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| title = Maharani Swarnamoyee<br />
| name = Maharani Swarnamoyee<br />
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| image_size = 250px<br />
| birth_name = Saradasundari Devi<br />
| birth_date = December 1827<br />
| birth_place = [[Bhatakul]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj]] (present day [[Purba Bardhaman district]], India)<br />
| death_date = 25 August 1897 (aged 69)<br />
| death_place = [[Cossimbazar]]<br />
| successor = [[Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy]]<br />
| spouse = Maharaja Krishna Nath of Cossimbazar Raj (m. 1836–1844)<br />
| children = Lakshmi Devi, Saraswati Devi<br />
| occupation = [[Philanthropist]]<br />
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'''Maharani Swarnamoyee''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CI}} (December 1827 – August 25, 1897) was the [[Maharani]] of [[Cossimbazar]] Raj from 1844 to 1897. She was a philanthropist during the period of [[Bengal Renaissance]].<br />
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==Marriage==<br />
Born in a poor family, Swarnamoyee was extremely beautiful and married Maharaja Krishna Nath Nandy of the [[Cossimbazar]] Royal Family in 1836.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} Her birth name was Saradasundari, which was changed to Swarnamoyee after marriage. They had two daughters, Lakshmi and Saraswati. Her husband committed suicide in 1844 at the age of 22. Among her daughters, one died in infancy, the other married and died at a young age. After her husband's death, she became Maharani of Cossimbazar Raj estate. Krishnath was Maharaja of Cossimbazar Raj from 1832 to 1844.<ref name="murshidabad1">[http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-cossimbazar-raj.htm Official website of Murshidabad Fire Dekha] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630071936/http://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-cossimbazar-raj.htm |date=2021-06-30 }}, ''Biography of Maharani Swarnamayee''</ref><br />
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==Charity==<br />
To supply pure water for the residents of the town of [[Baharampur|Berhampore]], the Swarnamoyee Water-works were constructed at a cost of Rs. 270,000, of which Rs. 162,000 was donated by Maharani Swarnamoyee. The project was inaugurated by [[Sir John Woodburn]], then Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, on 31 July 31, 1899.<ref name="murshidabad1"/> Swarnamoyee donated Rs. 1,000 to Calcutta Chandni Hospital in 1871, and Rs. 8,000 to Native Hospital in 1872. She also donated to famine and malaria relief funds.<ref name="murshidabad1"/><br />
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Swarnamoyee donated Rs. 150,000 for the construction of a hostel to provide accommodation for female medical students at [[Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata|Calcutta Medical College]]. The foundation stone of the hostel was laid by [[Hariot Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava|Lady Dufferin]]. The hostel still bears the name of Maharani Swarnamoyee.<ref name="murshidabad1"/> Swarnamoyee donated 30 bighas of land for the construction of [[Krishnath College|Berhampore College]] in 1851. In 1886, Maharani Swarnamoyee was vested with the necessary powers for the management of the college when the government withdrew from its management.<ref name="murshidabad1"/><br />
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Swarnamoyee donated Rs. 1,000 to Medinipur High School in 1871, Rs. 4,000 to Rangpur High School, Rs. 3,000 to the [[Oriental Seminary]] and Rs. 10,000 to the Hindu Girls' School in 1876 and Rs. 5,000 to Khagra London Missionary School, [[Murshidabad]] in 1883.<ref name="murshidabad1"/> Swarnamoyee donated Rs. 15,000 to [[Bethune College]] in 1872, Rs. 2,000 to [[Cuttack]] College in 1875, Rs. 2,000 to Aligarh College in 1876 and Rs. 5,000 to London Imperial Jubilee Institution in 1887. She donated all of the land for [[Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur|Shibpur Bengal Engineering College]]. She donated Rs. 4,000 to the Hindu Hostel in 1879.<ref name="murshidabad1"/><br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
Swarnamoyee received the title of Maharani on August 11, 1871.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} The Maharani received the [[Order of the Crown of India]] on August 14, 1878, in recognition of her charitable work.<ref name="murshidabad1"/><br />
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==Death==<br />
Maharani Swarnamoyee died on August 25, 1897, at the age of 68.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} After her death, [[Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy]], the son of Maharaja Krishna Nath's sister, Gobinda Sundari Devi, became the Maharaja of the Cossimbazar Raj estate.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}<br />
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