Nṛipendra Nārāyaṇa’s Followers (1)

Nṛipendra Nārāyaṇa

Born

in Bengal, India

October 04, 1862

Died

September 18, 1911

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Maharaja Nripendra Narayan GCSI was Maharaja of the princely state of Koch Bihar, India, from 1863 till 1911.

'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 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.[4] He also established the India Club at Calcutta in 1882. He also established the Anandamayi ...more