Tripura Declares Holiday on August 19 To Mark Birthday of Last king Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya
The official said that King Bikram (1908-1947), who had ruled the state from 1923 to May 17, 1947, had decided to merge the then princely state of Tripura with the Indian Union by issuing a royal edict on April 28, 1947, appointing Barrister Girija Shankar Guha as his domain's representative in the Constituent Assembly.