Controversy over Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma’s Maharaja Title

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By  Firstdespatch Desk   May 25, 2023

Agartala, May 25 (FD) A controversy is raging over the reported remark of the Chief Minister Prof. Dr. Manik Saha that the royal scion, Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma should not be called Maharaja.

Chief Minister reportedly made his comment in an executive committee meeting of the ruling BJP recently.

However, so far no reaction was available from Chief Minister whether he really made this comment or not.

The princely Tripura had joined the Indian union in October 1949 and Tripura became a ‘c’ category state of the country and the monarchial rule had ended with the joining.

Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya was the last king and the last ruler of the state.

However, the Council of Tiprasa Huda held a press conference at the party office in Krishnanagar on Wednesday and stated that it is unjust not to call Maharaja a ‘Maharaja’ because the ancestors of Pradyot Kishore Dev varman have been living in Tripura when it was a princely state.

Council of Tiprasa Hoda, the self styled apex body of Tripura tribal societies also demanded a public apology from Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha for his alleged comment. FD JK