Padmini Devi (born Princess Padmini Devi of

Sirmur Sirmur (also spelled as Sirmor, Sirmaur, Sirmour, or Sirmoor) was a princely state of India, located in the region that is now the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The state was also known as Nahan, after its main city, Nahan. The state ...

; 21 September 1943) is the titular Rajmata of

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Early life

Ethnically born into the royal family of the

, her father, Maharaja Rajendra Prakash of

, presently in

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, was the ruler of Sirmur from 1933–1964. Her mother was Indira Devi, the daughter of Maharaja Thakore Bahadursinhji Mansinhji of

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. She received convent education in Mussoorie and then spent time at finishing schools in London and Switzerland. She heads Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum as a chairperson. She takes a keen interest in the social activities and welfare of the people of Jaipur in Rajasthan.

Personal life

Marriage

She married Bhawani Singh, eldest son of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur and his first wife, Maharani Marudhar Kanwar on 10 March 1966 in a ceremony held at

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Children

Her only child, a daughter,

Diya Kumari Diya Kumari (born 30 January 1971) is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party currently serving as the 5th Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan alongside Prem Chand Bairwa in the ministry of Bhajan Lal Sharma. She currently represents ...

, is member of

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from Vidhyadhar Nagar parliamentary seat, and a member of the

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. Currently, she is the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Grandchildren Her only child and daughter, Princess Diya Kumari married to Maharaja Narendra Singh, a commoner and had 3 children with him. Maharaja Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur who is the current titular king of Jaipur and an established polo player, Princess Gauravi Kumari of Jaipur who is a feminist also the general secretary of PDKF and Maharaja Lakshyaraj Prakash Singh of Sirmur who is the titular king of Sirmur from where Rajmata belongs to. Rajmata Padmini Devi became maternal grandmother to these children.

References

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