{{Infobox royalty |type = monarch |name = Pratap Manikya |succession = Maharaja of Tripura |title = |image = |alt = |caption = |reign = {{circa}}1487 |predecessor = Ratna Manikya I |successor = Vijaya Manikya I |spouse = Sister of Daityanarayan (possibly){{NoteTag|The army chief Daityanarayan was stated to have been a maternal uncle of Vijaya Manikya I, Pratap's possible son.<ref name=RoyP16>{{cite book|last=Roychoudhury|first=Nalini Ranjan|title=Tripura through the ages: a short history of Tripura from the earliest times to 1947 A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mq0dAAAAMAAJ&q=%22mentioned+the+name+of+one+Vijay+Manikya+who+was+a+minor+king+at+that+%22|year=1983|publisher=Sterling|page=16}}</ref>}} |issue = Vijaya Manikya I (possibly)<br/>Ratnavati Devi{{NoteTag|Married Bazid, Sultan of Pratapgarh.<ref>{{cite book|last=Choudhury|first=Achyut Charan|authorlink=Achyut Charan Choudhury|title=Srihatter Itibritta: Purbangsho|year=2000|orig-year=1910|publisher=Kotha|location=Kolkata|language=Bangla|page=291|url=https://bn.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4_-_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B6.pdf/%E0%A7%A9%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AB}}</ref>}} |father = Ratna Manikya I |house = Manikya dynasty |religion = }} {{Kingdom of Tripura}}
'''Pratap Manikya''' (d. {{circa}}1487) was a Maharaja of Tripura during the late 15th century.
==Reign== Though Pratap Manikya is stated in the ''Rajmala'' to be a son of Dharma Manikya I,<ref>{{cite book|author1=Durlabhendra|author2=Sukheshwar|author3=Baneshwar|translator1=Kailāsa Candra Siṃha|translator2=N.C. Nath|title=Sri Rajmala|page=60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cD9uAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+king+was+attacked+with+small+pox+and+he+ascended+heaven+leaving+behind+two+sons%2C+Dhanya+and+Pratap%22|year=1999|publisher=Tribal Research Institute, Govt. of Tripura|location=Agartala}}</ref> later scholarship proved this to be chronologically improbable.<ref>{{cite book|last=Saha|first=Sudhanshu Bikash|title=Tribes of Tripura: A Historical Survey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ioMiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22So+from+the+above+it+is+also+proved+that+Dharma+cannot+be+the+father+of+Pratap+2nd+%28%3F%29+and+Dhanya%22|year=1986|publisher=Rupali Book House|location=Agartala|page=168}}</ref> It is instead believed that he was Dharma's grandson, with his father being Ratna Manikya I.<ref name=Gan-ChaudhuriP22>{{cite book|last=Gan-Chaudhuri|first=Jagadis|title=Tripura, the land and its people|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SFFuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22After+the+death+of+Ratna+Manikya,+his+son+Pratap+Manikya+became+the+ruler+of+Tripura.+%22|year=1980|publisher=Leeladevi Publications|page=21|isbn=9788121004480}}</ref> There were also uncertainties regarding the years of Pratap's rule. A coin supposedly minted during his reign bears the year Saka 1412 (1490 CE), though the modern-style script has led to doubts regarding its authenticity.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bose|first=S.K.|title=A Silver Coin of Dhanya Manikya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OU1mAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Unfortunately,+we+have+valid+reason+to+doubt+the+genuineness+of+the+so+called+quarter+tanka+of+Pratap+Manikya.+%22|journal=The Journal of the Numismatic Society of India|volume=51|year=1989|publisher=Numismatic Society of India, P.O. Hindu University.|page=35}}</ref> It is notable that Pratap's immediate successors struck coins in 1488 and 1489 respectively.<ref name=Gan-ChaudhuriP22/>
A younger son of his father, Pratap's rule had been propped up by the support of prominent army generals in opposition to his elder brother Dhanya, against whom he waged a civil war.<ref>{{harvtxt|Choudhury|2000|p=290}}</ref> According to the ''Rajmala'', because of his impiety, Pratap soon lost the support of these nobles, who launched a conspiracy against him. The chronicle continues that due to his formidable physical strength and stoutness, Pratap had to be killed at night while he slept.<ref>{{harvtxt|Durlabhendra|Sukheshwar|Baneshwar|page=60|1999|}}</ref>
He was succeeded in quick succession by the minor Vijaya Manikya (who may have been his son)<ref name=RoyP16/> and Pratap's younger brother Mukut, before the throne finally settled on Dhanya, whose long reign lasted until 1515.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chib|first=Sukhdev Singh|title=This Beautiful Indian: Tripura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YMItAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Pratap+Manikya+was+followed+by+his+brother+Mukut+Manikya.+A+coin+was+issued+by+him+in+1489+A.D.+Another+coin+issued+by+Dhanya+Manikya+in+1490+A.D.+is+an+evidence+that+the+former+ruled+for+a+very+short+time.+%22|year=1988|publisher=Ess Ess Publications|isbn=978-81-7000-039-6|page=8}}</ref>
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Category:Kings of Tripura