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Gayatri Devi was once included in Vogue magazine's Ten Most Beautiful Women list
Maharani Gayatri Devi (born as 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 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, her father was Maharaja Jitendra Narayan of Cooch Behar in West Bengal,
and her mother was Maratha Princess Indira Raje of Baroda, the only daughter of
Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad
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.
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