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Srish Chandra Nandy

Srish Chandra Nandy

Bengali politician and writer and zamindar of Cossimbazar Raj (1897-1952)

Srish Chandra Nandy (10 October 1897 – 23 February 1952)[1] was the last zamindar of Cossimbazar Raj and a writer, politician and landlord of Bengal.

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He was youngest son of Sir Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy and Maharani Kashishwari. His 2 elder brothers, Mahim Chandra and Kirti Chandra, died at a young age. He had four sisters. [2]

He was elected as an independent candidate in the 1936 Bengal elections[3] 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.[4] In 1924, he became a member of Bengal Legislative Council.[3] He was initially associated with Hindu Mahasabha[5][6] but later joined Congress.[5][7][8]

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.[citation needed]

The Maharaja Manindra Chandra College stands as a memorial, founded by him in memory of his father.[9]

Later, he founded and funded another institution, which is now known as Maharaja Srish Chandra College.[10]

References

  1. [1]
    Sengupta, Subodhchandra; Bose, Anjali (2016). Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan(Biographical dictionary) (in Bengali). Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad. p. 737.
  2. [2]
    "The Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's Who 1951", published by Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd., Bombay.
  3. [3]
    Aklam Hussain; Asiatic Society of Bangladesh (1997). History of Bangladesh, 1704-1971. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 978-984-512-337-2.
  4. [4]
    Shila Sen (1976). Muslim politics in Bengal, 1937-1947. Impex India. pp. 95, 120.
  5. [5]
    Bishan Kumar Gupta (1992). Political Movements in Murshidabad: 1920-1947. Manisha Granthalaya. pp. 139, 155, 164.
  6. [6]
    Najarula Isalāma (1 January 2005). Son of the Soil. Viva Books. ISBN 978-81-309-3097-8.
  7. [7]
    Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah Papers. Quaid-i-Azam Papers Project, National Archives of Pakistan. 1993. p. 620. ISBN 978-969-8156-03-9.
  8. [8]
    Nitish K. Sengupta (1 January 2011). Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib. Penguin Books India. pp. 400–. ISBN 978-0-14-341678-4.
  9. [9]
    University of Calcutta (1957). Hundred years of the University of Calcutta: a history of the university issued in commemoration of the centenary celebrations. University of Calcutta.
  10. [10]
    Srish Chandra College
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