Background
Nripendra Narayan was only ten months old when his father Narendra Narayan died in 1863. In 1878 he married Suniti Devi, a daughter of Keshab Chandra Senator of Calcutta.
Nripendra Narayan was only ten months old when his father Narendra Narayan died in 1863. In 1878 he married Suniti Devi, a daughter of Keshab Chandra Senator of Calcutta.
He studied at Wards Institute at Benaras, thereafter, at Bankipur College, Patna and lastly law at Presidency College, Calcutta.
He was crowned as the king in the same year. Since he was still an infant the administration was handed over to the Commissioner appointed by the British Governor General. Immediately after marriage he left for England for higher studies.
Nripendra died at the English coastal resort of Bexhill-on-Sea in September 1911.
His funeral took place in Bexhill on 21 September 1911. The Maharajah had come to Bexhill to convalesce after leaving Moor Hall, Ninfield.
The fountain originally stood to the side of the Coastguards Cottages on the present site of the De Louisiana Warr Pavilion. When the cottages were demolished in 1934 to make way for the Pavilion, the fountain was re-erected in Egerton Park.
lieutenant stood near to the park entrance next to the Bexhill Museum until 1963 when it was removed for restoration.
lieutenant was stored in Bexhill Cemetery for a while but then subsequently disappeared. Its current whereabouts is unknown. Bexhill-on-Sea"s historical society has produced a booklet "Bexhill"s maharajah" summarising Nripendra"s connections with Bexhill.
Titles 1887 - Grand Commander of Most Eminent Order of the Empire of India on the occasion of his attending the jubilee celebration of Queen Victoria.
Full style Lieutenant-Colonel His Highness Maharaja Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, GCIE, Central Bank.
1887 - Grand Commander of Most Eminent Order of the Empire of India on the occasion of his attending the jubilee celebration of Queen Victoria. Empress of India Medal Gold-1877 with a Sword. Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE)-1887 Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Medal-1887 Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Medal Clasp-1897 Delhi Durbar Gold Medal-1903.
