Indra Manikya II

Indra Manikya II (d. 1746) was the Maharaja of Tripura during the mid-18th-century. His reign was spent struggling for control of the kingdom with his relative Joy Manikya II.

Indra Manikya II
Maharaja of Tripura
Reign	c. 1744–1746
Predecessor	Joy Manikya II
Successor	Joy Manikya II
Born	Panch Cowrie Thakur
Died	1766 Murshidabad, Bengal Subah
Consort	Durga Maharani[1]
House	Manikya dynasty
Father	Mukunda Manikya
Mother	Prabhavati
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 I 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 Udai Manikya II 1744 Joy Manikya II 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 Birendra Kishore Manikya 1909–1923 Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya 1923–1947 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)
Pushbanta Palace (Royal residence)
Neermahal (Royal residence)
Rajmala (Royal chronicle)
Tripura Buranji (Chronicle)
Chaturdasa Devata (Family deities)
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Life

Originally named Panch Cowrie Thakur,^[2] he was one of the sons of Maharaja Mukunda Manikya by his wife Prabhavati. During his father's reign, he was sent to the Mughal court of Murshidabad as a hostage.^[3]

In 1739, after having been arrested by the Mughals on the grounds of neglecting to pay his tribute of elephants, Mukunda committed suicide. His cousin Joy Manikya was chosen by the populace as his successor over Mukunda's sons after the former drove the Mughals out of Udaipur.^[4] Panch Cowrie, who developed a grudge against Joy, approached Alivardi Khan, the Nawab of Bengal, for aid in claiming Tripura in 1744.^[2][5] With his military support, he overthrew Joy and took the throne, assuming the reginal name Indra Manikya.^[2]

However, Indra was unable to rule peacefully, as Joy ran a parallel government from the Matia Hills and had the support of influential Zamindars. The latter monarch made repeated attempts to regain full power, though was always prevented by Mughal forces.^[4][6] The kingdom remained divided between the partisans of the rival rulers for a time, until Indra was ousted after Joy gained the support of the Mughals.^[7] However, Indra was later once again returned to the throne by the Nawab of Dhaka after Joy failed to provide tribute.^[8]

This restoration proved short, as by 1746, Indra had again lost the favour of the Nawab and a large army was dispatched against him. He was compelled to submit and was sent to Murshidabad, where he subsequently died.^[9][10] Joy, who had again retaken the throne, also died around this time.^[11]

References

1. Sarma, Ramani Mohan (1987). Political History of Tripura. Calcutta: Puthipatra. p. 131.
2. Roychoudhury, Nalini Ranjan (1983). Tripura through the ages: a short history of Tripura from the earliest times to 1947 A.D. Sterling. p. 34.
3. Sarma (1987, p. 128)
4. Gan-Chaudhuri, Jagadis (1980). Tripura, the land and its people. Leeladevi. p. 31. ISBN 9788121004480.
5. Sarma (1987, pp. 128–29)
6. Rahman, Syed Amanur; Verma, Balraj (2006). The Beautiful India - Tripura. Reference Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-81-8405-026-4.
7. Playne, Somerset; J.W, Bond (1917). Arnold Wright (ed.). Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: Their History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources. London: Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Company. p. 469.
8. Sarma (1987, p. 130)
9. Sarma, Ramani Mohan (1980). Coinage of Tripura. Numismatic Society of India. p. 8.
10. Sarma (1987, pp. 131, 233)
11. Chib, Sukhdev Singh (1988). Tripura. Ess Ess Publications. p. 15. ISBN 978-81-7000-039-6.