why did coochbehar palace most room is locked?
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Cooch Behar’s Palace of Pride
The late Maharani Gayatri Devi, the grand queen-mother of Jaipur was the most famous mascot of Cooch Behar, a small princely state in North Bengal where she came from. Today, known more for its grinding poverty, there was a time when this little kingdom was renowned for its splendour and the great beauty of its princesses!
Located on the sliver of alluvial flood lands, sandwiched between the Himalayas in the north and the mighty Brahmaputra, one of India’s fiercest rivers in the south, Cooch Behar is around 142 kms from Siliguri, in an area known as the Dooars.
Today the only reminder of the grand pomp and splendour of the Cooch Behar kingdom is the magnificent, Italian renaissance inspired palace built in 1887.
Literally translated into the Land of the Koch’s after the Koch Rajbongshi people who made this area their home. The kingdom of Cooch Behar traces its origins to King Vishwa Singha of the Koch tribe, who defeated different tribes and laid the foundation for the Kamata kingdom in 1515 CE. Vishwa Singha’s descendants ruled over this region for several centuries.
The most comprehensive account of the tumultuous history of this region is in the book ‘Kochbiharer Itihas’ by Shri. Hemanta Kumar Rai Barma. This book gives a gripping account of the conflicts that led to the British eventually ruling this land.
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