Meitei queens of Tripura

The royal marriage alliances between the Meitei royal family, Ningthouja dynasty (Meitei: ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧꯖꯥ) of Manipur kingdom and the Manikya dynasty of Tripura kingdom brought good relationship between the two states as well as assimilation of the two cultures.

During his stay, he offered his daughter, princess Hariseswari, hand in marriage to Tripuri King Rajdhar Manikya II.

Meitei Queen Hariseswari brought an idol of Hindu deity, Sri Radhamadhav, from her homeland Manipur.

They lived near the royal house at a newly established village called Mekhlipara (Meitei: ꯃꯦꯈꯂꯤꯄꯥꯔꯥ).

The king was attracted to the beauty, cleanliness and health of the Meitei ladies living in Tripura kingdom.

They were all married to the Tripuri King Krishna Kishore Manikya (1829-1849 A.D.), who was also a son of a Meitei queen.

From that time in 1838, the construction of a new palace named Nutan Haveli (Meitei: ꯅꯨꯇꯥꯟ ꯍꯋꯦꯂꯤ) began in Agartala.

[2] Keisam Chanu Jatiswari Devi (Meitei: ꯀꯩꯁꯥꯝ ꯆꯅꯨ ꯖꯥꯇꯤꯁ꯭ꯋꯔꯤ ꯗꯦꯕꯤ) was a queen of Tripuri King Ishan Chandra Manikya (1849–1862).

She was the mother of Maharajkumar Navadipbahadur, father of Indian famous musician, Sachin Deb Barman.

She was the sister of Rajkumar Ranadhwaj (Meitei: ꯔꯥꯖꯀꯨꯃꯥꯔ ꯔꯅꯙ꯭ꯋꯖ), one of the influential ministers of the Tripuri king.

The king became weak and he tried to console himself by reading Rabindranath Tagore's work "Bhagnahriday" (transl.

1874, when Radhakishore was a prince, his father, King Birchandra Manikya went to Dhaka to meet British Governor Northbrook.

Queen Ratnamanjuri was the mother of the successive Tripuri King Birendrakishore Manikya.

In 1905, she established a separate woman cell at the Victoria Memorial Hospital (now known as I.G.M) in Agartala.

Moreover, she constructed temples in almost all the Meitei villages of Tripura such as Bishalgarh, Bamutia, Murabari, Daccabari etc.

She also offered rent-free lands to the public for the construction of the temples and pavilions.

She introduced the plantation of basil plants to the Tripuri royal palace, as its leaves were important religious offerings to deities.

Meitei Lady Khuman Chanu Manmohini Devi , the queen of Tripura, with her husband, Bir Chandra Manikya , the king of Tripura [ 3 ]