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Nripendra Narayan

1862–1911 · 19th century

Nripendra Narayan was maharaja of Cooch Behar, a princely state in northern Bengal, from 1863 to 1911. Educated under British guardianship, he married Suniti Devi, daughter of the Brahmo reformer Keshab Chandra Sen, in 1878. He modernised the state's administration and schools and built the Cooch Behar Palace, modelled on Buckingham Palace.

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Cooch Behar State

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