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Indira Devi
Maharani of Cooch Behar
Indira Devi in 1935
Born
19 February 1892 Baroda
Died
6 September 1968 (aged 76) Bombay, India
Spouse
Jitendra Narayan
(m. 1913; died 1922)
Issue
Princess Ila Devi
Prince Jagaddipendra Narayan
Prince Indrajitendra Narayan
Princess Gayatri Devi
Princess Menaka Devi
House
Gaekwad (by birth)
Koch (by marriage)
Father
Sayajirao Gaekwad III
Mother
Chimnabai II
Religion
Hinduism
Indira Devi (born as Indira Raje; 19 February 1892 – 6 September 1968) was the Maharani of the princely state of Cooch Behar, British India.[1] She was born a princess of Baroda as the daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, by his second wife Chimnabai II.[1]
She broke her arranged engagement to marry Jitendra Narayan and became daughter-in-law to Suniti Devi. Previously her engagement had been fixed to Madho Rao Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior.[2]
Following the death of her husband she became regent of Cooch Behar in 1922-1936 during the minority of her elder son Jagaddipendra Narayan.[2] Her fourth child and second daughter, Princess Gayatri Devi, would later go on to become the Maharani of Jaipur.[2]
^ abJhala, Angma Dey (2014). "8. Memoirs of Maharanis: the politics of marriage, companionship, and love in late-colonial princely India". In Towheed, Shafquat (ed.). New Readings in the Literature of British India, c. 1780–1947. Vol. 9. Columbia University Press. pp. 193–209. ISBN 978-3-8382-5673-3.
^ abcPoddar, Abhishek; Gaskell, Nathaniel; Pramod Kumar, K. G; Museum of Art & Photography (Bangalore, India) (2015). "Cooch Behar". Maharanis: women of royal India. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing. pp. 100–105. ISBN 978-93-85360-06-0. OCLC 932267190.
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