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His Highness Shri Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch
Behar in the year 1902 in the dismounted review order uniform of a
British officer of the 6th (Prince of Wales's) Bengal Cavalry
Nripendra Narayan was only ten months old when his father Maharaja
Narendra Narayan of Cooch Behar died in 1863. He was crowned as the king
in the same year. Since he was still an infant the administration was
handed over to the Commissioner appointed by the British Governor
General.
He studied law at Presidency College, Calcutta and then at Benaras and Patna University. In 1878 he married Suniti Devi, a daughter of Maharshi Keshab Chandra Sen of Calcutta. Immediately after marriage he left for England for higher studies.
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Statue of Maharaja Nripendra Narayan in Cooch Behar
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He was the father of four sons and three daughters namely - Rajendra
Narayan, Jitendra Narayan, Victor Nityendra Narayan, Hitendra Narayan
and daughters Pratibha Devi, Sudhira Devi and Sukriti Devi. [4][5] Of his sons Rajendra Narayan and Jitendra Narayan later became the Maharajas of Cooch Behar. Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur and Maharajkumari Ila Devi of Tripura were daughters of his son Maharaja Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur. Maharaja build up Victoria College, Cooch Behar in 1888 A.D, latter which become famous as A.B.N seal college.
Façade of the Cooch Behar Palace
See also: Cooch Behar Palace and Suniti Academy
He banned the practice of slave-keeping (Kritadas Pratha) by
law in 1884. In the year 1888, for the betterment of higher studies in
his own state, he established the Victoria College now known as A.B.N. Seal College. Further, in the name of his queen, Suniti Devi, he set up a girls school called Suniti College in 1881 which was later named Suniti Academy. In 1883 he constructed the Nripendra Narayan Hall in Jalpaiguri city and in 1887 granted land for the construction of the Lewis Jubilee Sanitarium in Darjeeling.[4]
Titles and styles
Titles
1887 - Grand Commander of Most Eminent Order on the occasion of his attending the jubilee celebration of Queen Victoria.
Full style
Honours
- Empress of India Medal Gold-1877 with a Sword.
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)-1887
- Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal-1887[6]
- Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal Clasp-1897
- Delhi Durbar Gold Medal-1903
References
- ^ Lord Curzon & The Indian States 1899-1905 By Ikram Ahmed Butt. 2006. p. 333.
- ^ COOCH BEHAR (Princely State), iinet.net.au
- ^ a b Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh: Volume 100
- ^ a b Royal History, Shri. Hemanta Kumar Rai Barma, CHAPTER 6, "Kochbiharer Itihas", 2nd edition (1988), National Informatics Centre, Cooch Behar District, http://coochbehar.nic.in
- ^ Profile, Suniti Devi (Sen), (1864 - 1932), geni.com
- ^ Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee
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