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.
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Identity, Contestation and Development in Northeast India
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Life
She was the daughter of
Yadvendra Singh, then
Maharaja
Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent, Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and Medieval India, medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a pri ...
of
Panna. She married
Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma, king of
Tripura State, who became king in 1923.
In 1947, her spouse died. She took control over the princely state as regent over the Council of Regency that managed the Government under the minority of prince
Kirit Bikram Manikya Bahadur Debbarma.
Her Dewan was A.B. Chatterjee. She played a pivotal role in rehabilitating refugees and victims of the violence associated with the
partition of India
The partition of India in 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, the Dominion of India, Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan. The Union of India is today the Republic of India, and the Dominion of Paki ...
in the state of Tripura.
In 1948, she was forced by the Indian Government to abolish the Council of Regency and take sole control as regent.
She ruled Tripura overseeing the merger and incorporation into independent India. She was obliged by Indian pressure to sign the
merger agreement on 9 September 1949.
She stepped down as regent when the state was merged with India in 1949.
She founded the
MBB College in
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 ...
.
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Women in Tripura politics
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