Udai Manikya II was the

Maharaja Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the ea ...

briefly during the mid-18th-century, having laid claim to the throne during a power struggle between his relatives

Joy Manikya II Joy Manikya II (died 1746) was the Maharaja of Tripura during the mid-18th-century. He originally gained the throne through popular approval for his military hostility to the Mughal Empire. However, Joy spent much of his reign warring against va ...

and Indra Manikya II.

Life

Originally named Gangadhar Thakur, he was the eldest son of Maharaja Dharma Manikya II. During Dharma's reign, both Gangadhar and his younger brother Gadadhar Thakur were passed over for the naming of ''

Yuvraj Yuv(a)raj(a) (Sanskrit: युवराज) is an Indian title for the crown prince, and the heir apparent to the throne of an Indian (notably Hindu) kingdom or (notably in the Mughal Empire or British Raj) princely state. It is usually applied t ...

'' (crown prince), possibly due to a quarrel, with the title instead falling to their uncle Chandramani, who later ascended the throne under the name Mukunda Manikya. When the latter was deposed by the

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in 1739, Gangadhar was captured alongside Mukunda's sons Bhadramani and Krishnamani. By 1744, Tripura was in conflict due to a power struggle between

and Indra Manikya II. Taking advantage of the situation, Gangadhar bribed the Mughal

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, Nawazish Muhammad Khan, and secured a '' fatwa'' in his favour. He arrived in

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with a strong army led by a general named Muhammad Raphie and claimed the throne under the reginal name Udai Manikya. His rule was short however, as Joy's army gave a strong resistance against the invasion, forcing him into submission and driving him out. Udai subsequently died in Dhaka.

References

{{reflist Kings of Tripura History of Tripura Dethroned monarchs