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A Princess Remembers

Gayatri Devi, Santha Rama Rau

  • 335 pages · about 6 hours
  • First published 1976
  • 18 editions
  • Free to read
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1 About this book

Memoirs of the maharani of Jaipur, an Indian princely state, encompassing her privileged childhood, her marriage as the maharajah's third wife, the events of Indian Independence and her political career in India after Independence.

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  • Biography
  • India
  • India, biography
  • Princes
  • Princesses
  • Princes and princesses
  • Non-Classifiable

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3 About Gayatri Devi

1919–2009

Gayatri Devi (born Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar; 23 May 1919 − 29 July 2009) was the third Maharani consort of Jaipur from 1940 to 1949 through her marriage to Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II. Following her husband's signature for the Jaipur State to become part of the Union of India and her step-son's assumption of the title in 1970, she was known as Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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