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Cooch Behar

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Cooch Behar (kch bĭhär`), former princely state, now part of West Bengal state, E India. It lies in a low, poorly drained plain. Rice, tobacco, corn, oilseeds, and jute are grown. Big-game hunting is practiced. The chief town,

Koch Bihar or Cooch Behar (1991 pop. 71,028), is a district administrative center with road and rail connections and an airport.


Cooch Behar, Kuch Bihar
1. a former state of NE India: part of West Bengal since 1950
2. a city in India, in NE West Bengal: capital of the former state of Cooch Behar. Pop.: 76 812 (2001)


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Byline: ANI Cooch Behar (West Bengal), Oct 13(ANI): Two people were killed and five were injured when a wild bison strayed into a village in Darikamari village in West Bengal's Cooch Behar district from Jaldapara Sanctuary on Tuesday.
Kinane, uncle of jockey Mick Kinane, trained Bregawn before the subsequent Gold Cup winner joined Michael Dickinson, and also saddled Aintree winners Cooch Behar and Multiple in 1977 before Multiple followed up at the track 12 months later along with Raleighstown.
As a matter of interest, I've known the Pheasantry since the Sixties when it was owned by the Maharajah of Cooch Behar (now that's a proper title) and his beautiful wife Gina Egan.
 
 
 
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