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The Kings the Twipra (Tripura) kingdom assumed the title of Manikya. The dynasty was founded when Ratna Fa (Ratna Manikya) assumed the title in 1280.
One of the more famous Manikya rulers was Bir Chandra Manikya Bahadur, in the 19th century. Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya (r. 1923–1947) died in 1947, and his 14 year old son Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya was designated the 185th king even though he was too young to rule for the transitional period until 15 September 1949, when Tripura acceded to the [[Union of India]However, under Customary Law he ruled under his Mother, Regent Queen Kanchan Prabha Devi]. Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya died in 2006, and his son Pradyot Bikram Kishore Manikya (born 1978) would be the pretender as 186th king, sometimes so considered in Tripuri irredentism.
List of kings
The first king of the Manikya Dynasty is the 145th king in the reckoning of the Rajmala, the Chronicle of the Kings, written in the 14th century. The earlier kings are partly mythological and partly legendary or semi-legendary.
145. Ratna Fa (Ratna Manikya) fl. 1280 146. Pratap Manikya 147. Mukut Manikya (Mukunda) 148. Maha Manikya 149. Dharma Manikya fl. 1430 150. Pratap Manikya II 151. Dhanya Manikya 152. Dhwaj Manikya 153. Deb Manikya 154. Indra Manikya 155. Vijay Manikya I (1532-1563) 156. Ananta Manikya 157. Udai Manikya 158. Jai Manikya (Loktor Fa) 159. Amar Manikya (1577-1586) 160. Rajdhar Manikya 161. Jashodhar Manikya 162. Kalyan Manikya 163. Gobinda Manikya (fl. 1660s) 164. Chhatra Manikya (Nakhshatra Rai) (fl. 1660s/1670s) 165. Ramdev Manikya 166. Ratna Manikya II 167. Narendra Manikya 168. Mahendra Manikya 169. Dharma Manikya II (1714-1733) 170. Mukunda Manikya 171. Jai Manikya 172. Indra Manikya II 173. Vijay Manikya II 174. Krishna Manikya 175. Rajdhar Manikya 176. Ramgana Manikya 177. Durga Manikya 178. Kashi Chandra Manikya 179. Krishna Kishore Manikya 180. Ishan Chandra Manikya 181. Bir Chandra Manikya 182. Radha Kishore Manikya 183. Birendra Kishore Manikya 184. Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya (1923 – 1947) 185. Kirit Bikram Kishore Manikya Debbarma(1947-1949) (186.)Pradyot Bikram Kishore Manikya Debbarma