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, postalcode = 736101 , established = 1881 , founder = His Highness Maharaja

Nripendra Narayan Maharaja Nripendra Narayan (4 October 1862 – 18 September 1911) was the Maharaja of the princely state of Cooch Bihar, India, from 1863 to 1911. Early life Nripendra Narayan was only ten months old when his father, Narendra Narayan, died in ...

, the

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Cooch Behar Cooch Behar (), or Koch Bihar, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. It is in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas at . Cooch Behar is the only planned city in the ...

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girls' school in

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History

Her Highness Maharani Suniti Devi of Cooch Behar

The school was founded in 1881 as Sunity College by His Highness, the Maharaja of

. It was named after Her Highness Maharani Suniti Devi, who was the brain behind its establishment.SUNITY ACADEMY
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Keshub Chandra Sen Keshub Chandra Sen ( bn, কেশবচন্দ্র সেন; also spelled Keshab Chunder Sen; 19 November 1838 – 8 January 1884) was a Hindu philosopher and social reformer who attempted to incorporate Christian theology within ...

. The school was rechristened as Sunity Academy in 1916. In 1928, the Sunity Academy was affiliated to the

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. However, the school is now attached to

University of North Bengal University of North Bengal (abbreviated as NBU) is a public state collegiate major research university in North Bengal region of West Bengal, which is located in Raja Rammohanpur, Siliguri, Darjeeling district, in the Indian state of West Be ...

since its inception in 1962. In 1937, when the representative of the Governor General of the Eastern States came to visit Sunity Academy, he was highly impressed with its management. In 2003, the erstwhile president of India,

APJ Abdul Kalam Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (; 15 October 193127 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied ...

visited the school. In 2004, Her Highness

Gayatri Devi Gayatri Devi (born as Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar; 23 May 1919 − 29 July 2009) was the third Maharani consort of Jaipur from 1940 to 1949 through her marriage to Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II. Following her husband's signature for th ...

, the

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and the Princess of Cooch Behar, paid a visit. In 2006, the school celebrated its 125th anniversary. Maharani Suniti Devi's second son Maharaja Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur's three daughters Princesses Ila, Gayatri and Menaka (Princesses of Cooch Behar) appeared for their matriculation examination from Sunity Academy.

Notable alumni

* Anjana Bhowmick, actress * Aparajita Goppi, politician and activist
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, performing artist

References

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History

Notable alumni

See also

References