Background
Manindra Chandra Nandy was born on 29 May 1860 into the royal family of Cossimbazar. His mother, Gobinda Sundari (sister of Raja Krishnath Roy) died when he was two, and his father died when he was ten.
Manindra Chandra Nandy was born on 29 May 1860 into the royal family of Cossimbazar. His mother, Gobinda Sundari (sister of Raja Krishnath Roy) died when he was two, and his father died when he was ten.
Manindra Chandra suffered from a severe illness when he was fourteen, which prevented him from going to school. Though he later recovered from the illness, he studied at home and did not obtain formal education.
He became the Maharaja of Cossimbazar, as per the wishes of Cossimbazar Raj family, as there were no direct male descendants alive after the death of Maharani Swarnomoyee in 1897. Krishnath College In 1905, control of Krishnath College was handed over to Manindra Chandra Nandy by the government via a deed of transfer. A board of management was created, with Nandy as its president
Nandy spent Rs.
45,000 annually for the maintenance of the college. Krishnath College School A large building for Krishnath College School was constructed and expanded at the expense of Rs. 135,000 by Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy at Berhampore College to accommodate 1,200 students annually.
The foundation stone was laid in 1909 and the school formally opened in 1911.
Different schools Manindra Chandra established an English medium high school with a hostel at his ancestral village of Mathrun, Burdwan, at a cost of Rs. 50,000. He maintained schools in other villages and patronised schools for the handicapped in Calcutta.
Different colleges Nandy contributed Rs. 15,000 for the construction of The Calcutta Medical School and College of Physicians and Surgeons of Bengal in 1904.
He donated Rs. 5,000 for Daulatpur College and Rs.
50,000 for Rangpur College. In 1914, he contributed Rs. 5,000 to Medical College and Hospital for Women and the Nurses Training Institute in New Delhi.
He created a chair at Banaras Hindu University and a science chair at Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose Laboratory.
He patronised the Bengal Technical Institute, National College, and The Association for the Scientific and Industrial of Indians. Nandy was the chairman of Berhampore Municipality and Murshidabad District Board.
The Maharaja died on November 12, 1929.
Manindra Chandra was president of the British Indian Association in 1922, 1923, and 1929 and a member of Imperial Legislative Council from 1913 to 1921.