Indira Devi of Cooch Behar

Indira Devi
Maharani of Cooch Behar
Indira Devi in 1935
Born19 February 1892
Baroda
Died6 September 1968 (aged 76)
Bombay, India
Spouse
(m. 1913; died 1922)
Issue
HouseGaekwad (by birth) Koch (by marriage)
FatherSayajirao Gaekwad III
MotherChimnabai II
ReligionHinduism

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]

  1. ^ a b Jhala, 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.
  2. ^ a b c Poddar, 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.