Narendra Narayan (1841–1863) was the Maharaja of

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of Koch Bihar,

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, from 1847 to 1863. In the year 1845, he was adopted by his uncle, the Maharaja of Koch Bihar, Shivenra Narayan, when his own son died at an early age. Later, upon death of his father on 23 August 1847, he was installed to the throne of Koch Bihar, but was only granted full ruling powers in 1860 upon his attaining the age.COOCH BEHAR (Princely State)
, iinet.net.au] He was the first ruler of Koch Bihar to have English education. He had two sons, namely Jatindra Narayan and

Nripendra Narayan Maharaja Nripendra Narayan (4 October 1862 – 18 September 1911) was the Maharaja of the princely state of Cooch Bihar, India, from 1863 to 1911. Early life Nripendra Narayan was only ten months old when his father, Narendra Narayan, died i ...

. While Nripendra Narayan went on to become the maharaja of Koch Bihar, Jatindra Narayan became the

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of Chitranjan and Rupnarayanpur. He later took up the name J. Bose. His descendants, Salil Kumar Bose and Saibal Kumar Bose, are now considered the royal family of Koch Bihar, as they are the only descendants left of the

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. He is noted for having banned Sati practice in his state. He had founded

Jenkins School Jenkins School is a boys school in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was established in 1861 in the town of Cooch Behar. History After the independence of India in 1947, the princely state of Cooch Behar was merged with India in 1950 as Co ...

in Koch Bihar in 1861, which is one of the oldest boys' school of

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He died on 6 August 1863 and was succeeded by his second son

. The

Narendra Narayan Park The Narendra Narayan Park is a botanical garden located in Cooch Behar town of West Bengal. It was established in 1894. It is named after erstwhile ruler of princely state of Cooch Behar, Shri Narendra Narayan. It was founded by Maharaja Nripendra ...

, which a botanical garden in Koch Bihar town established in 1892 is named after him.A Directory of Botanic Gardens and Parks in India by R. K. Chakraverty, D. P. Mukhopadhyay - 1990 - Page 31

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