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 a ...

of Cossimbazar Raj 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

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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 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. After reforms wer ...

. He was initially associated with

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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 Maharaja Manindra Chandra College is an undergraduate college in North Kolkata, India, established in 1941, at 20 Ramkanta Bose Street, Kolkata - 700003. It is affiliated under the University of Calcutta. It shares premises with Maharaja Sris ...

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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