The History of The Official Present Name
In the times of East India Company the following English spellings were used such as: Cooch-Bihar, Coss-Beyhar, Kuch Behar, Kutch-Behar, Cooch-Behaar, Cooch-Behar, Kooch-Behar, Koch-Bihar, Koch Vihar, Koosh-Beyhar, etc.
The Bengali names are as follows:
কোচবিহার, কুচবিহার, কঁুচবিহার, কোচবেহার, etc.
The debate behind the names has still not stopped. Officially and non-officially in both Bengali and English various names are used. To stop these spelling doubts Maharaja Nipendra Narayan on 13 April 1896. published a notice in the Cooch Behar Gazette. The Notice was as below:
Cooch Behar Gazette
Page 28, Part I 1896
Dt. 13.4.1896
Notice by the superintendent of the State
His Higness the Maharaja Bhup Bahadur having signified his approval of the use of the spelling ‘Cooch Behar’, all other spelling of the word should be dropped.
D.R. Lyall Superintendent of the State
Cooch Behar.
Nowadays only the English spelling Cooch Behar and in Bengali কোচবিহার is used. But still the Cooch Behar Palace Tickets and the sign board displays the name ‘Koch Bihar’ which is now maintained by Archaeological Survey of India.
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