Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya DebBarma Bahadur (13 December 1933 – 28 November 2006) was the 185th and last King of

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 ...

, a princely state in northeastern India. His formal coronation was held in 1941, but he never gained the powers of a king.

Political career

He succeeded his father, Maharaja

Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur (19 August 1908 – 17 May 1947) was a king (or ''Maharaja'') of Tripura State. He is known as "the architect of modern Tripura". He was succeeded by his son, Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore Debbarman, who was ...

. He was the nominal king for two years until the state's

merger Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of a company, business organization, or one of their operating units is transferred to or consolidated with another entity. They may happen through direct absorpt ...

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 ...

. He was elected from Tripura East Lok Sabha seat on an

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

ticket and was elected thrice in 1967, 1977 and 1989.

Personal life

He was born on 13 December 1933 in Calcutta to Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma Manikya Bahadur who was Maharaja of Tripura State and

daughter of the HH Sir Maharaja Yadvendra Singh, the King of

Panna State Panna State was a kingdom and later princely state of colonial India, located in modern Panna district of Madhya Pradesh. The state of Panna belonged to the Bundelkhand Agency and covered an area of, 6724 km2 with 1,008 villages within ...

. He was married to Padmavati Raje 'Akkasaheb' Scindia (1942–64) eldest daughter of Maharaja Jivajirao Scindia of

Gwalior State The Gwalior State was a List of Maratha dynasties and states, state within the Maratha Confederacy located in Central India. It was ruled by the Scindia, House of Scindia (anglicized from Sendrak), a Hindu Maratha Confederacy, Maratha dynasty. ...

and

Vijaya Raje Scindia Vijaya Raje Scindia (born Lekha Divyeshwari Devi; 12 October 1919 – 25 January 2001), known popularly as the Rajmata Scindia, was an Indian politician and consort of the last ruling Maharaja of Gwalior, Jiwajirao Scindia, in British Raj. ...

, who died in 1965, in Kolkata. Later, he married Bibhu Kumari Devi, daughter to Raja Lav Shah. They had one son and two daughters. His wife and son Pradyot Bikram Manikya DebBarma were also members of the

. One of his daughters, Pragya DebBarma also contest election from Tripura East Lok Sabha seat in

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.Tripura: Cong leader quits citing mistreatment
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Kings of Tripura 1933 births 2006 deaths Lok Sabha members from Tripura India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1977–1979 India MPs 1989–1991 People from Agartala Mayo College alumni Indian National Congress politicians from Tripura {{India-royal-stub

Political career

Personal life

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