Manmohini Devi

Maharani Khuman Chanu Manmohini Devi was the niece and third Maharani consort of Tripura through her marriage to Maharaja Birchandra Manikya.

[1] She was a contemporary royal photographer who choreographed her self-portraits with the Maharaja,[2] and was considered the first Indian woman who mastered the art of photography.

[3][4][5][6] She was the niece of the Maharaja,daughter of his first wife, Queen Ningthem Chanu Bhanumati's sister.

[7] The Maharaja gave the land at Math Chowmuhani as her share.

The Journal of the Photographic Society of India – May 1890 Issue emphasized their photographs with the title "The Camera Club of the Palace of Agartala.

Portrait of Manamohini Devi with Maharaja in 1880, is perhaps the first self-portrait by a couple in India.