Manindra Chandra Nandy
Bengali philanthropist (1860-1929)
Maharaja Sir Manindra Chandra Nandy (29 May 1860 – 12 November 1929) was the Maharaja of Cossimbazar Raj from 1898 to 1929, a philanthropist and reformist during the period of Bengal Renaissance.
Family
Manindra Chandra Nandy was born on 29 May 1860 at Shyambazar in North Kolkata in present-day West Bengal, India. His ancestral house was at Shyambazar, North Kolkata. From his mother's side he belonged to the royal family of Cossimbazar. His mother, Gobinda Sundari (sister of Raja Krishnath Roy) died when he was two, and his father died when he was twelve, in 1872. He had 8 elder siblings - Sarbeshwari (b.1843), Bishweshwari (b.1845), Upendra Chandra (b.1848 - d.1872), Bhubaneshwari, Jogendra Chandra (b.1854 - d.1868), Siddheshwari, Ramaneshwari (b.1857), and another boy. By 1875, Manindra's family consisted of his 3 widowed sisters and he was the guardian.
He became the Maharaja of Cossimbazar, as per the wishes of Cossimbazar Raj Family, as there were no direct male descendants alive after the death of Maharani Swarnamoyee in 1897.
Education
Manindra Chandra suffered from a severe illness when he was fourteen, which prevented him from going to school. Though he later recovered from the illness, he studied at home and did not obtain formal education.
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