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Published: 01:31 AM, 29 July 2018
Gayatri Devi
Maharani Gayatri Devi was the third Maharani consort of Jaipur from 1940 to 1949, through her marriage to Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II.
Following her husband's signature for the Jaipur State to become part of the Union of India and her step-son's accession to the throne in 1970, she was known as Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur.Ethnically born in a Koch Rajbongshi Hindu family .
Following India's independence and the subsequent abolition of the princely states, she became an extremely successful politician.
Gayatri Devi was also celebrated for her classical beauty and became something of a fashion icon in her adulthood.She died on 29 July 2009 in Jaipur, at the age of 90. She was suffering from paralytic ileus and lung infection.
