Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur (19 August 1908 – 17 May 1947) was a king (or Maharaja) of Tripura State.
[1][2][3][4] He was succeeded by his son, Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore Debbarman, who was the nominal king for two years till the state's merger 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.
[5] Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya assumed the throne in 1923, upon the death of his father.
[6] Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur was popularly known as the ‘Architect of Tripura’ due to his contribution to economic, social and educational institutions.