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Indira Devi (born as Indira Raje; 19 February 1892 – 6 September 1968) was the Maharani of the princely state of Cooch Behar, British India. She was born a princess of Baroda as the daughter of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, by his second wife Chimnabai II.
20 de fev. de 2024 · Indira Devi of Cooch Behar was a Princess of Baroda and the Maharani of Cooch Behar in British India. She was born on this day, 19 February, in 1892. This was a period in which Britain ruled directly over two thirds of the subcontinent, with the remaining portion divided into hundreds of native states, ruled over by Indian princes who declared ...
Há 2 dias · Indira Devi, Maharani of Cooch Behar. Indira was the daughter of the Gaekwar and Maharani of Baroda. With the support of her mother, she opposed the Purdah system of female seclusion and often showed herself unveiled. She married Maharaj Kumar Jitendra Narayan of Cooch Behar in London in 1913.
2 de mai. de 2024 · Indira Devi Of Cooch Behar: The Maharani Who Bought 100 Ferragamo Shoes. Maharani Indira Devi, born in 1892, was a trendsetter ahead of her time. She had a passionate love for shoes, frequently commissioning custom designs from the Italian luxury fashion designer Salvatore Ferragamo.
This photograph by Dorothy Wilding is of Indira Devi, the Maharani of Cooch Behar and former princess of Baroda. Renowned for her social graces and sartorial sense, she is credited with...
26 de mar. de 2024 · The couple tied the knot in 1913 in London and Indira Raje came to be known as Indira Devi, the Princess of Cooch Behar. Within days of the wedding, Jitendra lost his brother and took the throne of the Maharaja, making Devi the reigning queen. Indira and he had five children-- three daughters and two sons-- and lived a comfortable life.
19 de fev. de 2022 · A famed society hostess at the Royal Palace in Cooch Behar or at splendid family homes in Calcutta, Darjeeling, and London, Maharani Indira Devi fascinated and scandalized Indian and European High Society through the 1920s and 1930s, while her progressive policies managed to protect Cooch Behar through the Great Depression and also paid off debts.
