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Maharaja of Cooch-Behar from 1913–1922 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maharaja Shri Sir Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur KCSI (20 December 1886 – 20 December 1922) was the Maharaja of Cooch-Behar, India, from September 1913 until his death in December 1922.
Jitendra Narayan | |||||||||||||||
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Maharaja of Cooch Behar | |||||||||||||||
23rd Maharaja of Cooch-Behar | |||||||||||||||
Reign | 1 September 1913 – 20 December 1922 | ||||||||||||||
Successor | Jagaddipendra Narayan | ||||||||||||||
Born | Cooch Behar Palace, India | 20 December 1886||||||||||||||
Died | 20 December 1922 36) London, United Kingdom [1] | (aged||||||||||||||
Spouse | Maharani Indira Devi (1913–1922) | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Full name | Jitendra Narayan | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1918 | Maharaja of Cooch-Behar's XI | ||||||||||||||
Only First-class | 18 March 1918 Maharaja of Cooch Behar's XI v Lord Willingdon's XI | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 September 2011 |
Jitendra Narayan was the second son of Nripendra Narayan and Suniti Devi of Cooch Behar. Victor Nitindra Narayan Bhup Bahadur was his younger brother, the third son of Maharaja Nripendra Narayan and Maharani Suniti Devi. He was married to Indira Raje, who was the daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III and Maharani Chimnabai of Baroda State. When they met, Indira was engaged to Madho Rao Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior. The couple's elopement took the families by shock. At the time Jitendra Narayan, as a younger son, was not expected to take the throne. He was father of two sons Jagaddipendra Narayan, Indrajitendra Narayan and three daughters, Ila Devi, Gayatri Devi and Menaka Devi. His first cousin was Raja Jaladhar Bose of Chitranjan and Rupnarayanpur.
He established Nripendra Narayan Memorial High School in the year 1916.
He played one first-class cricket match, for his own side, scoring 33 runs in total.[2]
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