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	Nripendra died at the English coastal resort of [[Bexhill-on-Sea]] in September 1911. His funeral took place in Bexhill on 21 September 1911. The Maharajah had come to Bexhill to convalesce after leaving [[Moor Hall]], [[Ninfield]]. One of his daughters had recently drowned.		Nripendra died at the English coastal resort of [[Bexhill-on-Sea]] in September 1911. His funeral took place in Bexhill on 21 September 1911. The Maharajah had come to Bexhill to convalesce after leaving [[Moor Hall]], [[Ninfield]]. One of his daughters had recently drowned.
	A memorial drinking fountain dedicated to Nripendra was opened by his second son, Maharaja Kumar Jitendra on 18 September 1913 (jitendra has just succeeded to the throne of Cooch Behar after the death of his older brother Rajendra). The fountain originally stood to the side of the Coastguards Cottages on the present site of the De La Warr Pavilion. When the cottages were demolished in 1934 to make way for the Pavilion, the fountain was re-erected in Egerton Park. It stood near to the park entrance next to the Bexhill Museum until 1963, when it was removed for restoration. It was stored in Bexhill Cemetery for a while but then subsequently disappeared. Its current whereabouts is unknown.<ref>~~http~~://publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=156~~{{Dead link~~\|date=~~April 2020~~ \|~~bot~~=~~InternetArchiveBot~~ \|~~fix~~-~~attempted~~=~~yes~~ }}</ref>		A memorial drinking fountain dedicated to Nripendra was opened by his second son, Maharaja Kumar Jitendra on 18 September 1913 (jitendra has just succeeded to the throne of Cooch Behar after the death of his older brother Rajendra). The fountain originally stood to the side of the Coastguards Cottages on the present site of the De La Warr Pavilion. When the cottages were demolished in 1934 to make way for the Pavilion, the fountain was re-erected in Egerton Park. It stood near to the park entrance next to the Bexhill Museum until 1963, when it was removed for restoration. It was stored in Bexhill Cemetery for a while but then subsequently disappeared. Its current whereabouts is unknown.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=156 \|title=Archived copy \|website=publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk \|access-date=6 June 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420010609/https://publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=156 \|archive-date=20 April 2021 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	Bexhill-on-Sea's historical society has produced a booklet "Bexhill's maharajah" summarising Nripendra's connections with Bexhill.		Bexhill-on-Sea's historical society has produced a booklet "Bexhill's maharajah" summarising Nripendra's connections with Bexhill.
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| name = Nripendra Narayan
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| caption = 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
| birth_date = 4 October 1862
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* [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College, Calcutta]]}}
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| dynasty = [[Koch dynasty|Koch]]
| succession = 21st [[Cooch Behar State|Maharaja of Cooch-Behar]]
|reign = 6 August 1862 – 18 September 1911 ''(Ruled as [[Cooch Behar State|Maharaja]] from 16 October 1884 - 18 September 1911)''
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* [[Jitendra Narayan]]
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Maharaja '''Nripendra Narayan''' (4 October 1862 – 18 September 1911) was the [[Maharaja]] of the [[princely state]] of [[Cooch Behar State|Cooch Bihar]], [[India]], from 1863 to 1911.<ref>{{cite book|title=Lord Curzon & The Indian States 1899–1905 By Ikram Ahmed Butt|year=2006|pages=333|isbn=9781467879767|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WgW9KGIiF7IC&pg=PA333 |last1=Butt|first1=Ikram Ahmed}}</ref><ref>[http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/c/coochbehar.html COOCH BEHAR (Princely State)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408121302/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/c/coochbehar.html |date=8 April 2018 }}, iinet.net.au</ref>

==Early life==
Nripendra Narayan was only ten months old when his father, [[Narendra Narayan]], died in 1863. He was crowned maharaja in the same year. Since he was still an infant, the administration was handed over to the commissioner appointed by the British Governor General.<ref name=b>Encyclopaedia Indica: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh: Volume 100</ref> His elder brother became the Raja of Chitaranjan and Rupnarayanpur, the land of their ancestors.<ref name=b2>Indian Royalty</ref> He studied at [[Wards Institute]] at [[Benaras]], thereafter, at Bankipur College, [[Patna]] and lastly law at [[Presidency College, Calcutta]]. In 1878 he married [[Suniti Devi]], a daughter of [[Keshab Chandra Sen]] of Calcutta. Immediately after marriage, he left for England for higher studies.<ref name=b />
[[Image:Maharaja-Jagaddipendra-Narayan.jpg|right|thumb|Statue of Nripendra Narayan in [[Cooch Behar]] town.]]

==Family==
He was the father of four sons and three daughters: sons [[Rajendra Narayan]], [[Jitendra Narayan]], Victor Nityendra Narayan, and Hitendra Narayan, and daughters Pratibha Devi, Sudhira Devi, and Sukriti Devi.<ref name="coochbehar.nic.in" /><ref>[http://www.geni.com/people/Maharani-Sunity-Devi/4551603 Profile], Suniti Devi (Sen), (1864–1932), geni.com</ref> Of his sons, Rajendra and Jitendra later became Maharajas of Cooch Behar. [[Gayatri Devi]] and Ila Devi were daughters of his son Jitendra. His daughter Pratibha later married English actor [[Miles Mander]]. Sudhira was married to Alan Mander, brother of Miles Mander. Sukriti (Princess Garlie) was married to Josnya Nath Ghosal the nephew of the Nobel laureate poet Rabindra Nath Tagore. Jitendra Narayan was married to Princess Indira Devi of Baroda.

==Death==
Nripendra died at the English coastal resort of [[Bexhill-on-Sea]] in September 1911. His funeral took place in Bexhill on 21 September 1911. The Maharajah had come to Bexhill to convalesce after leaving [[Moor Hall]], [[Ninfield]]. One of his daughters had recently drowned.
A memorial drinking fountain dedicated to Nripendra was opened by his second son, Maharaja Kumar Jitendra on 18 September 1913 (jitendra has just succeeded to the throne of Cooch Behar after the death of his older brother Rajendra). The fountain originally stood to the side of the Coastguards Cottages on the present site of the De La Warr Pavilion. When the cottages were demolished in 1934 to make way for the Pavilion, the fountain was re-erected in Egerton Park. It stood near to the park entrance next to the Bexhill Museum until 1963, when it was removed for restoration. It was stored in Bexhill Cemetery for a while but then subsequently disappeared. Its current whereabouts is unknown.<ref>http://publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=156{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Bexhill-on-Sea's historical society has produced a booklet "Bexhill's maharajah" summarising Nripendra's connections with Bexhill.

==Work==
[[File:Coochbihar Palace(Mrittik Mukherjee).jpg|right|thumb|x216px|Façade of the [[Cooch Behar Palace]]]]
{{See also|Cooch Behar Palace|Suniti Academy}}
He banned the practice of slave-keeping (''Kritadas Pratha'') in his State by introducing a 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 [[Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College|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 [[Lowis Jubilee Sanitarium]] in [[Darjeeling]].<ref name="coochbehar.nic.in">[http://coochbehar.nic.in/htmfiles/history_book5.html Royal History], Shri. Hemanta Kumar Rai Barma, CHAPTER 6, "Kochbiharer Itihas", 2nd edition (1988), National Informatics Centre, Cooch Behar District, http://coochbehar.nic.in</ref> He also established the India Club at Calcutta in 1882.<ref>The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical by Sir Roper Lethbridge – 2005 pp 269</ref> He also established the Anandamayi Dharmasala for distribution of free foods for poor at Cooch Behar in 1889. He founded in Cooch Behar, the botanical garden – [[Narendra Narayan Park]] in 1892.<ref>A Directory of Botanic Gardens and Parks in India by R. K. Chakraverty, D. P. Mukhopadhyay – 1990 – Page 31</ref> He was also the first president of [[Calcutta Club]] founded in 1907.

Maharaja was a great enthusiast of [[cricket]] and promoted Cooch Behar team and would invite top quality players from all over the world. He had a cricket ground at his palace in Cooch Behar and also promoted one ground at [[Alipore]] in [[Calcutta]]. His team and team of [[Jagadindra Nath Roy|Maharaja of Natore]] were rivals in cricket in [[Bengal]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Mukherji|first1=Raju|title=Eden Gardens Legend & Romance: Eden Gardens, the heritage cricket venue, celebrated 150 years|date=21 February 2015|publisher=Kolkatatoday.com|pages=31–34,173|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqPDBgAAQBAJ&q=Cooch+Behar&pg=PA76|access-date=16 April 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==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<ref>[http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/queen-victorias-golden-jubilee Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee]</ref>
*[[Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal]] Clasp-1897
*[[Delhi Durbar]] Gold Medal-1903

==Memorials==
The [[Nripendra Narayan Memorial High School]] is named after him, which was founded by his son, [[Jitendra Narayan|Maharaja Jitendra Narayan]], in his memory in 1916.

==See also==
* [[List of famous big game hunters]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|2}}

==References==
* The Maharajah of Cooch Behar; ''Thirty-Seven Years of Big Game Shooting in Cooch Behar, the Duars, and Assam.'' Bombay, The Times Press, 1908.

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