Jagaddipendra Narayan
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Sir Jagaddipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, was Maharaja of Cooch Behar, in India. He served in British forces during World War II and ceded full ruling powers to the Government of India in 1949.
Jagaddipendra Narayan at his coronation, c. 1936
Nancy Valentine
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Nancy Valentine was an American model and actress, better known for her marriage to the Indian Maharaja Jagaddipendra Narayan than for her modeling or early film roles. She later had more success in A
Jagaddipendra Narayan
…children he adopted his nephew Virajendra Narayan, the son of Indrajit Narayan and Kamala Devi as his heir. In 1949 he privately married American actress Nancy Valentine at Cooch Behar. A daughter was born but did not survive and the couple separated in 1952. While attending the opening night of a club in Mayfair he met…
Valentine in 1945