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{{short description|Bengali politician and writer and zamindar of Cossimbazar Raj (1897-1952)}}
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{{Infobox person
| title             =
| name              = Srish Chandra Nandy
| image             = শ্রীশচন্দ্র নন্দী.jpg
| image_size        = 250px
| birth_name        = Srish Chandra Nandy
| birth_date        = 10 October 1897
| birth_place       = [[Calcutta]], [[British India]]
| death_date        = 23 February 1952 (aged 54)
| death_place       =
| nationality       = [[India]]n
| 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)<ref name=e>{{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}}</ref> was the last [[zamindar]] of [[Cossimbazar|Cossimbazar Raj]] and a writer, politician and landlord of Bengal.
He was youngest son of [[Manindra Chandra Nandy|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. <ref name=a>"The Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's Who 1951", published by Bennett, Coleman & Co., Ltd., Bombay.</ref>
He was elected as an independent candidate in the 1936 Bengal elections<ref name="HussainBangladesh1997"/> and then served as a minister in [[Bengal Presidency|Government of Bengal]] in charge of Irrigation, Communications and Works for the years 1936–1941 in the Cabinet of [[A. K. Fazlul Huq|Aq Fazlul Huq]] cabinet.<ref name="Sen1976">{{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}}</ref> In 1924, he became a member of [[Bengal Legislative Council]].<ref name="HussainBangladesh1997">{{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}}</ref> He was initially associated with [[Hindu Mahasabha]]<ref name="Gupta1992">{{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}}</ref><ref name="Isalāma2005">{{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}}</ref> but later joined Congress.<ref name="Gupta1992"/><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="Sengupta2011">{{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–}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Calcutta1957">{{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}}</ref>
Later, he founded and funded another institution, which is now known as [[Maharaja Srish Chandra College]].<ref>[http://www.msccollege.org/mschome.php Srish Chandra College]</ref>
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