Kanchan Prava Devi
Maharani Kanchan Prava Devi was the daughter of Maharaja Yadvendra Singh, the King of Panna State and the wife of Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman, King of Tripura State. After her husband's death she was regent of Tripura from 1947 to 1949.
H.R.H. Mata Maharani Kanchan Prabha Devi | |
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Spouse | Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman |
Issue | Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman |
House | Panna State (by birth) Manikya dynasty (by marriage) |
Father | Maharaja Yadvendra Singh |
Religion | Hindu |
She ruled Tripura overseeing the merger and incorporation into independent India. She played a pivotal role in rehabilitating refugees and victims of the violence associated with the partition of India in the state of Tripura.
She founded the MBB College in Agartala.
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