Srish Chandra Nandy

{{short description|Bengali politician and writer and zamindar of Cossimbazar Raj (1897-1952)}}

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{{Infobox person

| title =

| name = Srish Chandra Nandy

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| birth_name = Srish Chandra Nandy

| birth_date = 10 October 1897

| birth_place = Calcutta, British India

| death_date = 23 February 1952 (aged 54)

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| nationality = Indian

| father = Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy

| mother = Maharani Kashishwari

| spouse = Nilimaprova Devi (m.1917)

| children = Animaprova Devi (b.1920), Somendra Chandra Nandy (b.1928)

| alma_mater = Calcutta University

}}

Srish Chandra Nandy (10 October 1897 – 23 February 1952){{cite book|last1=Sengupta|first1=Subodhchandra|last2=Bose|first2=Anjali|title=Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan(Biographical dictionary)|language=Bengali|publisher=Sahitya Samsad|year=2016|place=Calcutta|page=737}} was the last zamindar of Cossimbazar Raj and a writer, politician and landlord of Bengal.

He was youngest son of Sir Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy and Maharani Kashishwari. His 2 elder brothers, Mahim Chandra and Kirti Chandra, died at a young age. He had four sisters. "The Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's Who 1951", published by Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd., Bombay.

He was elected as an independent candidate in the 1936 Bengal elections and then served as a minister in Government of Bengal in charge of Irrigation, Communications and Works for the years 1936–1941 in the Cabinet of Aq Fazlul Huq cabinet.{{cite book|author=Shila Sen|title=Muslim politics in Bengal, 1937-1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mhuAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Impex India|pages=95, 120}} In 1924, he became a member of Bengal Legislative Council.{{cite book|author1=Aklam Hussain|author2=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|title=History of Bangladesh, 1704-1971|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ut9tAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Asiatic Society of Bangladesh|isbn=978-984-512-337-2}} He was initially associated with Hindu Mahasabha{{cite book|author=Bishan Kumar Gupta|title=Political Movements in Murshidabad: 1920-1947|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1q3nAAAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Manisha Granthalaya|pages=139, 155, 164}}{{cite book|author=Najarula Isalāma|title=Son of the Soil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JtjAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 2005|publisher=Viva Books|isbn=978-81-309-3097-8}} but later joined Congress.{{cite book|title=Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah Papers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=owBuAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Quaid-i-Azam Papers Project, National Archives of Pakistan|isbn=978-969-8156-03-9|page=620}}{{cite book|author=Nitish K. Sengupta|title=Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVSh_TyJ0YoC&pg=PA400|date=1 January 2011|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-341678-4|pages=400–}}

He was the author of books - Bengal Rivers and Our Economic Welfare, Flood and Its Remedy, Monopathy (a pathological study of mind) - a comic drama, Dasyu Duhita (Robber's daughter) - a five act drama.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}

The Maharaja Manindra Chandra College stands as a memorial, founded by him in memory of his father.{{cite book|author=University of Calcutta|title=Hundred years of the University of Calcutta: a history of the university issued in commemoration of the centenary celebrations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TinOAAAAMAAJ|year=1957|publisher=University of Calcutta}}

Later, he founded and funded another institution, which is now known as Maharaja Srish Chandra College.[http://www.msccollege.org/mschome.php Srish Chandra College]