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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.
May 23, 2017 · Gayatri Devi moved so far beyond the traditional restrictions that she won a seat in the Indian Parliament in 1962. She won the constituency in the Lok Sabha in the world's largest majority of votes, winning 192,909 votes out of 246,516 cast, as recorded by the Guinness Book of Records.
Mar 27, 2023 · Maharani Gayatri Devi, or the Rajmata of Jaipur, reigned as the third Maharani consort of Jaipur, India, in the 1940s, through her marriage to the Maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Man Singh II. Gayatri was born into the royal household of the Maharaja Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur of Cooch Behar and Maharani Indira Devi.
Jul 28, 2018 · Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur was a social reformer, able politician & polo player. She holds a world record for winning votes in Indian Parliament. Meet the champions who are turning India’s most formidable challenges into opportunities only on The Better India Show!
Jul 31, 2009 · Gayatri Devi, formerly the Maharani of Jaipur, who was born into fairy-tale wealth as an Indian princess and who became known internationally for her beauty and known in India for her opposition...
Maharani Gayatri Devi was the third Maharani of Jaipur from 1940-1949. She was one of the most outspoken, bold and compassionate queens of the country. She was a social worker, politician and fashion icon. She was one of the modern princesses and queens of India who changed lives of many people and made a difference.
May 23, 2019 · Marking Maharani Gayatri Devi’s 100th birthday, Vogue throws back to some of the royal’s archival pictures to remember the symbol of beauty, grace and defiance she’s always been.
Jul 29, 2009 · Gayatri Devi contested as the candidate of Swatantra party of C.Rajagopalachari, the last and only Indian Governor-General of India. She continued to hold this seat on 1967...
Gayatri Devi contested as the candidate of Swatantra party of C.Rajagopalachari, the last and only Indian Governor-General of India. She continued to hold this seat on 1967 and 1971...
Feb 5, 2021 · The Maharani as a Political Figure. Remembering a newly independent and democratised India in her memoir, Gayatri Devi laments the breakdown of their ‘old way of life’, and writes—with a considerable bias of course —of how the new system of democracy distanced the governed from those who govern.
