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Gayatri Devi
  • Birth Name:
    Maharani Gayatri Devi
  • Date of Birth:
    May 23, 1919
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Gemini
  • Place of Birth:
    London
  • Place of Death:
    Jaipur, India
  • Date of Death:
    July 29, 2009
  • Cause of Death:
    Lung Infection
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Nationality:
    Indian
  • Education:

    Patha Bhavana of Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan

Family

Gayatri Devi
  • Father:
    Prince Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur
  • Mother:
    Princess Indira Raje Scindia of Baroda
  • Brother:
    Bhawani Singh
  • Spouse:
    H.H. Saramad-i-Raja-i-Hindustan Raj Rajendra
  • Son:
    Prince Jagat Singh

Career

Gayatri Devi

    Trivia

    Gayatri Devi
    • Her death came a day after the passing away of actress Leela Naidu, both of whom were named by Vogue as amongst the 10 most beautiful women in the world.
    • She is also related to Bollywood starlets- Ria sen and Raima sen.
    • Gayatri Devi was related to several other erstwhile royal families in India, and not only the Rajput royals.
    • There were rumors that she might re-enter politics as late as 1999, when the Cooch Behar Trinamool Congress nominated her as their candidate for the Lok Sabha elections, but she did not respond to the offer.
    • She retired from politics and published her autobiography, A Princess Remembers, written with Santha Rama Rau, in 1976. She was also the focus of the film Memoirs of a Hindu Princess, directed by Francois Levie.
    • When the privy purses were abolished in 1971, terminating all royal privileges and titles, Gayatri Devi was accused of violating tax laws, and served 5 months in Tihar Jail.
    • She continued to hold this seat on 1967 and 1971, Swatantra Party of C. Rajagopalachari, the second Governor-General of Independent India , running against the Congress Party.
    • After Partition and Independence Day in India in 1947, Gayatri Devi ran for Parliament in 1962 and won the constituency in the Lok Sabha in the world's largest landslide, winning 192,909 votes out of 246,516 cast , confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records.
    • She also revived and promoted the dying art of blue pottery.
    • Gayatri Devi started schools for girls' education in Jaipur, most prominent of which is the Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ Public School.

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    Gayatri Devi

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