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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Bengali politician and writer and zamindar of Cossimbazar Raj (1897-1952)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| title = Maharaja Srish Chandra Nandy<br />
| name = Srish Chandra Nandy<br />
| image = Srish Chandra Nandy.png<br />
| image_size = 250px<br />
| birth_name = Srish Chandra Nandy<br />
| birth_date = 10 October 1897<br />
| birth_place = [[Cossimbazar]], [[Murshidabad]] <br />
| death_date = 23 February 1952<br />
| death_place = <br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| alma_mater = [[Calcutta University]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Maharaja Srish Kumar Nandy''' (10 October 1897 – 23 February 1952)<ref name=e>{{cite book|last1=Sengupta|first1=Subodhchandra|last2=Bose|first2=Anjali|title=Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan(Biographical dictionary)|lang=Bengali|publisher=Sahitya Samsad|year=2016|place=Calcutta|page=737}}</ref> was the last [[zamindar]] of [[Cossimbazar|Cossimbazar Raj]] and a noted writer, politician and landlord of Bengal.<br />
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He was eldest son of [[Manindra Chandra Nandy|Sir Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy]] and Maharani Kashishwari<ref name=a>"The Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's Who 1951", published by Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd., Bombay.</ref><br />
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He got elected as an independent candidate in the 1936 Bengal elections<ref name="HussainBangladesh1997"/> and then served as a minister in [[Bengal Presidency|Government of Bengal]] in charge of Irrigation, Communications and Works for the years 1936-1941 in the Cabinet of [[A. K. Fazlul Huq|Aq Fazlul Huq]] cabinet.<ref name="Sen1976">{{cite book|author=Shila Sen|title=Muslim politics in Bengal, 1937-1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mhuAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Impex India|pages=95, 120}}</ref> In 1924, he became a member of [[Bengal Legislative Council]].<ref name="HussainBangladesh1997">{{cite book|author1=Aklam Hussain|author2=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|title=History of Bangladesh, 1704-1971|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ut9tAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|isbn=978-984-512-337-2}}</ref> He was initially associated with [[Hindu Mahasabha]]<ref name="Gupta1992">{{cite book|author=Bishan Kumar Gupta|title=Political Movements in Murshidabad: 1920-1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1q3nAAAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Manisha Granthalaya|pages=139, 155, 164}}</ref><ref name="Isalāma2005">{{cite book|author=Najarula Isalāma|title=Son of the Soil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JtjAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Viva Books|isbn=978-81-309-3097-8}}</ref> but later joined Congress.<ref name="Gupta1992"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=owBuAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Quaid-i-Azam Papers Project, National Archives of Pakistan|isbn=978-969-8156-03-9|page=620}}</ref><ref name="Sengupta2011">{{cite book|author=Nitish K. Sengupta|title=Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVSh_TyJ0YoC&pg=PA400|date=1 January 2011|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-341678-4|pages=400–}}</ref><br />
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He was the author of books - ''Bengal Rivers'' and ''Our Economic Welfare, Flood and Its Remedy'', ''Monopathy'' (a pathological study of mind) - a comic drama, ''Dasyu Duhita'' (Robber's daughter) - a five act drama, etc.<br />
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The [[Maharaja Manindra Chandra College]] stands as a memorial, founded by him in memory of his father.<ref name="Calcutta1957">{{cite book|author=University of Calcutta|title=Hundred years of the University of Calcutta: a history of the university issued in commemoration of the centenary celebrations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TinOAAAAMAAJ|year=1957|publisher=University of Calcutta}}</ref><br />
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Later, he founded and funded another institution, which is now known as [[Maharaja Srish Chandra College]].<ref>[http://www.msccollege.org/mschome.php Srish Chandra College]</ref> he builds Higher education school i.e. Ethora Srish Chandra Institution at Ethora, Salanpur Block, Paschim Bardhaman.<br />
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[[Category:1897 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian philanthropists]]<br />
[[Category:Founders of Indian schools and colleges]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Murshidabad district]]<br />
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