Manindra Chandra Nandy was born on 29 May 1860 at Shyambazar in North Kolkata in present-day West Bengal, India.

[3] Manindra Chandra suffered from a severe illness when he was fourteen, which prevented him from going to school.

In 1905, control of Krishnath College was handed over to Manindra Chandra Nandy by the government via a deed of transfer.

[3][4] A large building for Krishnath College School was constructed and expanded at the expense of Rs.

135,000 by Maharaja Manindra Chandra Nandy at Berhampore College to accommodate 1,200 students annually.

[5] Manindra Chandra established an English medium high school with a hostel at his ancestral village of Mathrun, Burdwan, at a cost of Rs.

He patronised the Bengal Technical Institute, National College, and The Association for the Scientific and Industrial Education of Indians.

He was an active leader and member of Hindu Mahasabha[7] Manindra Chandra received the title of Maharaja on 30 May 1898.