INDEX

Abergavenny, Lady, twin daughters, 127;

dance, 127

Abhishek ceremony, 201

Adams, Captain, 219

Adamson, Dr., 191

Albani, Mdme., 123

Alexandra, Empress of Russia, at Windsor Castle, 117

Alexandra, Queen, kindness to the Maharani of Cooch Behar, 106, 115, 121;

portrait, 120;

at Hatfield House, 128;

the Buckingham Palace review, 172;

death of her husband, 188, 237;

receives the Maharani of Cooch Behar, 188;

message of condolence on the death of the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, 194

Amir Ali, Lady, 167

Anderson, Dr., 216

Anderson, Mary, 123

Ascot, 207

Asram establishment, 7, 20

Bagpipes, the, 131

Bagshot, 162

Baird, Colonel and Mrs., 150

Banerjee, Dr., attends the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, 192

Barnes, Sir H., 177

Baroda, Gaikwar of, 208

Baroda, Maharani of, 103

Baroda, Princess Indira of, 208;

marriage, 209.

See Cooch Behar

“Bart-Auta,” meaning of, 25

Battenberg, Prince Henry of, 120

Battle, 169

Bayley, Lady, 150

Beatrice, H.R.H. Princess, 118, 120, 237

Belghuria garden-house, 7, 29

Benares, Ward’s institution at, 42

Bengal, marriage customs, 34-37

Betel leaves, use of, 75, 94

Bethune College, 15

Beverley, Mrs., 237

Bexhill, 169, 190

“Bhaikota,” festival, 38

Bhopal, H.H. the Begum of, 217

Bignell, Mr., 105

Bignell, Mrs., 118

Bikanir, Maharajah of, 230

Birdwood, General, 237

Blair Atholl, 130;

bagpipes, 131

Blood, General and Lady, 237

Bombay, 136, 185, 239

Brahmins, 2

Brahmo or Religion of the New Dispensation, 2, 8

Brahmo Act, 70

“Brahmo-Somaj, The History of the,” 68

Brahmuna, the god, 2

Brighton, 125

British Museum, 123

Browne, Lord Ulick, 74

Browne, Colonel, 204

Buckingham Palace, garden-party, 118;

review at, 172

Burdwan, 78-80;

palace at, 79;

zoological garden, 80

Burn, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs., 150, 237

Bury, Lord, 183

Cadet Corps, 167, 179, 185, 220, 227

Calcutta, 67, 136, 144;

London National Indian Association, branch at, 222;

Masonic meeting, 204;

Presidency College, 77;

technical school, 240;

Victoria College, 21, 240

Cambridge, Jesus College, 131

Carmichael, Lady, 205, 223

Carmichael, Lord, Governor of Bengal, 203, 205, 222

Carnduff, Sir Henry, 136

Carter, Mr., school at Farnborough, 162

Caste, meaning of, 2, 8

Chatterjee, Hari Mohum, 151

Chaurakaran ceremony, 44

Chowdhuri, Sir A. A., 8

Chuckerbutty, Jadab Chandra, Magistrate of Cooch Behar, 45, 50;

letter to Prosonna Babu, 52;

letter from Mr. Dalton, 57-60

Churchill, Lady Randolph, 126

Civil Marriage Act, 42

Cobb, Miss, letter from K. C. Sen, 71-75

Cochrane, Miss Minnie, 169, 237

Colombo, 147

Connaught, H.R.H. Duchess of, 112, 118, 174;

at the Delhi Durbar, 178;

visits the Maharani of Cooch Behar, 182;

on the death of Rajey, 213

Connaught, H.R.H. Duke of, 174;

at the Delhi Durbar, 178;

death of his wife, 237

Connaught, Prince Arthur of, 162

Cooch Behar, Church of the New Dispensation, 90;

legends, 90;

the old palace, 92;

the new, 92;

Masonic Lodge, 96;

climate, 98;

number of flying insects, 144;

the Pilkhana, 146;

administration, 203, 228, 240;

mausoleum, 213

Cooch Behar, Dowager Maharani, 80

Cooch Behar, Prince Hitty of, birth, 143;

attack of pneumonia, 144;

school at Farnborough, 170;

death, 238

Cooch Behar, Princess Indira of, 209, 238;

at Bombay, 239

Cooch Behar, Prince Jitendra of, birth, 90;

attack of bronchitis, 106;

at Windsor Castle, 117;

loyalty, 139;

conjuring tricks, 142;

at Eton, 166, 170;

joins the Cadet Corps, 166, 168, 170;

in England, 182;

at Bexhill, 192;

marriage, 209;

administration of Cooch Behar, 228, 240;

children, 229;

on the death of his father and brother, 229, 238;

at Bombay, 239

Cooch Behar, Princess Nirupoma of, 229

Cooch Behar, Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharajah of, 42;

the “Poonyah” festival, 40;

education, 42;

at Benares, 43;

Patna, 43;

tutor, 43;

at the Delhi Durbar, 44;

presented with the Kaisar-i-Hind medal, 44;

negotiations for his marriage, 44-53, 55-60;

in England, 45, 50, 67, 103;

views on polygamy, 53;

meeting with his future wife, 54;

betrothal, 54-56;

marriage ceremonies, 61-67, 78;

at Darjeeling, 67;

return to India, 77;

joins the Presidency College, 77;

reception at Burdwan, 79;

at Calcutta, 80, 137;

strict views, 81;

installed ruler, 86;

development of the State, 95;

founds a college, 96;

received by Queen Victoria, 108;

dress at the Guildhall, 114;

characteristics, 116;

at Windsor Castle, 119-121;

G.C.I.E. conferred, 125;

at Blair Atholl, 130;

death of his step-sister, 139;

love of animals, 146;

elephant, 146, 195;

shooting parties, 152-156;

sports, 156;

simple life, 157;

A.D.C. to King Edward VII., 172;

accident at polo, 184;

illness, 185, 188-194;

grief at the King’s death, 186;

at St. George’s Chapel, 187;

at Bexhill, 190;

death, 194;

funeral, 194

Cooch Behar, Princess Prativa (or Pretty) of, birth, 147;

in England, 182;

appearance, 182;

character, 183;

illness, 189;

marriage, 203.

See Mander

Cooch Behar, Prince Raj Rajendra of, birth, 83;

nickname, 85;

appearance, 98;

attack of typhoid fever, 98, 216;

characteristics, 99-101, 141, 202;

in London, 106;

at Windsor Castle, 117;

education, 158-160;

at Mayo College, 159;

school at Farnborough, 162;

at Eton, 162;

Oxford, 166;

joins the Cadet Corps, 167;

at Ditton Park, 170;

attends the Coronation of King Edward VII., 172;

appointed to a commission in the Westminster Dragoons, 172;

plays in a polo match at Trouville, 174;

accident, 175;

at the Delhi Durbar, 177;

illness 178, 189, 206-211;

ordered to England, 179;

in England, 182, 189, 205;

attends the funeral of his father, 195;

succeeds to the Gadi, 199;

devotion to his mother, 199;

predictions of his death, 200;

dismisses the Dewan, 200;

pays homage to his mother, 201;

attack of ptomaine poisoning, 204;

at a nursing home, 206;

at Cromer, 208;

death, 211;

funeral, 212

Cooch Behar, Princess Sudhira of, birth, 147;

in England, 182;

appearance, 185;

operation, 189;

marriage, 230.

See Mander

Cooch Behar, Princess Sukriti of, birth, 89;

simple life, 141;

acts charades, 145;

marriage, 165;

birth of a child, 176;

attack of fever, 176

Cooch Behar, Sunity, Maharani of, 66, 69;

marriage ceremonies, 61-67, 78;

return to Calcutta, 67, 80, 136, 144, 176;

life at Lily Cottage, 75;

governess, 76;

joined by her husband, 77;

reception at Burdwan, 79;

strict ideas of her husband, 81;

birth of her sons, 83, 90, 137, 143;

death of her father, 87;

birth of her daughters, 89, 147;

life at Cooch Behar, 93-95;

death of her mother-in-law, 97;

food, 97;

voyage to England, 103-105, 169, 182, 186, 205, 236;

at the Grosvenor Hotel, 105;

received by Queen Victoria, 107-109;

attends the Drawing Room, 108;

at the State ball, 110;

the Jubilee, 111-113;

Windsor Castle, 113, 117, 119-121, 187;

gift to Queen Victoria, 114, 117;

at Buckingham Palace garden party, 118;

gift from Queen Victoria, 120;

at the theatre, 123;

the Naval Review, 123;

at Edinburgh, 124;

Brighton, 125;

social functions, 126-130;

at Hatfield House, 128, 129;

lost in the maze, 128;

at Blair Atholl, 130;

Cambridge, 131;

Studley Royal, 132;

voyage to India, 135, 196;

at Malta, 135;

Bombay, 136, 185, 239;

tennis parties, 139;

sons, 141-143;

at Darjeeling, 144;

Colombo, 147;

entertainments, 148;

visit to a Maharani, 149;

shooting parties, 150-156;

simple life, 157;

parting with her son Rajey, 158;

on the education of her sons, 160-164;

death of her mother, 164;

marriage of her daughters, 165, 203, 230;

in Switzerland, 170;

at Ditton Park, 170;

the Coronation ceremonies, 172-174, 190;

presented with a medal, 173;

dress at the Court, 173;

grandchildren, 176, 236;

at the Delhi Durbar, 177;

Marlborough House, 183;

interview with Queen Alexandra, 188;

illness, 189;

at Bexhill, 190;

illness of her husband, 190-194;

grief at his death, 194-198;

marriage of her sons, 209, 229;

death of her sons, 211, 238;

acquaintance with Viceroys, 215-222;

dines with Lord Elgin, 219;

“Nine Ideal Indian Women,” 231;

pilgrimage to Sarag-duar, 232;

old friends, 237

Cooch Behar, Prince Victor of, birth, 137;

godmother, 137;

characteristics, 137, 143;

devotion to his brother Jit, 137, 229;

at Eton, 166, 170;

joins the Cadet Corps, 168, 227;

at Cuba, 227;

marriage, 229

Coolootola, 1, 12, 16, 26

Creagh, Sir O’Moore, Commander-in-Chief in India, 221

Crewe, Lord and Lady, 106

Cromer, 208

Cross, Lady, 109

Cross, Lord, Secretary of State for India, 107

Cuba, 227

Curzon, Lady, 220;

at the Delhi Durbar, 178

Curzon, Lord, Viceroy of India, 145, 160, 219, 226;

Cadet Corps, 167, 220;

speech at the Delhi Durbar, 178;

treatment of the Maharani of Cooch Behar, 225;

policy, 220, 226

Cutch, Maharajah of, 128

Dalmeny, Lord, 106

Dalton, Godfrey T., 44, 49, 65, 74;

letter to the Maharajah Sen, 50-52;

to Chuckerbutty, 57-60

Dane, Sir Louis, 185

Darjeeling, 144, 176;

school at, 240

Datchet, 170

Delhi, Durbar at, 44, 176;

elephant procession, 177;

Hospital, 216

Denmark, King of, at the Buckingham Palace State ball, 110

Derby, the, 206

Dhruba, story of, 234

Ditton Park, 170;

toy railway, 170

Diver, Maud, 235

Dover, 206

Dufferin, Lady, book on India, 87, 216;

starts the Delhi Hospital, 216

Dufferin, Lord, Viceroy of India, 8, 136, 156, 216

Dugdale, Col. Frank and Lady Eva, 150

Duke, Sir William, 223

Durham, Earl of, twin brother, 127

Durnford, Sir Walter, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge, 162

Duth, Calica Das, the Dewan, 57, 89, 137

Eden, Sir Ashley, 105

Edinburgh, 124

Edinburgh, H.R.H. the Duke of, at Malta, 135

Edward VII., King, kindly tact, 114;

liking for the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, 116;

at Goodwood races, 125;

personality, 126;

Coronation, 129, 171-174;

illness, 171;

presents medals, 173;

holds a Court, 173;

State Ball, 173;

death, 185

Eldridge, Mrs., 93, 143, 151;

marriage, 135

Elephants at Cooch Behar, 146;

procession at Delhi, 177

Elgin, Lady, 218

Elgin, Lord, Viceroy of India, 218

Elliott, Lady, 139, 223

Elliott, Sir Charles, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, 160

Elphinstone, Lord, 124

Elphinstone, Mr., 150

Englefield Green, 182

Etawah, 12;

massacre at, 13

Eton, 162

Farnborough, 162

Francis, 193

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 139

Frederick, Emperor of Germany, at the Jubilee, 112, 117

Frederick, Empress, of Germany, at the Guildhall, 115

“Fullsaya,” or flower ceremony, 37

Galloway, Lord and Lady, 150

Ganesh, the god, 33

Ganges, 180, 234

Ganges, the, 103

Garth, Sir R., 151

George V., King, 126;

visit to India, 184;

Coronation, 190;

message of condolence on the death of the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, 194

George, King of Greece, at the Buckingham Palace State ball, 110

Ghosal, Jyotsna, 164;

marriage, 165;

at Dover, 206

Ghose, B., private tutor to Rajey, 158

Ghose, Dewan P., at Bexhill, 193

Girlie, Princess, 89.

See Cooch Behar, Sukriti

Glamis Castle, 131

Goodwood races, 125

Gordon, Colonel and Mrs. Evans, 151

Government officials in India character of, 225, 236

Grosvenor Hotel, 105

Guildhall, party at the, 114

Gwalior, Maharajah of, 230

H⸺, Mr., 226

Hamilton, Lord Frederick, 150

Hanover, Princess Frederica of, 172

Harbord, Capt. Charles, 148.

See Suffield

Hardinge, Lord, Viceroy of India, 222

Hardwar, 231

Harischandra, story of, 231

Hatfield House, 128;

maze, 128

Haughton, Colonel, Commissioner for Cooch Behar, 42

Headfort, Lady, 127, 237

Headfort, Lord, 127

Hemming, Miss, 16

Hermitage, the, 144

Hesse, Grand Duke of, 112, 173

Hewitt, Lady, 150, 237

Himalayas, the, 93, 231

Hindu women, ignorance, 241

Hitty, Prince, 143.

See Cooch Behar

Holmes, Mdme. Oliver, 123

Holmwood, Lady, 223

Holyrood Palace, 124

“Hooly,” festival, 37

Howrah, 239

Hyde, Lord, 150

Hyde Park, 106

Idar, Maharajah of, 230

Ilbert Bill, 215

Ilchester, Lord, 150

Imperial, Prince, picture of, 124

India, festivals, 38-41;

Civil Marriage Act, 42;

ancient and spiritual land, 234

India Office, party at, 129

Indian women, 241;

devotion to their husbands, 13-15, 33

Indira, Princess, 208.

See Baroda

Insects, flying, number of, 144

Jadab Babu, 46, 57

“Jamai Tashti,” festival, 39

Jatras, or open-air operas, 18, 40, 183

Jenkins, Lady, 223

Jersey, Lord, 150

Jitendra, Prince, 90.

See Cooch Behar

Jubbalpore, 13

“Jurini” ceremony, 56

Kaka Babu, 12

Kaisar-i-Hind medal, 44

Kali, the god, 33

Kamari, 32

Kandy, temple at, 147

Kapurthala, Maharajah of, 230

Kastogir, Miss, 7

Katnyas, the, 3

Kennedy House, 145

Kinnaird, Mr. and Miss, 114

Kinsky, Prince Charles, 140

Kitchener, Lord, 224

Kneller, St. John, tutor to Maharajah of Cooch Behar, 43, 54

Krishna, the Hindu god, 37

Kurseong, 176

L., Mr., 226

Lachman, 234

Lafont, Father, 85

Lansdowne, Lady, 148, 150, 237;

kindness to the Maharani of Cooch Behar, 217

Lansdowne, Lord, Viceroy of India, 150, 158, 217, 237

Lakshmi, goddess of luck, 33, 36

Leeds, Duchess of, ball, 127

Lily Cottage, 75, 136, 164, 239;

sanctuary at, 37, 76

Lind, Letty, 116

Lock, Colonel William, principal of Mayo College, 158

London National Indian Association, branch at Calcutta, 222

Lonsdale, Lord and Lady, 150, 175

Loretto Convent, 32

Lotus, blue, 175

Lowther Castle, 175

Luddhi, Miss, 28

Lumsden, Colonel, 150

Lytton, Lord, Viceroy of India, 44, 215

M⸺, Mrs. H., at the Delhi Durbar, 177

Mahalanobis, Sadhu, 31

Maharajahs, stories of, 10-12, 23, 90, 180;

education of their sons, 163

Maharani, visit to a, 148-150

Maharanis, position, 96

Malta, 135

Manchester, Duke of, 124

Mander, Alan, 236;

marriage, 230

Mander, Lionel, marriage, 203

Mander, Princess Prativa, 203

Mander, Princess Sudhira, birth of a daughter, 236;

devotion to her mother, 239

Mantua, the, 224

Marlborough House, 121, 183

Marriage customs in Bengal, 34-37

Mary, Queen, 106;

appearance, 107;

children, 184;

visit to India, 184;

message of condolence on the death of the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, 194;

interest in India, 235

Mayo Collage, 158, 230

Mazdidi, 84

McConnell, Dr., 143

Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duke of, 130

Minto, Lady, 150, 183, 208, 220;

fancy dress, 221

Minto, Lord, Viceroy of India, 150, 220

Moghulhat, 91

Monghyr, 9

Moor Hall, 169

Morgan, Rev. Henry A., Master of Jesus College, 131

Morgan, Mrs., 132

Mourbhanj, Maharajah of, 30, 203

Muir, Captain, 114

Mukerji, Babu Kasi Kanto, 43

Naval Review, 123

Neville, Lady Rose and Lady Violet, 127

Newcastle, incident at, 133

“Nine Ideal Indian Women,” 231

Normal School, Native Ladies, 20

Oakley, 141

Orleans, Princess Hélène of, 128

Panga, 139

Park Close, 182

Patna, Government College, 43

Pemberton, Mrs., 151

Pembroke, Lord, 150

Perrier, Mrs., 223

Pigot, Miss, 21, 49, 57

Playfair, Sir Patrick, 184

Pless, Prince Henry of, 151

Pless, Princess Henry of, 151, 172

Polo team, at Trouville, 174

“Poonyah,” or “the Day of Good Luck,” festival, 39-41

Port Said, 104

Prativa, Princess, 147.

See Cooch Behar

Prinsep, Lady, 150

Prosonna Babu, 46, 48;

letter from Babu Chuckerbutty, 52

Raikut, J., 104

Raj-Kumari, 80

Rajputana, 158

Raj Rajendra, Prince, 83.

See Cooch Behar

Ram Chandra, 175

Reilly, Kate, 148

Revelstoke, Lady, ball, 127

Ripon, Lady, 127, 215;

at Studley Royal, 132

Ripon, Lord, Viceroy of India, 132, 215

Risien-Russell, Dr., 206, 211

Roberts, Mrs., 237

Ronaldshay, Lady, 223

Ronaldshay, Lord, Governor of Bengal, 223

Rose-bank, 145

Rosebery, Lady, 106

Roy, Rev. Gour Govind, 67

S⸺, Miss, 76

Sadhankanan, 21

Sadharan-Somaj, Church, 68

Salisbury, Lady, 109, 129

Salisbury, Lord, 129

Salterne, Lady, 131

Sandringham, 134

Sarag-duar (the Door of Heaven), 232

Sassoon, Mrs. Arthur, 126

Sassoon, Sir Edward and Lady, 150

Sati, story of, 231

Scott, Miss, 209, 210

Sen, Bino, 27, 30.

See Sen, Savitri

Sen, Karuna, birth, 6;

education, 15;

nickname, 25;

religious views, 28

Sen, Keshub Chunder, 1;

religious views, 2-4, 20, 24;

marriage, 3;

conversion, 6;

illness, 6, 86;

personality, 7;

appearance, 8;

gifted with extraordinary powers, 8;

stories, 9-12;

motto, 20;

Native Ladies’ Normal School, 20;

Victoria College, 21;

negotiations on his daughter’s marriage, 46-57;

letter from Mr. Dalton, 50-52;

letter to Miss Cobb, 71-75;

death, 87;

mausoleum, 87

Sen, Mrs. (mother of the Maharani), character, 1;

marriage, 3;

accompanies her husband, 4;

visions, 4, 12;

birth of a son, 6;

appearance, 22;

relates stories, 23;

children, 28-31;

on the marriage of her daughter, 64;

keys, 77;

death of her husband, 87;

death, 164

Sen, Miss, 164

Sen, Monica, disposition, 31;

marriage, 31

Sen, Nirmal, 28;

marriage, 28;

visit to England, 104;

at Bexhill, 191

Sen, Rev. P. L., 195, 199

Sen, Profullo, 28;

illness, 29;

pet names, 29;

marriage, 29;

visit to England, 104;

return to India, 134

Sen, Saral, 29;

characteristics, 29;

pet name, 29;

care of his sisters, 164;

marriage, 164;

nurses the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, 192

Sen, Savitri, story of, 27;

pet name, 27, 30;

marriage, 30;

twins, 138

Sen, Subrata, 29;

pet name, 29;

marriage, 29

Sen, Sucharu, sad history, 30;

marriage, 30;

death of her husband, 31

Sen, Sujata, character, 31;

marriage, 31

Sen, Sunity, birth, 1;

parents, 1-3;

childhood, 15-19;

education, 15;

attack of fever, 16, 48;

grandmother, 17;

vows, 19;

religious views, 24;

haunted by cats, 27;

brothers and sisters, 28-31;

ambition, 32;

negotiations for her marriage, 46-53, 55-60;

meeting with her future husband, 54;

betrothal, 54-56;

journey to Cooch Behar, 60;

marriage ceremonies, 61-67.

See Cooch Behar

Sen’s House, 1, 26;

haunted, 26

Sergius, Grand Duchess, 111

Serpentine, the, 106

Shakespeare, W., “Winter’s Tale,” 123

Simla, 85, 144

Simpson, Sir Benjamin, photographs, 155

Sing, S., 104

Siva, the god, 90

Slough, 170

Soap, attempt to make, 26

Souls of the poor, legend, 101

Strathmore, Lady, 130

Streatfeild, Colonel and Lady Florence, 150

Studley Royal, 132, 133

Sudan, legend, 180

Sudhira, Princess, 147.

See Cooch Behar

Sudhras, the, 3

Suffield, Lady, 127, 187, 237

Suffield, Charles, Lord, 148, 150, 237

Sukriti, Princess, 89.

See Cooch Behar

Sutherland, Duke of, 150

Switzerland, 170

Tagore, Maharshi Debendra Nath, 3, 5, 70, 166

Tagore, Sir Rabindra Nath, 166

Teck, Duchess of, 106;

personality, 106

Temple, Sir Richard, Lieut.-Governor of Bengal, 45

Territet, 170

Thakoorma, 17

Thomson, Sir Rivers, Lieut.-Governor of Bengal, 86

Thorne, Dr. Beasley, 188, 192

Tichborne, Sir Henry, 151

Tigers, 152

Tilbury Docks, 105

Tower of London, 124

Trouville, polo team at, 174

Turin, Count of, 150

Tussaud, Madame, 124

Typhoid fever, case of, 241

Varan ceremony, 63, 136

Victor, Prince, 137.

See Cooch Behar

Victoria College, Calcutta, 21, 28, 240

Victoria Institute, foundation, stone laid, 185

Victoria, Princess, 128

Victoria, Queen, proclaimed Empress of India, 44;

Jubilee, 103, 111-113;

receives the Maharani of Cooch Behar, 107-109;

holds a Drawing Room, 108-110;

State ball, 110;

gift from the Maharani, 114, 117;

garden-party, 118;

godmother to Prince Victor, 137;

the “Good Queen,” 169;

death, 169;

mausoleum, 169

Villeneuve, 170

Violin concert, 127

Vyner, Mrs., 132

Waldstein, Count, 154;

attack of fever, 155;

death, 155

Warwick, Lady, 174

Wenlock, Lady, 217

White, Mrs., 77

William II., Emperor of Germany, at Buckingham Palace, 113

Windsor Castle, 113, 117, 119, 187

Wood, Mrs. Nicholas, 167

Woodlands, 82, 136, 165, 176

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