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           INDIAN PRINCES, THE 
           Neg. No: 2805 
           Neg. Size: 12"x15" 
           Neg. Date: 3-9-1901 
 
 Subject: The 
        four sons of Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch 
        Behar (1862-1911).[India]         
         
        
 
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  Maharaja Shri Sir Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch-Behar, 
              KCSI (1.1.1917). b. in London, 20th December 1886, educ. Eton and 
              with Imperial Cadet Corps, Dehra Dun. Attended the Coronation of H.M. 
              The King Emperor Edward VII in 1902 (rcvd Medal) and H.M. The King 
              Emperor George V in 1911 (rcvd. Medal). Attended the Delhi Durbars 
              1903 (rcvd. medal) and 1911 (rcvd. bar to Coron. medal). Succeeded 
              his brother, 1st September 1913. Proclaimed at Cooch-Behar, 16th September 
              1913 and installed on the gadi, 17th November 1913. X at London, 25th 
              August 1913, H.H. Maharani Indira Devi (b. at Laxmi Vilas Palace, 
              Baroda, 19th February 1892; d. at Bombay, 12th September 1968), Regent 
              of Cooch-Behar and President of the State Council 20th December 1922 
              to 6th April 1936, the only surviving daughter of H.H. Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia, 
              Shrimant Maharaja Sir Sayaji Rao III Gaekwad, Sena Khas Khel Shamsher 
              Bahadur, Maharaja of Baroda, GCSI, GCIE, by his second wife, H.H. 
              Maharani Shrimant Akhand Soubhagyavati Gajra Bai Sahiba, CI. He d. 
              at Cooch-Behar, 20th December 1922, having had issue two sons and 
              three daughters.
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 Lieutenant-Colonel 
              Maharaj Kumar Shri Victor Nitendra Narayan. b. 21st May 
              1887, educ. Mayo Coll., Ajmer, Eton, and with ICC, Dehra Dun. Attended 
              the Delhi Durbar 1911 as a member of the Bodyguard to HM King Emperor 
              George V (rcvd. Silver Medal). MLC Cooch-Behar 1911-29; MSC in charge 
              of H.H.�s Household 1913-19, MSC in charge of the Education, Press, 
              Agriculture and Industry departments 1919-29; Cdt Cooch-Behar State 
              Forces and Military Sec to H.H. 1914-19. Rcvd. Silver Jubilee Medal 
              (1935) and Coronation Medal (1937). X at Calcutta, 1916, Maharaj Kumari 
              Niropoma Devi, daughter of M.L. Gupta, Barr-at-Law, of Calcutta. He 
              d. in a motor accident at Osterley, Surrey, 31st October 
              1937, having had issue two sons
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 Maharaja Shri Raj Rajeshwar Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch-Behar. 
              b. at Woodlands, Alipur, Calcutta, 11th April 1882, educ. 
              Mayo Coll., Ajmer; Eton, Berks., Oxford Univ. and with Imperial Cadet 
              Corps, Dehra Dun. Hon. Lieut. 2nd City of London Imperial 
              Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons), 4/6/1902. Attended the Coronation 
              of H.M. The King Emperor Edward VII in 1902 (rcvd. medal), Delhi Durbar 
              1903 (rcvd. Silver medal), and the Coronation of H.M. The King Emperor 
              George V in 1911 (rcvd. medal). Succeeded on the death of his father, 
              18th September 1911. Proclaimed at Cooch-Behar, 2nd 
              October 1911 and installed on the gadi, 8th November 1911. 
              He d.s.p. unm. at Cromer, Norfolk, 1st September 1913 and 
              was succeeded by his younger brother.
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 Lieutenant-Colonel 
              Maharaj Kumar Shri Hitendra Narayan. b. at Darjeeling, 1st 
              July 1890, educ. Eton and with ICC, Dehra Dun. Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut 
              IA, 15/10/1914 served in the Great War as Staff Officer to the GOC 
              IEF in France 1914-16 (MID for distinguished service at Neuve Chapelle, 
              1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals and Indian recruiting badge). 
              Cdt. Cooch-Behar State Forces and Military Sec to H.H. 1919-20; MSC 
              in charge of H.H.�s Household and an MLC, 1919-20. He d. suddenly 
          at Colinton, Darjeeling, 7th November 1920. |  Biographical information provided by Christopher 
        J Buyers , The Royal Ark http://www.dreamwater.net/regiment/ RoyalArk/royalark.htm 
           Date: 
        3 September 1901. Occasion: 
        - Location: 
        The Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London. Descr: 
        FL. Costume: 
        - Furniture 
        & Props: Painted backdrop. 
 Photographer: 
        Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London.  Evidence 
        of photographer at work: - Other images 
        in this series: Copyright: 
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            including the URL of the relevant pageProvenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989. 
 References: 
         Biog: 
        (1) Who's Who; The World, "Celebrities 
        at Home", No. 1579, 30 September 1908; Pauline Rohatgi, Portraits 
        in the India Office Library and Records, London, 1893, p 277; Sunity 
        Devee, Maharani of Cooch Behar, The Autobiography of an Indian Princess, 
        London, 1921; John Lord, The Maharajahs, London, 1972, p 149; 
        Gayatri Devi and Santha Rama Rau, A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs 
        of the Maharani of Jaipur, London, 1984; Maharajah of Baroda, The 
        Palaces of India, London, 1980. (2) The World, 
        ibid; Sunity Devee, op cit; Gayatri Devi and Santha 
        Rama Rau, op cit; Maharajah of Baroda, op cit. (3) 
        Who's Who In India, Lucknow, 1911, part VII, pp 1-3; The 
        World, ibid; The Times, 28 November 1911, p 11a; Sunity 
        Devee, op cit; Gayatri Devi and Santha Rama Rau, op cit; 
        (4) The World, ibid; Sunity Devee, 
        op cit; Gayatri Devi and Santha Rama Rau, op cit; Maharajah 
        of Baroda, op cit. Occasion: 
        - Costume: 
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 Acknowledgements: 
        Biographical 
        information provided by Christopher J Buyers 
        , The Royal Ark http://www.dreamwater.net/regiment/RoyalArk/royalark.htm   
         
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