Mukunda Manikya

Mukunda Manikya (d. 1739) was the Maharaja of Tripura from 1729 to 1739.

Mukunda Manikya
Maharaja of Tripura
Reign	1729–1739
Predecessor	Dharma Manikya II
Successor	Joy Manikya II
Born	Chandramani Thakur
Died	1739
Wives[1]	Prabhavati Rukshmini
issue[1]	Indra Manikya II Krishna Manikya Jayamani Harimani Bhadramani
House	Manikya dynasty
Father	Rama Manikya
Religion	Hinduism

Kingdom of Tripura
Part of History of Tripura
Kings of Tripura Maha Manikya c. 1400–1431 Dharma Manikya I 1431–1462 Ratna Manikya I 1462–1487 Pratap Manikya 1487 Vijaya Manikya I 1488 Mukut Manikya 1489 Dhanya Manikya 1490–1515 Dhwaja Manikya 1515–1520 Deva Manikya 1520–1530 Indra Manikya I 1530–1532 Vijaya Manikya II 1532–1563 Ananta Manikya 1563–1567 Udai Manikya 1567–1573 Joy Manikya I 1573–1577 Amar Manikya 1577–1585 Rajdhar Manikya I 1586–1600 Ishwar Manikya 1600 Yashodhar Manikya 1600–1623 Interregnum 1623–1626 Kalyan Manikya 1626–1660 Govinda Manikya 1660–1661 Chhatra Manikya 1661–1667 Govinda Manikya 1661–1673 Rama Manikya 1673–1685 Ratna Manikya II 1685–1693 Narendra Manikya 1693–1695 Ratna Manikya II 1695–1712 Mahendra Manikya 1712–1714 Dharma Manikya II 1714–1725 Jagat Manikya 1725–1729 Dharma Manikya II 1729 Mukunda Manikya 1729–1739 Joy Manikya II 1739–1744 Indra Manikya II 1744–1746 Vijaya Manikya III 1746–1748 Lakshman Manikya 1740s/1750s Interregnum 1750s–1760 Krishna Manikya 1760–1783 Rajdhar Manikya II 1785–1806 Rama Ganga Manikya 1806–1809 Durga Manikya 1809–1813 Rama Ganga Manikya 1813–1826 Kashi Chandra Manikya 1826–1829 Krishna Kishore Manikya 1829–1849 Ishan Chandra Manikya 1849–1862 Bir Chandra Manikya 1862–1896 Radha Kishore Manikya 1896–1909 Birendra Kishore Manikya 1909–1923 Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya 1947–1949 1949–1978 (titular) Kirit Pradyot Manikya 1978–present (titular)
Tripura monarchy data
Manikya dynasty (Royal family)
Agartala (Capital of the kingdom)
Ujjayanta Palace (Royal residence)
Neermahal (Royal residence)
Rajmala (Royal chronicle)
Tripura Buranji (Chronicle)
Chaturdasa Devata (Family deities)
Shamsher Gazi (Usurper)

Life

Originally named Chandramani Thakur, he was the youngest of the four surviving sons of Maharaja Rama Manikya.[2][3] Each of his elder brothers had successively ruled Tripura; under Ratna II's rule, Chandramani had been sent as a hostage to the Mughal viceregal court at Murshidabad, while during the reigns of Mahendra and Dharma II, he was appointed Barathakur and Yuvraj respectively.[4][note 1]

When he succeeded Dharma in 1729, Chandramani assumed the regnal name Mukunda Manikya.[6] He proved to be a pious monarch, having donated lands to Brahmins and Kshatriyas.[7] He attempted to maintain cordial relations with the Mughals, sending his son Panch Cowrie Thakur as a hostage[8] and informing on a plot to kill the Mughal Faujdar at Udaipur by his cousin Rudramani.[9]

However, in 1739, he was overthrown by the Mughals due to failing to provide Tripura's annual tribute of five elephants.[10] Udaipur was raided and Mukunda, alongside his sons Bhadramani, Krishnamoni and nephew Gangadhar, were arrested. Unable to bear this humiliation, he poisoned himself, with his queen performing Sati in his funeral pyre. He was succeeded by Rudramani (afterward known as Joy Manikya II), who was chosen over Mukunda's sons after he drove the Mughals out of Udaipur.[9]

Notes

1. Barathakur was a recently-created post which meant "principal prince".[5]

References

1. Sarma, Ramani Mohan (1987). Political History of Tripura. Calcutta: Puthipatra. p. 128.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
2. Sarma (1987, p. 116)
3. Roychoudhury, Nalini Ranjan (1983). Tripura through the ages: a short history of Tripura from the earliest times to 1947 A.D. Sterling. p. 30.
4. Sarma (1987, pp. 119, 120, 125)
5. Saha, Sudhanshu Bikash (1986). Tribes of Tripura: A Historical Survey. Agartala: Rupali Book House. p. 63.
6. Gan-Chaudhuri, Jagadis (1980). Tripura, the land and its people. Leeladevi. p. 31.
7. DebBarma, Chandramani (2006). Glory of Tripura civilization: history of Tripura with Kok Borok names of the kings. Parul Prakashani. p. 25.
8. Sur, Hirendra Kumar (1986). British Relations with the State of Tripura, 1760-1947. Saraswati Book Depot. p. 13.
9. Sarma (1987, p. 127)
10. Chib, Sukhdev Singh (1988). Tripura. Ess Ess Publications. p. 14. ISBN 978-81-7000-039-6.