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3 unusual facts about Cooch Behar


Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College

Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College or ABN Seal, earlier Victoria College, is a co-educational college in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India.

Etymology of Cooch Behar

But there are many theories or stories behind the naming of Cooch Behar.

Macrobrachium agwi

It was discovered when a shipment of ornamental prawns, destined for the aquarium trade was shipped from Cooch Behar, East Bengal, India to Europe.


2008 H5N1 outbreak in West Bengal

At least eleven districts of West Bengal, including Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Burdwan, Hooghly, Cooch Behar, Malda, Bankura, Purulia, Howrah, West Midnapore, South 24 Parganas and South Dinajpur are affected by bird flu.

The infection was caused by the H5N1 subtype of the Influenza A virus and occurred in at least thirteen districts, including Birbhum, Nadia, Murshidabad, Burdwan, Hooghly, Cooch Behar, Malda, Bankura, Purulia, Howrah, West Midnapore, South 24 Parganas and South Dinajpur and several new inclusion are reported daily.


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Bishnu Prasad Rabha

This was despite the fact that due to participation in freedom struggle he was forced by the colonial British regime to leave Ripon College at Calcutta and transferred to Victoria College (now Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College) at Cooch Behar.

Gitaldaha railway station

Up to the sixties there was a railway link from Cooch Behar to Dhubri via Golokganj.

Jitendra Narayan

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.

Kamal Guha

Born at Dinhata on January 20, 1928, he passed his matriculation from Dinhata High School where former president of Bangladesh, Hossain Mohammad Ershad was his classmate, and passed Intermediate Arts from Victoria College (now Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College) in Cooch Behar, which was then affiliated with the University of Calcutta.

University of North Bengal

In 2012-13, Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University has been established with all the colleges of Cooch Behar district and Alipurduar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district affiliated with it.

Valerie Mewes

In 1953, Mewes gained notoriety as a result of her relationship with Jagaddipendra Narayan, the Maharajah of Cooch Behar and in 1955, by the manner of her untimely death.