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|succession = 24th [[Cooch Behar State|Maharaja of Cooch-Behar]]
|reign = 20 December 1922 – 12 September 1949
|coronation = 6 April 1936
|predecessor = [[Jitendra Narayan|Maharaja Jitendra I Narayan]]
|successor = Monarchy abolished.
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|successor1 = Prince Virajendra Narayan
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'''Jagaddipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur''', [[K.C.I.E]] (15 December 1915 – 11 April 1970) was [[Maharaja]] of [[Cooch-Behar]], in India. He served in British forces during [[World War II]] and ceded full ruling powers to the Government of India in 1949.

== Early life ==

He was born at [[Cooch Behar Palace]] as the eldest son of Maharaja [[Jitendra Narayan]] Bhup Bahadur, the Maharaja of Cooch-Behar, by his wife, Maharani [[Indira of Baroda|Indira Devi Sahiba]]. He was informally known as 'Bhaiya' and was the brother of [[Gayatri Devi]].<ref name="indian express">{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/new-book-jaipur-royal-family-gayatri-devi-john-zubrzycki-6564419/ |title=New book says British did not want ‘non-Aryan’ Gayatri Devi to marry Raja of Jaipur|work=Indian Express|date=2020-08-21 | accessdate=2020-11-21}}</ref>

He was educated at [[St Cyprian's School]], [[Eastbourne]], [[Harrow School|Harrow]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], and also at the [[Rashtriya Indian Military College|Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College]], [[Dehradun]]. He became the Maharaja of Cooch Behar at the age of seven on the death of his father on 20 December 1922 and ascended the ''gadi'', on 24 December 1922. He reigned under the Regency of his mother until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers on 6 April 1936. His close relatives stayed in Jaipur, Baroda, Dewas, Kota, Allahabad and Calcutta.

== Personal life ==

His first marriage took place privately at Cooch-Behar, 1949 to Nancy Valentine of [[New York (state)|New York]], who was a former screen actress.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Forbidden love|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2020/05/28/forbidden-love.html|access-date=2021-01-20|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-24|title=Right royal kitsch|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/sunday-herald/sunday-herald-books/right-royal-kitsch-840362.html|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> A daughter was born but did not survive and the couple separated in 1952. His second marriage took place privately in [[London]] in 1956<ref name="telegraphindia">{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070108/asp/calcutta/story_7217630.asp |title=Cooch Behar’s blonde queen – From the London swish set to the empty royal palace|publisher=[[The Telegraph India]] |date=2007-01-08 | location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> to [[Maharani Gina Narayan|Georgina May Egan]], {{citation needed span|who had been educated at [[Cambridge University]]|date=August 2017}}. The marriage was made public in 1960, and his wife was recognised as Maharani together with the style of [[Her Highness]] in January 1960. Maharani Gina Narayan settled in Spain after 1980. She died there in 2013.<ref name="bengalpost">{{cite news |url=http://portal.thebengalpost.com/index.php/index/newsdetails/End-of-an-era-94111231358355414 |title=End of an era... |work=Bengal Post|date=2013-01-17 |accessdate=2014-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119143849/http://portal.thebengalpost.com/index.php/index/newsdetails/End-of-an-era-94111231358355414 |archive-date=19 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="smh">{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/model-became-an-indian-princess-20130426-2ijx8.html |title=Model became an Indian princess|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2013-04-27 | accessdate=2014-07-30}}</ref>

== Military career ==

He served with the [[British Army]] in World War II in North Africa, Assam, Burma, and South East Asia. He was present at the time of the Japanese surrender at [[Singapore]] in 1945. He was Chief Commandant Cooch-Behar Military forces from 1943 to 1949, and Colonel-in-Chief 1st Cooch-Behar Infantry and Rajendra Hazari Guards, Jaipur State Forces.

== Political career ==

He was a Member of the Standing Committee of the [[Chamber of Princes]] (''Narendra Mandal'').

He signed the instrument of accession to the [[Dominion of India]] in August 1947 and ceded full ruling powers to the [[Government of India]] on 12 September 1949, overseeing the merger of his state with [[West Bengal]] on 1 January 1950.

He died in [[Calcutta]] and was succeeded by his nephew, Virajendra Narayan, whom he adopted as a son.

== Cricket ==

He captained the [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal Cricket XI]].

== Titles ==
* 1915–1922: [[Maharajkumar]] [[Sri]] Jagatdipendra Narayan
* 1922–1939: [[His Highness]] Sri Sri [[Maharaja]] Jagatdipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, [[Maharaja]] of [[Cooch Behar]]
* 1939–1942: [[2nd Lieutenant]] His Highness Sri Sri [[Maharaja]] Jagatdipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
* 1942–1944: [[Lieutenant]] His Highness Sri Sri [[Maharaja]] Jagatdipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
* 1944–1945: [[Captain (land and air)|Captain]] His Highness Sri Sri [[Maharaja]] Jagatdipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
* 1945–1946: [[Major]] His Highness Sri Sri [[Maharaja]] Jagatdipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
* 1946–1947: [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] His Highness Sri Sri [[Maharaja]] Jagatdipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
* 1947–1970: [[Colonel]] His Highness Sri Sri Maharaja [[Sir]] Jagatdipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch Behar, [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]]

== Honours ==

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* [[King George V Silver Jubilee Medal]] – 1935
* [[King George VI Coronation Medal]] – 1937
* [[1939–1945 Star]] – 1945
* [[Burma Star]] – 1945
* [[Africa Star]] – 1945
* [[Pacific Star]] – 1945
* [[War Medal 1939–1945]] – 1945
* [[India Service Medal]] – 1945
* [[Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (KCIE) – 1947
* [[Indian Independence Medal]] – 1947
* [[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]] – 1953

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== See also ==
'''Royal State Transport (Now "North Bengal State Transport Corporation")'''

North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) is a West Bengal state government undertaken transport corporation. It plys buses in North Bengal and other parts of West Bengal to Kolkata. NBSTC owns many depots in West Bengal to station their buses.This organisation was inaugurated by the then King of Cooch behar His Highness Jagaddipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur Lt.Col. in a bright sunny 1 April morning in the year 1945.Started with three buses and trucks; initially operated "Royal Mail" service and slowly introduced its passenger version to Mansai Ghat,Burnish Ghat,Alipurduar,Tufangaunge etc.The vehicles were of 'Thames and Chevrolet'make,later came 'Ford' makes.Thanks to the far farsightedness of erstwhile rulers, this organisation provided and still providing lively hood and means of transport. To scores of peoples of North Bengal Region and lower Assam.As a matter of fact it is most probably the oldest STU in India.NBSTC received national productivity award in the year 1996.It is deeply weaved with the social,financial, cultural life of the peoples of this region.No other organisation,no matter how strong it is? Can barely match with NBSTC,in terms of impact on life of the peoples of this region.

* [[Koch dynasty]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://coochbehar.nic.in/htmfiles/history_book5.html History Book of Cooch Behar]
* [http://members.tripod.com/maharaniofjaipur/id17.htm Further information]
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*{{cricinfo|id=27964}}

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