Lakshman Manikya
| Lakshman Manikya | |
|---|---|
| Maharaja of Tripura | |
| Predecessor | [Vijaya Manikya III |
| Successor | Shamsher Gazi |
| Born | Banamali Thakur |
| Issue | Durga Manikya |
| House | Manikya dynasty |
| Father | Gadadhar Thakur |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Lakshman Manikya was the Maharaja of Tripura during the mid-18th-century, though he maintained little actual power, having acted only as a puppet-monarch under Shamsher Gazi.
Life
[edit]Originally named Banamali Thakur,[1] he was a grandson of Maharaja Dharma Manikya II by his younger son Gadadhar Thakur.[2][3]
In 1748, control of Tripura was taken by Shamsher Gazi, a Bengali Muslim zamindar.[4] Facing opposition from the kingdom's citizens, Gazi placed Banamali on the throne under the name Lakshman Manikya, though actual power remained with the former. This continued for three years, though Lakshman failed to gain the support of the population. Eventually, he was dislodged by Gazi who took the throne for himself, though his rule was similarly short, with the original dynasty reclaiming the power in 1760.[5][6]
His son Durga Manikya also later became ruler of Tripura, reigning from 1809 to 1813.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Bibhas Kanti Kilikda (1995). Tripura of Eighteenth Century with Samsher Gazi Against Feudalism (A Historical Study). Tripura State Tribal Cultural Research Institute & Museum, Government of Tripura. p. 75.
- ^ Choudhury, Achyut Charan (2000) [1910], Srihatter Itibritta: Purbangsho (in Bengali), Kolkata: Kotha, p. 502
- ^ Durlabhendra; Sukheshwar; Baneshwar (1999). Sri Rajmala. Translated by Kailāsa Candra Siṃha; N.C. Nath. Agartala: Tribal Research Institute, Govt. of Tripura. p. 176.
- ^ Roychoudhury, Nalini Ranjan (1983). "Shamser Gazi (1748-1760)". Tripura through the ages: a short history of Tripura from the earliest times to 1947 A.D. Sterling. p. 35.
- ^ Sharma, Suresh Kant; Sharma, Usha (2005). Discovery of North-East India: Geography, History, Culture, Religion, Politics, Sociology, Science, Education and Economy. Tripura. Volume eleven. Mittal Publications. p. 24. ISBN 978-81-8324-045-1. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ^ Sur, Hirendra Kumar (1986). British Relations with the State of Tripura, 1760-1947. Saraswati Book Depot. p. 14.
- ^ Gan-Chaudhuri, Jagadis (1980). Tripura, the land and its people. Leeladevi Publications. pp. 33–34. ISBN 9788121004480.