Victor Palace, a dilapidated heritage building situated on the west bank of Sagardighi in Cooch Behar, have been thoroughly renovated with a fund of Rs 75-lakh that was sanctioned by the Union government in 2005. It is now waits for inauguration. The palace was named after Prince Victor Nityendra Narayan. His parents - Maharaja Nripendra Narayan and Maharani Sunity Devi – are considered the founders of modern Cooch Behar. After the merger of the erstwhile princely state of Cooch Behar with Union of India and its transformation as a district of West Bengal in 1950, the government took over the properties and palaces of the erstwhile rulers.
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