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Cooch behar My native place-2

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Google : The architect of modern Cooch Behar                                                                                                    Maharaja Nripendra narayan (Grand Commander of Most Eminent Order) 1863-1911                  The pioneering product of                    Bengali female education Maharani Sunity Devi (Imperial order of Crown)                                                                        Cooch behar,the name first found in'Ahom Burungi"(court records) of then Ahom kings(present day Assam).Way back in 12th century.In this post i will concentrate on His Royal Highness Nripendra Narayan.The architect of modern present day Cooch Behar.he ascended the throne at the age of 'one'. He was the paternal grand father of 'Maharani Gayetri devi' of Jaipur. After the 1773 Cooch Behar-Bhutan war; Cooch Behar state lost it's sovereignty to East India co. In a bid to free their captive king Dhyairendra Narayan,from t