Jitendra Narayan

Jitendra Narayan,
Maharaja of Cooch Behar

Personal information
Full name	Jitendra 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]
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

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

Early life

Jitendra Narayan was the second son of Nripendra Narayan and Suniti Devi of Cooch Behar and was known as Maharajkumar Victor. 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 & Menaka Devi.

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]

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