Manmohini Devi

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Khuman Chanu Manmohini
Takhel Leima
Maharani Khuman Chanu Manmohini.jpg
Royal portrait c. 1880
Bir Chandra Manikya
paternal Khuman
Dynasty Manikya dynasty (by marriage)
Religion Vaishnavism
OccupationQueen

Maharani Khuman Chanu Manmohini Devi was the niece and third Maharani consort of Tripura through her marriage to Maharaja Birchandra Manikya. She was one of the Meitei queens of Tripura. [1] She was a contemporary royal photographer who choreographed her self-portraits with the Maharaja, [2] and was considered the first Indian woman who mastered the art of photography. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Biography

Portrait of Manamohini Devi with Maharaja in 1880, is perhaps the first self-portrait by a couple in India. Maharaja Birchandra with Maharani Manamohini.jpg
Portrait of Manamohini Devi with Maharaja in 1880, is perhaps the first self-portrait by a couple in India.

She was the niece of the Maharaja,daughter of his first wife, Queen Ningthem Chanu Bhanumati's sister. She married Maharaja when she was only 13 years. [7] The Maharaja gave the land at Math Chowmuhani as her share. She also established a temple and a 'mandapa' near the present Iskcon temple at Tripura. [8]

She became a royal photographer under the tutelage of her husband, and she organized photography exhibitions in the palace where both of their photographs were exhibited. The Journal of the Photographic Society of India – May 1890 Issue emphasized their photographs with the title "The Camera Club of the Palace of Agartala." [3] She is regarded as India's first female photographer. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Sharma, Kamayani (2024-03-04). "A 19th-century Indian queen's photographic work has been obscured by history". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2024-10-19.
  2. ↑ Sinha, Gayatri (7 September 2019). "Maharaja Ram Singh II of Jaipur was a radical pioneer of photography". The Hindu.
  3. 1 2 "DID YOU KNOW India's 1st female photographer was probably from Northeast India!". The Northeast Today. 12 April 2018. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023.
  4. ↑ "A Woman In 19th Century Bengal Paved The Way For The First Female Photographers In India". homegrown.co.in. 11 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Did you know Kolkata produced the first professional female photographer of India?". Get Bengal. 8 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Kumar, K. G. Pramod; G, Pramod Kumar K. Posing for Posterity: Royal Indian Portraits. Lustre Press. ISBN   978-81-7436-878-2.
  7. ↑ Sinha, Rishiraj (2 October 2018). "History of Manipuri Queens in Tripura & their contribution towards development of state". The Northeast Today. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Singha, Memchaton (31 August 2014). "Matrimonial Alliances between the Royal Houses of Tripura and Manipur in the Days of Monarchy". International Journal of Humanities & Social Science Studies. Social Science Research Network. SSRN   2489572.
  9. ↑ Deb Barma, Aloy; Debroy, Prajapita (2022). Cinema as art and popular culture in Tripura: An introduction. Tribal Research and Cultural Institute. p. 15. ISBN   978-81-958995-0-0. OL   44969662M.
  10. ↑ Sengupta, Debjani (1988). "Zenana Studio: Early Women Photographers of Bengal, from Taking Pictures: The Practice of Photography by Bengalis, by Siddhartha Ghosh". The Trans-Asia Photography Review. 4 (2). ISSN   2158-2025.
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