Author:

Dolon Biswas
Independent Research Scholar
Department of History
University of North Bengal
Darjeeling,West Bengal,India

Email: dolan.history@gmail.com

Abstract::‘Education brings consciousness. Consciousness brings revolution .People’s dreams are
connected with the revolution.’ Women’s education is inevitably linked with woman’s progress. The
present work attempts a detailed study of Maharani Suniti Devi of Cooch Behar and her Literary
Pursuits. In the last part of the 19th century and the beginning the 20th century, the name of Maharani
Suniti Devi, the eldest daughter of Brahmananda Keshav Chandra Sen and the consort of Nripendra
Narayan is fore most among all the Indian Women who have Left their marks in gold letters by
becoming brilliant astrologers at home and abroad in the fields of social reform, education,
numeracy, and social reform memorable. The reign of Maharaja Nripendra Narayana is regarded as
the ‘Age of the Renaissance’ and the ‘Golden Age’ in the history of mass education. After the marriage
of Maharani Suniti Devi, the tide of reform free modern thought came to the state of Cooch Behar.
Maharani Suniti Devi was the first Indian Woman to cross the Kalapani to a foreign Country. In 1887,
Suniti Devi was present at the royal court of England during the golden Jubilee Ceremony of the reign
of Queen Victoria of England. Suniti Devi’s contribution to the world of Bengali and English
Literature at the turn of 19th and 20th centuries is Undeniable. Suniti devi’s autobiography is the first
book written by an Indian women writer.

Key Words::Cooch Behar, Marriage, Literature, Pioneer, Education, Social Worker,etc.