Manindra Chandra Nandy
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Manindra Chandra Nandy 29 May 1860 |
| Died | 12 November 1929 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Title | Maharaja Sir Manindra Chandra Nandy |
Maharaja Sir Manindra Chandra Nandy KCIE (29 May 1860 – 12 May 1929) was the Maharaja of Cossimbazar Raj from 1898 to 1929 and a philanthropist and reformist in the period of the Bengal Renaissance.
Manindra Chandra Nandy was born on 29 May 1860 into the royal family of Cossimbazar. His mother, Gobinda Sundari (sister of Raja Krishnath Roy) died when he was two, and his father died when he was ten.
He became the Maharaja of Cossimbazar, as per the wishes of Cossimbazar Raj family, as there were no direct male descendants alive after the death of Maharani Swarnomoyee in 1897.
Manindra Chandra suffered from a severe illness when he was fourteen, which prevented him from going to school. Though he later recovered from the illness, he studied at home and did not obtain formal education.
He married Maharani Kashishwari of Khirgram, Burdwan at the age of seventeen. They had three sons and two daughters. Their eldest son, Mohim Chandra Nandy, died early in 1906. His other two sons were Srish Chandra Nandy and Kirti Chandra Nandy.
In 1902, Berhampore College was renamed Krishnath College to preserve the memory of Raja Krishnath Roy, the maternal uncle of Manindra Chandra and husband of Maharani Swarnamoyee. In 1905, control of Krishnath College was handed over to Manindra Chandra Nandy by the government via a deed of transfer. A board of management was created, with Nandy as its president. Nandy spent Rs. 45,000 annually for the maintenance of the college.
A large building for Krishnath College School was constructed and expanded at the expense of Rs. 135,000 by Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy at Berhampore College to accommodate 1,200 students annually. The foundation stone was laid in 1909 and the school formally opened in 1911.
Manindra Chandra established an English medium high school with a hostel at his ancestral village of Mathrun, Burdwan, at a cost of Rs. 50,000. He maintained schools in other villages and patronised schools for the handicapped in Calcutta.
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