Nripendra Narayan

Nripendra Narayan (Bengali: নৃপেন্দ্র নারায়ন) (4 October 1862 – 18 September 1911) was Maharaja of the princely state of Koch Bihar, India from 1863 till 1911.

Nripendra Narayan was only ten months old when his father Narendra Narayan died in 1863. He was crowned as the king in the same year.He had an older brother, Jatindra Narayan, who became the Raja of Chitranjan and Rupnarayanpur. He gifted some land to the British and he was giving the title of His highness. He took up the name J. Bose. Since he was still an infant the administration was handed over to the Commissioner appointed by the British Governor General.

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.

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. Of his sons Rajendra Narayan and Jitendra Narayan later became the Maharajas of Cooch Behar. Gayatri Devi and Ila Devi were daughters of his son Jitendra Narayan.

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.

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