Cooch behar: The District Headquarter of Cooch

Cooch Behar the District Headquarter of Cooch Behar District is the Gate Way of North east states and Bhutan. It has a long border with Bangladesh. In the past it was ruled by British through Kings like Jagaddipendra Narayan since before 1885 and the beauty of this ancient Municipal Town is the planned by the kings. The Water Supply System, Street Lightning, Pucca Drains, Wide roads from the King-time have been modernized day by day but the ancient natures could not be maintained. The town ... Home About District Royal HistoryRoyal History The name Cooch Behar is derived from two words— Cooch, a corrupted form of the word Koch, the name of the Koch tribes, and the word Behar is derived from vihara meaning land or settlement. In English the district is named as Cooch Behar , whereas in Bengali it is known/named as KochBihar (pronounced as Coach-Bihar), which means the land through which the “Koch” Kings used to travel or roam about (“bihar“). In course of time, Cooch Behar has been transformed from a kingdom to a State and from a State […]