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Maharaja Shri Sir Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur KCSI (20 December 1886 – 20 December 1922) was the Maharaja of Cooch-Behar, India, from September 1913 until his death in December 1922.

Jitendra Narayan, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
23rd Maharaja of Cooch-Behar
Reign	1 September 1913 - 20 December 1922
Successor	Jagaddipendra Narayan
Born	(1886-12-20)20 December 1886 Cooch Behar Palace, India
Died	20 December 1922(1922-12-20) (aged 36) London, United Kingdom [1]
Spouse	Maharani Indira Devi(1913-1922)
Personal information
Full name	Jitendra Narayan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1918	Maharaja of Cooch-Behar's XI
Only First-class	18 March 1918 Maharaja of Cooch Behar's XI v Lord Willingdon's XI
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 33 Batting average 16.50 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 18 Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 September 2011

Early life

Jitendra Narayan was the second son of Nripendra Narayan and Suniti Devi of Cooch Behar. Victor Nitindra Narayan Bhup Bahadur was his younger brother, the third son of Maharaja Nripendra Narayan and Maharani Suniti Devi. He was married to Indira Raje, who was the daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III and Maharani Chimnabai of Baroda State. He was father of two sons Jagaddipendra Narayan, Indrajitendra Narayan and three daughters, Ila Devi, Gayatri Devi and Menaka Devi. His first cousin was Raja Jaladhar Bose of Chitranjan and Rupnarayanpur.

Work

He established Nripendra Narayan Memorial High School in the year 1916.

Cricket

He played one first-class cricket match, for his own side, scoring 33 runs in total.[2]

References

Political offices
Preceded by Maharaja Rajendra Narayan II Bhup Bahadur	Maharaja of Cooch Behar 1913–1922	Succeeded by Maharaja Jagaddipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur

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