AGARTALA, Aug 19 (TIWN): State BJP on Friday observed birth anniversary of Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma Manikya Bahadur at Nazrul Kalakshetra to beg for tribal vote bank ahead of 2018 Assembly election.

It is nothing but a policy to gain tribal vote bank ahead of Tripura 2018 Assembly election.  However, as a part of the program BJO state president pain floral tribute to the portrait of Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma Manikya Bahadur on the occasion of his birth anniversary.

Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma Manikya Bahadur was a king (or maharaja) of Tripura State.

He was the king before the merger of Tripura with India. He succeeded his father, Birendra Kishore Manikya Debbarma, on 13 August 1923. He was succeeded by his own son, Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore, who was king for two years till the state's accession to India in 1949, but who did not rule, as he was a minor.

Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarma is considered the father of modern architecture in Tripura,[citation needed] as the entire planning of present-day Tripura was initiated during his rule. He is also considered one of the pioneers in land reforms. In 1939, he reserved land for the local Tripura tribals, which was later instrumental in the creation of the Tripura autonoumus district council.  He also built the first airport in Tripura, which is today the second busiest airport in the entire northeast