AGARTALA / NEW DELHI, June 1 (TIWN): Tripura Congress President Pradyot Manikya on Saturday has met Gayacharan Debbarma (a Kshatriya), who was the body-guard of King Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur, the grandfather of Pradyot Manikya.

Congress leader Prasanta Bhattacharjee, Rajeswar Debbarma also accompanied the Royal scion during his visit.

Gayacharan Debbarma was donated with Rs. 20000/-

Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman Manikya Bahadur GBE KCSI was a king of Tripura State. He was succeeded by his son, Maharaja Kirat Bikram Kishore, who was the nominal king for two years till the state's merger into India in 1949.