Name Narendra Narayan | Children Nripendra Narayan | |
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Narendra Narayan (1841 - 1863) was the Maharaja of princely state of Koch Bihar India from 1847 to 1863.

In the year 1845, he was adopted by his uncle, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, Shivenra Narayan, when his own son died at an early age. Later upon death of his father on 23 August 1847, he was installed to the throne of Cooch Behar but was granted full ruling powers on in 1860 upon his attaining the age.
He was the first ruler of Cooch Behar to have English education. He had two sons, namely, Nripendra Narayan and Jatindra Narayan, who was his first son. While Nripendra Narayan went on to become the maharaja of cooch behar, Jatindra Narayan became the Raja of Chitranjan and Rupnarayanpur. He later took up the name J. Bose. His descendents are Salil Kumar Bose and Saibal Kumar Bose, Saibal's immediate family and his daughters Sagarika Bise and Nikita Bose are now to be considered the royal family of cooch behar as they are the only descendents left of the Koch Dynasty.
He is noted for having banned Sati practice in his state.
He had founded Jenkins School in Cooch Behar in 1861, which is one of the oldest boys' school of West Bengal
He died on 6 August 1863 and was succeeded by his second son Nripendra Narayan.
The Narendra Narayan Park, which a botanical garden in Cooch Behar town established in 1892 is named after him.