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Pooradam Thirunal Sethu Lakshmi Bayi CI (5 November 1895– 22 February 1985) was the monarch, though designated as the Regent due to British policy, of the Kingdom of Travancore in southern India between 1924 and 1931.
May 9, 2024 · How Daughter of Providence chronicles Sethu Lakshmi Bayi’s journey from queen to commoner. Did you know the last ruling queen of Travancore was Raja Ravi Varma’s eldest granddaughter? The...
Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, a pioneering feminist figure from Travancore, steps out of the shadows of history, although not much is known about her life.
Jun 12, 2024 · Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, born in 1895, was the last queen of the erstwhile kingdom of Travancore (now a part of the state of Kerala ). She was born to Ayilyam Nal Mahaprabha of the Utsavamadhom Palace in Mavelikara, and Kerala Varma, and adopted into the Travancore royal family.
Nov 8, 2022 · Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bai was a feminist who gave high importance to women’s education and provided women the opportunity to step up to high posts. She announced unusual but attractive rewards like a tea party for all the girls who went to college in the royal palace in her presence.
Sethu Lakshmi Bayi was a regent Maharani of Travancore who ruled the kingdom on behalf of her nephew, Maharajah Chithira Tirunal Balarama Varma till he became 18. Chithira Tirunal Balarama Varma was the last king of Travancore, before democracy was fully installed in India following Indian independence.
Sep 27, 2021 · Sethu Parvathi Bayi (1896-1983) was a granddaughter of Raja Ravi Varma, the painter. Barely four, she was adopted with her cousin—Sethu Lakshmi Bayi—into the matrilineal royal house of Travancore.
Dec 13, 2015 · Manu S Pillai looks at the life and times of one of Travancore’s most forward looking rulers – Sethu Lakshmi Bayi. Right from the onset of her reign, Sethu Lakshmi Bayi had been...
Sethu Parvathi Bayi was an accomplished veena (stringed instrument) player, and a famous promoter of Carnatic Music and other arts. She played a major role in bringing to light the compositions of her ancestor Maharajah Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma of Travancore.
Nov 20, 2015 · Through his new biography, The Ivory Throne: Chronicles Of The House Of Travancore , debutant author Manu S. Pillai traces the rise and fall of Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bayi (1895 -1985), regent...
