Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cooch Behar, Maharaja Sir Nripendra Bhup Bahadur of
COOCH BEHAR, MAHARAJA SIR NRIPENDRA BHUP BAHADUR OF (1862–)
Born Oct. 4,1862 : succeeded his father in 1863, the State being under official management during his minority : edutaced at the Wards' Institute, Benares, and at Bankipur, Patna : Maharaja Bahadur, 1880 : installed in 1883 as a Ruling Chief : G.C.I.E., 1887 : Hony. Lt-Colonel of the 6th Bengal Cavalry : through the Tirah campaign on the Staff of General Yeatman-Briggs : present at Dargai and Samana : C.B., 1898 : Hony. A.D.C to H.M. the King : married in 1878 the daughter of Keshab Chandra Sen (q.v.). The Maharaja has visited England several times : he is a keen sportsman and has excelled in polo, tennis, and other games. The Maharani Sunity Devi has been a Member of the Imperial Order of the Crown of India since 1887.