AGARTALA, March 10 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb after cabinet meeting said, the name of Agartala Airport to be replaced with Tripura's King-Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya's name.

"The Agartala Airport itself was a creation of our king, which paved the way for ease communication on that time", said  Biplab Deb.

Agartala Airport, which is the second busiest Airport of Northeast is a domestic airport located 12 kilometres northwest of the city of Agartala.

 It is administered by the Airports Authority of India and already work for International Airport has started inside the Airport.

BJP before coming in power had announced about the renaming of Agartal Airport and today officially it was announced after the BJP Chief Minister held the chair.

Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman Manikya Bahadur GBE KCSI was a king of Tripura State. He was the king before the merger of Tripura with India.