Jagat Manikya, pre-reign name Jogotroy, was the Bengali-backed ruler Roshanabad, which had been until then part of the Kingdom of Tripura from 1732.

In that year Jogotroy decided that he wanted to be the ruler instead of his relative Dharma Manikya. He went to Bengal and recruited to sub-agents of the Newab of Bengal Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan

Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan

Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan was the second Nawab of Bengal. He married Zainab un-nisa Begum, the daughter of Murshid Quli Khan and after the death of his father-in-law on June 30, 1727, he became the Nawab Nazim of Bengal Subah .-Early life:Born at Burhanpur, Deccan, as Mirza Shuja ud-din Muhammad...

 to aid him in his plans. These were Mir Habid, Dewan

Dewan

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 of Newabat, and Aqua Sadique, Zamindar

Zamindar

A Zamindar or zemindar , was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, who held enormous tracts of land and ruled over and taxed the bhikaaris who lived on batavaslam. Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja , Raja , Nawab , and Mirza , Chowdhury , among others...

 of Baladakhan. They lead an armed force in attack on Udaipur

Udaipur, Tripura

Udaipur is a town and a nagar panchayat in the Indian state of Tripura. This city is famous for the Tripura Sundari temple. It is also the head-quarters of South Tripura district. Udaipur is about 55 km from Agartala, the capital of Tripura.Udaipur is also called as Lake City. There are lots of...

. In a battle as they approached the city Kamal Narayana, the principal leader of Dharma Manikya's forces was killed and Dharma Manikya and his supporters fled into the Tripura Hill Country. Jogotroy then assumed the reign name of Jagat Manikya and was able to impose his rule as a vassal of the Nawab of Bengal over much of modern Sylhet

Sylhet Division

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, Mymensing and Noakhali. He ruled out of Comilla

Comilla

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Sources

• Bidhas Kanti Kilikhar. Tripura of the Eighteenth Century with Samsher Gazi Against Feudalism: A Historical Study. Chhapakuthi, Agartula: Tripura State Tribal Cultural Research Institute and Museum, 1995.