Rememberg the Rajmata of Jaipur: 10 facts about Maharani Gayatri Devi - India Today

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• WHY DID INDIRA GANDHI HAVE GAYATRI DEVI JAILED DURG EMERGENCY?WE TAKE A LOOK AT GAYATRI DEVI’S TIME PRISON, AND HER RELATNSHIP WH INDIRA GANDHI. VISHNU GOPATHUPDATED: 23 MAY 2022, 7:30 AM ISTNEWS6 M READISHARE THE QUT DAILY
• GAYATRI DEVI, PRCS-POLICIAN AND INDIRA GANDHI CRIC WHO WAS JAILED DURG EMERGENCY
• HOW INDIRA GANDHI MA MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI GROVEL DURG THE EMERGENCY
• GAYATRI DEVI DEATH ANNIVERSARY: KNOW WHY SHE WAS ARRTED BY INDIRA GANDHI DURG EMERGENCY
• GAYATRI DEVI: THE MAHARANI WHO DEFIED CONVENTN AND BROKE BARRIERS
• MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI: IRON FIST, VELVET GLOVE
• A BATTLE OF WILLS: GAYATRI DEVI'S £250M LEGACY
• MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI: WOMAN WHO LIVED LIFE ON HER OWN TERMS | #INDIANWOMENINHISTORY
• MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI ONCE TOOK ON NEH FOR THE ‘MS’ HE MA OF THE 1962 CHA VASN
• REMEMBERG THE RAJMATA OF JAIPUR: 10 FACTS ABOUT MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI
• GAYATRI DEVI
• WHO WAS MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI?

WHY DID INDIRA GANDHI HAVE GAYATRI DEVI JAILED DURG EMERGENCY?WE TAKE A LOOK AT GAYATRI DEVI’S TIME PRISON, AND HER RELATNSHIP WH INDIRA GANDHI. VISHNU GOPATHUPDATED: 23 MAY 2022, 7:30 AM ISTNEWS6 M READISHARE THE QUT DAILY

(This story was first published on 23 May 2018 and has been reposted om The Qut’s archiv to mark Gayatri Devi’s birth anniversary on 23 May 2022. )The third Maharani of Jaipur, Gayatri Devi, was sent to Tihar Jail July 1975, where she spent nearly six months durg the Emergency imposed unr the directn of Prime Mister Indira Gandhi. Filled wh petty thiev and prostut screamg, ” Gayatri would rell later.

GAYATRI DEVI, PRCS-POLICIAN AND INDIRA GANDHI CRIC WHO WAS JAILED DURG EMERGENCY

On 23 May, Gayatri Devi’s birth anniversary, we take a look at her time prison, and her relatnship wh Indira Why? Opposn lears, journalists and others she viewed as a threat were rcerated durg the Emergency, many for offenc unr the now ad Matenance of Internal Secury (MISA) those targeted by Gandhi was the then Prcs of Cooch Behar, third Maharani of Jaipur, Rajmata Gayatri Devi.

Gayatri Devi was thrown Tihar Jail 1975, shortly after Indira Gandhi clared who was she and why did she earn a place on the list of many people nsired “enemi” by Indira Gandhi? The dghter of Maharaja Jendra Narayan and Indira Devi, the lers of the kgdom of Cooch Behar, Gayatri grew up the lap of a 6-year urtship wh Maharaja Sawai “Jai” Man Sgh II, the ler of Jaipur, which began when she was jt 12 years old, she married Man Sgh, to bee his third wife, and the Maharani of refed to abi by the purdah system which Man Sgh’s first two wiv agreed to.

Gayatri Devi, who was also featured on Vogue magaze’s list of 10 most betiful women the world, proved repeatedly through her life that she was more than jt “betiful” 1962, Gayatri Devi ntted the Lok Sabha electns om Jaipur, and won by a landsli majory, 192, 909 vot out of 246, 516 – 78% – a world rerd marg acrdg to multiple reports at the time.

HOW INDIRA GANDHI MA MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI GROVEL DURG THE EMERGENCY

Gayatri Devi ntted on the Swatantra Party’s ticket, the party found by C Rajagopalachari, the party that was the primary challenger to the Congrs Government’s Sharda Drew Indira Gandhi’s Ire?

GAYATRI DEVI DEATH ANNIVERSARY: KNOW WHY SHE WAS ARRTED BY INDIRA GANDHI DURG EMERGENCY

(Photo: Ashish Macune/The Qut)Gayatri Devi and Indira Gandhi knew each other om their youth. Gayatri Devi brought the worst out Indira Gandhi: her petty, vdictive si.

GAYATRI DEVI: THE MAHARANI WHO DEFIED CONVENTN AND BROKE BARRIERS

”A report om The Inpennt, while scribg Indira and Gayatri’s relatnship, stated that:“Her [Gayatri] prence Parliament was to the great irratn of Indira Gandhi. ”Further, when Indira Gandhi and Gayatri Devi were at Patha Bhavana together, Gandhi reportedly had major problems wh Gayatri Devi’s “bety and unabashed display of wealth”, addg to the risn she felt towards royalty. Addnally, after the landsli victory the 1962 Lok Sabha polls, was evint that Gayatri Devi was a polil juggernt, a force to be reckoned, 1965, Prime Mister Lal Bahadur Shastri offered Gayatri Devi a chance to jo the party.

Gayatri Devi, who had ntted on the Anti-Congrs plank, refed, and the Swatantra Party would go on to ally wh the Jan Sangh, wng Lok Sabha electns 1967, but losg the assembly electns Malpura nstuency to Damodar Lal Vyas. Gayatri Devi, who was Mumbai at the time for medil treatment, was rmed that she uld be arrted after her treatment was plete. Gayatri Devi’s home on Aurangzeb road was raid by e tax officials, who rmed her that she was facg arrt unr the COFEPOSA (Conservatn of Foreign Exchange and Preventn of Smugglg Act), for alleged unclared gold and wealth.

Gayatri Devi’s Life PrisonGayatri Devi was thrown Tihar Jail July 1975, where she spent nearly six months durg the shared her cell wh Shrilatha Swamathan, an NGO worker who was imprisoned for anisg farmhoe workers who worked on the borr areas of Delhi, cludg those who worked on a farmhoe owned by Rajiv prison, the Rajmata gave lsons to the children Tihar Jail, arrangg for slat and textbooks.

MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI: IRON FIST, VELVET GLOVE

Gayatri Devi, an terview wh the Tim of IndiaAfter her release, she retired om polics and wrote A Prcs Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur, an tobgraphy that was released a rult of her clarg the Emergency, the thoands of arrts, and the forced sterilisatn programme that was rried out unr her ernment, Indira lost the 1977 electns to the Janata Party, a party bbled together wh multiple opposn parti, to oppose Gandhi and the State of Emergency the untry.

Gayatri Devi died on 29 July 2009, surround by her close iends and fay, after a battle wh paralytic ils and a lung fectn. First, for the world’s most expensive weddg, that of the elst dghter of Sawai Man Sgh II, and then, for the largt majory won by any ndidate any electn any mocratic untry the world, that ndidate beg Sawai Man Sgh II’s third wife, the former prcs of Cooch Behar and the Rajmata of Jaipur, Gayatri for her betiful chiffon saris teamed wh pearl or polki necklac, she was one of the most morn, pennt and chic Maharanis of India. She was more ncerned wh participatg India’s mocratic and soccultural project, evint her patronage of polo and her work tn, notably the tablishment of Jaipur’s well-known Maharani Gayatri Devi School for girls.

In 1962, she ntted the Lok Sabha electns on a Swatantra Party ticket and won the Jaipur seat by the biggt ever majory the world — 1, 75, 000 her 101st birth anniversary, here is a look back at the life and tim of the inic Gayatri read: Iron Lady’s Rethk: Martyr, Patrt, Reformer? Born to the royal fay of the former prcely state of Cooch Behar now Wt Bengal, Gayatri Devi had always seen her brother le a jt manner. Given the love people felt for her, Gayatri Devi was a natural choice as a ndidate for the Jaipur nstuency.

A BATTLE OF WILLS: GAYATRI DEVI'S £250M LEGACY

Ayha [Gayatri Devi], who was fifty-six, was unrgog medil treatment Bombay when the Emergency was clared, th pg the ial wave of arrts.

Gayatri Devi was one of the most morn, pennt and betiful Maharanis of India. Gayatri Devi who was 56 years old at the time of emergency was arrted and locked up a filthy prison by Indira Gandhi. When Emergency was clared, Gayatri Devi was Mumbai unrgog medil treatment, th, stayg protected om any kd of harm to her.

This led to the arrt of both Gayatri Devi and her stepson Bhawani Sgh and they were both taken to Tihar was later revealed that the cisn to arrt them was ma on July 24. On the other hand, Gayatri Devi’s cell was the worst ndn wh only a sgle tap wh no nng water. Gayatri Devi told a leadg daily that “There were no fans and mosquo seemed to vour ”.

MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI: WOMAN WHO LIVED LIFE ON HER OWN TERMS | #INDIANWOMENINHISTORY

Swamathan was kd enough to give up her bed for Gayatri Devi and she slept on a mat on the floor. However, after a few days, Srilata was moved to another cell and Gayatri Devi had the room to herself.

Due to Gayatri Devi’s special stat, she was offered some privileg cludg a censored versn of the daily newspaper and a cup of tea (benefs of ajwa tea). Gayatri Devi shared wh a leadg daily that ‘It was like a fish market wh petty thiev and prostut screamg at each other. Gayatri Devi was a tough woman and faced many difficult suatns wh a brave heart.

MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI ONCE TOOK ON NEH FOR THE ‘MS’ HE MA OF THE 1962 CHA VASN

Gayatri Devi and Indira Gandhi’s relatnshipBetween 1975 and 1977, when former Prime Mister Indira Gandhi proclaimed an emergency India, the fort gaed notoriety. There were several chang durg this perd, cludg raids on Gayatri Devi’s Jaipur properti durg which she was imprisoned on unfound charg. A prcs thrown behd the barsAfter nsirg the Royal fay’s holdgs, stctns were given to the IT partment to raid Gayatri Devi’s properti.

The raid ially began at the Moti Doongri Palace, where the officers took part of the sh and gold they had disvered there, built a se agast Gayatri Devi, and imprisoned her Tihar as a rult. Given that Gayatri Devi had won three electns agast Indian Natnal Congrs reprentativ, the relatnship between Gayatri Devi and Indira Gandhi was not the bt. A Prcs Remembers, Gayatri Devi’s tobgraphy, also mentns the horrifyg experienc she experienced while beg held the Tihar prison wh third-class offenrs.

Indira Gandhi jailed Gayatri Devi durg the emergency and lodged her Tihar June 10, 1976, a year after the imposn of the emergency across the untry 1975, teams of the Indian Army, Rajasthan Police, and Ine Tax raid Jaigarh Fort Jaipur. Prce Jagaddipendra Narayan – who would succeed his father, Prcs Menaka, Prce Indrajendra, Prcs Ila and Prcs Gayatri Devi – who would go on to marry the Maharaja of Jaipur. In the words of her dghter Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, “Mother was que simply the most betiful and excg woman any of had known.

REMEMBERG THE RAJMATA OF JAIPUR: 10 FACTS ABOUT MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI

Born and then married to enormo wealth, Gayatri Devi spent her extraordary life sayg she was an ordary woman. Though born to enormo wealth, Gayatri Devi phed herself and she phed boundari. Elegant and graceful her sare and sometim khaki pants, Gayatri Devi was listed by Vogue as one of the most betiful women the world.

Maharani Gayatri Devi wh her hband Maharaja Sawai Man Sgh II, Pic cred:. Dignified: Gayatri Devi was imprisoned by the Indira Gandhi ernment accg her of breakg tax laws.

GAYATRI DEVI

Socially nsc: Gayatri Devi fund and supervised a lot of charable project for the poor, and worked towards upliftment of women and children.

WHO WAS MAHARANI GAYATRI DEVI?

She started schools Jaipur, most proment of which is the Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School, found 1943. Maharani Gayatri Devi was a particularly avid equtrienne, an excellent rir and a brilliant Polo player. Some days after the birth of Gayatri Devi, an Islamic iend of Indira Devi, told her that Ayha is a Mlim name.

The chiffon saree and pearls look that royal women prefer today was supposedly started by Gayatri Devi.