Srish Kumar Nandy (10 October 1897 – 23 February 1952) was the last

zamindar A zamindar (Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as ...

Cossimbazar Raj Cossimbazar is a sub-urban area of Berhampore City in the Berhampore CD block in the Berhampore subdivision in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal."Cossimbazar" in '' Imperial Gazetteer of India'', Oxford, Clarendon Press ...

and a writer, politician and landlord of Bengal. He was eldest son of Sir Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy and Maharani Kashishwari"The Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's Who 1951", published by Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd., Bombay. He waselected as an independent candidate in the 1936 Bengal elections and then served as a minister in Government of Bengal in charge of Irrigation, Communications and Works for the years 1936–1941 in the Cabinet of Aq Fazlul Huq cabinet. In 1924, he became a member of

Bengal Legislative Council The Bengal Legislative Council ( was the legislative council of Bengal Presidency, British Bengal (now Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal). It was the legislature of the Bengal Presidency during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. ...

. He was initially associated with Hindu Mahasabha but later joined Congress. He was the author of books - ''Bengal Rivers'' and ''Our Economic Welfare, Flood and Its Remedy'', ''Monopathy'' (a pathological study of mind) - a comic drama, ''Dasyu Duhita'' (Robber's daughter) - a five act drama. The Maharaja Manindra Chandra College stands as a memorial, founded by him in memory of his father. Later, he founded and funded another institution, which is now known as Maharaja Srish Chandra College.Srish Chandra College
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