Bir Bikram Kishore Deb Barman Jubaraj Goswami Bahadur *1923–1935:

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Bisam-Samar-Bijojee Mahamopadhyaya Radhakrishnapada Pancha-Srijukta

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Sri Sri Bir Bikram Kishore Deb Barman Manikya Bahadur,

Tripura Tripura () is a States and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a populat ...

*1935–1937: His Highness Bisam-Samar-Bijojee Mahamopadhyaya Radhakrishnapada Pancha-Srijukta Maharaja Sri Sri Sri

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Bir Bikram Kishore Deb Barman Manikya Bahadur, Maharaja of Tripura, KCSI *1937–1942:

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His Highness Bisam-Samar-Bijojee Mahamopadhyaya Radhakrishnapada Pancha-Srijukta Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sir Bir Bikram Kishore Deb Barman Manikya Bahadur, Maharaja of Tripura, KCSI *1942–1944:

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His Highness Bisam-Samar-Bijojee Mahamopadhyaya Radhakrishnapada Pancha-Srijukta Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sir Bir Bikram Kishore Deb Barman Manikya Bahadur, Maharaja of Tripura, KCSI *1944–1946: Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Bisam-Samar-Bijojee Mahamopadhyaya Radhakrishnapada Pancha-Srijukta Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sir Bir Bikram Kishore Deb Barman Manikya Bahadur, Maharaja of Tripura, KCSI *1946–1947:

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His Highness Bisam-Samar-Bijojee Mahamopadhyaya Radhakrishnapada Pancha-Srijukta Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sir Bir Bikram Kishore Deb Barman Manikya Bahadur, Maharaja of Tripura, GBE, KCSI

Honours

(Ribbon bar, as it would look today) 39-45 Star BAR

King George V Silver Jubilee Medal ribbon

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, 1935 *

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, 1935 *

1939–1945 Star The 1939–1945 Star is a military campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom on 8 July 1943 for award to British and Commonwealth forces for service in the Second World War. Two clasps were instituted to be worn on the medal ribbon, Battl ...

– 1945 *

Burma Star The Burma Star is a military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945 for award to British and Commonwealth forces who served in the Burma Campaign from 1941 to 1945, during the Second World War. One clasp, Pacific, was i ...

– 1945 *

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– 1945 *

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, 1946

Sources

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