Editing Gayatri Devi

{{short description|Maharani of Jaipur and Indian politician (1919–2009)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Gayatri Devi
| image        = Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur.jpg
| caption      = Gayatri Devi in 1945
| office1      = Member of Parliament, [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start1  = 1962
| term_end1    = 1971
| constituency1= [[Jaipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaipur]]
| predecessor1 =
| successor1   =
| party        = [[Swatantra Party]]
| office2      = [[Maharani]] of [[Jaipur State|Jaipur]]
| term_start2  = 9 May 1940
| term_end2    = 1948
| successor2   = [[Padmini Devi]]
| office3      = Titular [[Maharani]] of Jaipur
| term_start3  = 1948
| term_end3    = 24 June 1970
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Man Singh II]]|1940|1970|end=his death}}
| children     = Jagat Singh
| father       = [[Jitendra Narayan|Maharaja Jitendra Narayan of Cooch-Behar]]
| mother       = [[Indira Devi|Princess Indira Raje of Baroda]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1919|5|23|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[London]], England
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|2009|7|29|1919|5|23|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Jaipur]], [[Rajasthan]], India
}}
'''Gayatri Devi'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=General Election, 1962 (Vol I)|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4113-general-election-1962-vol-i-ii/|access-date=21 November 2021|website=Election Commission of India|page=82}}</ref> (born [[Princess]] Gayatri Devi of [[Cooch Behar]]; 23 May 1919 − 29 July 2009) was the third [[Maharaja|Maharani consort]] of [[Jaipur]] from 1940 to 1949 through her marriage to Maharaja [[Sawai Man Singh II]].<ref name=k>{{cite news |title=Gayatri Devi: the last Maharani of Jaipur |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6733701.ece |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110604225813/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6733701.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 June 2011 |work=The Times |date=31 July 2009 |location=London |first=Fariha |last=Karim}}</ref> Following her husband's signature for the [[Jaipur State]] to become part of the Union of India and her step-son's assumption of the title in 1970, she was known as Maharani Gayatri Devi, [[Rajmata]] of [[Jaipur State|Jaipur]].{{Sfnm|1a1=Kanwar|1y=2005|1pp=56-58|2a1=Moore|2y=2005|2pp=78-80}}

She was born in the [[Hindu]] royal family of [[Cooch Behar]]. Her father was Maharaja [[Jitendra Narayan]] of Cooch Behar in [[West Bengal]], and her mother was the [[Maratha]] Princess, [[Indira of Baroda|Indira Raje]] of [[Baroda]], the only daughter of [[Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III]], and she was sister to [[Jagaddipendra Narayan]], informally known as 'Bhaiya', who succeeded their father to the throne of Cooch Behar.<ref name="indian express">{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/books-and-literature/new-book-jaipur-royal-family-gayatri-devi-john-zubrzycki-6564419/ |title=New book says British did not want 'non-Aryan' Gayatri Devi to marry Raja of Jaipur|work=Indian Express|date=21 August 2020 | access-date=21 November 2020}}</ref>

Following India's independence and the abolition of the [[princely state]]s, she became a successful politician in the [[Swatantra Party]]. Gayatri was also celebrated for her [[classical beauty|beauty]] and became something of a fashion icon in her adulthood. She served 12 years in Swatantra Party, during which she was a prominent critic of [[Indira Gandhi]]'s government. After her departure from politics, she lived a quiet life in her large estate, spending time on hobbies and leisure.

She died on 29 July 2009 in Jaipur, at the age of 90. She was suffering from [[Ileus#Paralytic ileus|paralytic ileus]] and a lung infection. She left an estate estimated at £250 million, which was passed on to her grandchildren.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-battle-of-wills-gayatri-devis-pound250m-legacy-1790048.html|title=A battle of wills: Gayatri Devi's £250m legacy|date=19 September 2009|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=3 May 2019}}</ref>

==Early life==
[[File:GayetriDeviniña.jpg|upright|thumb|left|Gayatri Devi as a child]]
Born into a Hindu royal family, she had [[Bengalis|Bengali]]<ref name=":0" /> and royal [[Koch dynasty|Koch]] ancestry on her paternal side, while her maternal side was of royal [[Gaekwad dynasty|Maratha]] descent.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Remembering the Rajmata of Jaipur: 10 facts about Maharani Gayatri Devi |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/maharani-gayatri-devi-rajmata-jaipur-978697-2017-05-23 |magazine=India Today |date=23 May 2017 |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Maharani Gayatri Devi {{!}} Rajput Queen {{!}} Queens of India {{!}} Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II |url=https://lapolo.in/blog/maharani-gayatri-devi/#:~:text=Born%20in%20London%20(23%20May,her%20flair%20for%20equestrian%20sporting. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424231229/https://lapolo.in/blog/maharani-gayatri-devi |archive-date=24 April 2024 |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=lapolo.in}}</ref> Her father, Prince Jitendra Narayan of [[Cooch Behar]], presently in [[West Bengal]], was the younger brother of the [[Yuvaraja]] (Crown Prince). She was related to [[Keshub Chandra Sen]] (A prominent figure in the [[Bengal Renaissance]] and social reformer) through her paternal grandmother, [[Suniti Devi]], who was the daughter of Keshub Chandra Sen.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Devi of Jaipur |first=Gayatri |title=A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur |publisher=Rupa & Co |year=1995 |isbn=978-81-716-7307-0 |location=New Delhi |pages=33 |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sansar |first=Swapnil |date=23 May 2024 |title=Maharani Gayatri Devi |url=https://swapnilsansar.org/2024/05/gayatridevi24/#:~:text=Maharani%20Suniti%20Devi%20was%20the,at%20the%20age%20of%2090. |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=Swapnil Sansar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Maharani's Family |url=https://maharaniofjaipur.tripod.com/id18.htm#:~:text=(above%20left)%20The%20ever%20gracious,princes)%20of%20Cooch-Behar. |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=maharaniofjaipur.tripod.com}}</ref> Her mother was Maratha Princess [[Indira of Baroda|Indira Raje]] of [[Baroda]], the only daughter of [[Maratha]] King, [[Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III]], an extremely beautiful princess and a legendary socialite. Early in her life, her uncle's death led to her father ascending the throne (gaddi). Gayatri studied at [[Glendower Preparatory School]] in London,<ref>{{citation | title=A princess remembers: the memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur | first=Gayatri | last=Devi | publisher = Rupa & Co. | year=1996 | isbn=978-81-7167-307-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5CoWAQAAMAAJ&q=Glendower | page=87}}</ref> [[Patha Bhavana]] of [[Visva-Bharati University]], [[Shantiniketan]],<ref name=elec>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090802072657/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,938254,00.html Whistle-Stopping Maharani] ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', 10 November 1961.</ref> and later in [[Lausanne]], [[Switzerland]], where she travelled with her mother and siblings, then studied secretarial skills in London School of Secretaries; Brillantmont and Monkey Club London.

She first met [[Sawai Man Singh II]] when she was 12 and he had come to Calcutta to play polo and stayed with their family.<ref>{{cite magazine |title='I Had Shot My First Panther Before I Turned Thirteen': Gayatri Devi turned 13 in 1932 |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?238724 |date=20 October 2008 |magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] }}</ref> She married Sawai Man Singh II Bahadur on 9 May 1940.<ref name=k/>

Gayatri was a particularly avid [[Equestrianism|equestrienne]]. She was an excellent rider and an able Polo player. She was a good shot and enjoyed many days out on 'Shikars'. Gayatri was fond of cars and is credited with importing the first [[Mercedes-Benz W126]], a 500 SEL to India which was later shipped to Malaysia. She also owned several Rolls-Royces and an aircraft. Gayatri had one child, Prince Jagat Singh of Jaipur, late Raja of Isarda, born on 15 October 1949, who was granted his uncle's fief as a subsidiary title. Jagat Singh was the half-brother to [[Bhawani Singh]], who was the eldest son of his father born by his father's first wife.<ref name=k/>

As a style icon, Gayatri was shot by photographer [[Cecil Beaton]] for [[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sawai Man Singh II, Maharaja of Jaipur; Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw145922/Sawai-Man-Singh-II-Maharaja-of-Jaipur-Maharani-Gayatri-Devi-Rajmata-of-Jaipur |website=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=28 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Francis |first=Martin |date=January 2006 |title=Cecil Beaton's Romantic Toryism and the Symbolic Economy of Wartime Britain |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-british-studies/article/abs/cecil-beatons-romantic-toryism-and-the-symbolic-economy-of-wartime-britain/10398D6621D65EFDFB5C40DAC9BA354F |journal=Journal of British Studies |language=en |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=90–117 |doi=10.1086/497057 |s2cid=146595646 |issn=1545-6986|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Gayatri was described by Beaton as one of the ten most beautiful women in the world.<ref name="sahwney2004">{{Cite news |last=Sahwney |first=Anubha |date=24 April 2004 |title=I've never felt beautiful: Gayatri Devi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ive-never-felt-beautiful-gayatri-devi/articleshow/637768.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=29 October 2023 |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx7KU9nNzO-/?img_index=1 |website=Instagram |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref> In a 2004 interview, Gayatri mentioned ''"I have never felt beautiful...I remember as a young girl, my mother had to literally force me into applying lipstick, physical appearance doesn't bother me, it never has, it never&nbsp;will"''.<ref name="sahwney2004"/> In 1962 Jacqueline Kennedy visited Gayatri Devi in India and were photographed together at a Polo match and on her tour of India.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Zubrzycki |first=John |date=29 July 2021 |title=Jaipur's Last Stand |url=https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/jaipurs-last-stand |magazine=History Today |access-date=29 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Thottam |first=Jyoti |date=17 August 2009 |title=Gayatri Devi |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1914977,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=29 October 2023 |issn=0040-781X}}</ref> In 2019 an exhibition 'Maharani: ‘Remembering the Princess'" was held in Mumbai to celebrate the Maharani's Centennial year.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kanwar |first=Dharmendar |date=1 October 2019 |title=Remembering the legacy of Maharani Gayatri Devi on her 100th birthday |url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/maharani-gayatri-devi-mumbai-exhibition-saris |magazine=Vogue India |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref> In 2013 designer Sabyasachi made five limited edition [[sari]]s presented at the Taj Mahal Palace in honour of Devi's enduring style icon status.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Chande |first=Jerusha Ratnam |date=15 January 2013 |title=Sabyasachi's Maharani saris |url=https://www.vogue.in/content/sabyasachi-maharani-saris |magazine=Vogue India |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref>

She started two schools in Jaipur, [[Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ Public School]] established in 1943<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajmata Gayatri Devi |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/5934077/Rajmata-Gayatri-Devi.html |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=29 July 2009 |location=London}}</ref> and Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya, Jaipur which is a co-educational school in memory of her husband.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Philosophy|url=http://www.msmsvidyalaya.in/philosophy|access-date=30 June 2021|website=www.msmsvidyalaya.in}}</ref> She revived and promoted the dying art of [[Blue Pottery of Jaipur|blue pottery]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roopa |first=Nupur |date=7 April 2018 |title=Jaipur's blue mystic battles loss of lustre |url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/rUQoY44EuDxc8Gyku46eeL/Jaipurs-blue-mystic-battles-loss-of-lustre.html |access-date=28 October 2023 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
Gayatri Devi ran for Parliament in 1962 and won from [[Jaipur Lok Sabha constituency]], winning 192,909 votes out of 246,516 cast.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081215141039/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,837092,00.html The Battle Royal - Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur...] ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', 28 July 1967.</ref> She continued to hold this seat in 1967 and 1971 as a member of the [[Swatantra Party]] founded by [[C. Rajagopalachari]],<ref name="elec" /> running against the [[Indian National Congress]].

In 1965, during a meeting with Prime Minister [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], Gayatri was again asked to join Congress. Despite the fact that her husband was being made ambassador to [[Spain]], she stuck to her principles and decided not to join the party. In 1967 the Swatantra party joined hands with Jan Sangh that was led by [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]. The alliance won a large number of seats in the 1967 election. In the assembly election Gayatri lost to Damodar Lal Vyas, in [[Malpura]] constituency, but won the Lok Sabha election.

The privy purses were abolished in 1971, terminating all royal privileges and titles. Gayatri was arrested under the COFEPOSA Act during the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] in July 1975 on the accusation of violating tax laws, and served 5 and a half months in [[Tihar Jail]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Last Maharani of Gwalior: An Autobiography By Manohar Malgonkar|date=1987|pages=233, 242–244|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sbNaTBhe5nUC&q=Gayatri+Devi&pg=PA233|isbn=9780887066597|last1=Malgonkar|first1=Manohar|publisher=SUNY Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Sethi |first1=Sunil |date=30 April 1977 |title=I would like to help the Janata party as far as possible: Rajmata Gayatri Devi |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/interview/story/19770430-i-would-like-to-help-the-janata-party-as-far-as-possible-rajmata-gayatri-devi-823674-2014-08-07 |magazine=India Today |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref> She retired from politics and published her biography, ''A Princess Remembers'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=A PRINCESS REMEMBERS {{!}} Rupa Publications|url=https://rupapublications.co.in/books/a-princess-remembers/|access-date=22 September 2021|language=en-US}}</ref> written by Santha Rama Rau, in 1976.<ref name="TOI">{{Cite news|date=30 July 2009|first=Rashmee Roshan| last=Lall|title=Gayatri Devi: A maharani and a beauty|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gayatri-Devi-A-maharani-and-a-beauty/articleshow/4834040.cms|access-date=19 January 2021|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> It was also published in Marathi language as ''A Princess Remembers: Gayatri Devi''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=A Princess Remembers: Gayatri Devi - Marathi Book Buy Online|url=https://www.menakabooks.com/products/a-princess-remembers-gayatri-devi-1|access-date=22 September 2021|website=Menakabooks|language=en}}</ref> She was also the focus of the film ''Memoirs of a Hindu Princess'', directed by Françoise Levie.

There were rumours that she might re-enter politics as late as 1999, when the Cooch Behar [[Trinamool Congress]] nominated her as their candidate for the Lok Sabha elections, but she did not respond to the offer.<ref>Gayatri Devi may contest polls from Cooch Behar, ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'', 12 June 1999.</ref>

==Family==
Gayatri Devi had one son, Prince Jagat Singh, Raja of [[Isarda]] (15 October 1949 – 5 February 1997), who was granted his paternal uncle's (father's elder brother) fief of Isarda as a subsidiary title. Jagat Singh was married on 10 May 1978 to [[Mom Rajawongse]] Priyanandana Rangsit (b. 1952), daughter of Prince Piyarangsit Rangsit and Princess [[Vibhavadi Rangsit]] (née Rajani) of [[Thailand]]. The couple had two children:
* Rajkumari Lalitya Kumari (b. 1979)
* Maharaj Devraj Singh, Raja of Isarda (b. 1981)
Today, they are her only surviving descendants, and as such, have claimed to be heirs of their paternal grandmother.

Maharaj Jagat Singh was paternal half-brother to [[Bhawani Singh of Jaipur]], the eldest son of the late Maharaja by his first wife, a Jodhpur princess.<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 April 2011|last=Bhandari|first=Prakash|title=Bhawani Singh had seen many ups and downs in life|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Bhawani-Singh-had-seen-many-ups-and-downs-in-life/articleshow/8021872.cms|access-date=19 January 2021|work=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

===Family relationships===
[[File:Cecil Beaton Photographs- Political and Military Personalities IB698.jpg|thumb|upright|Gayatri Devi, photographed by [[Cecil Beaton]] in 1940.]]
Gayatri Devi was related to several erstwhile royal families in India. She was herself not from the Rajput community, but from a dynasty native to Cooch Behar in Bengal, and was daughter of [[Jitendra Narayan|Maharaja Jitendra Narayan]] and [[Indira Devi|Maharani Indira Raje]], who was daughter of [[Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III]] and [[Maharani Chimnabai]], belonging to the [[Gaekwad]] dynasty of the [[Marathas]].

Her paternal grandparents were [[Nripendra Narayan|Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur]] and [[Sunity Devi]] of Cooch Behar. Maharani Sunity Devi was the daughter of the [[Brahmo Samaj|Brahmo]] social reformer [[Keshab Chandra Sen]].

She had two brothers, [[Jagaddipendra Narayan]] and Indrajitendra Narayan of whom Jagaddipendra Narayan became the Maharaja of Cooch Behar in his infancy after the death of their father in 1922.

Thus, maternally, she was closely connected to [[Gaekwad dynasty|Gaekwads]] of [[Baroda State]]. Further, her sister Ila Devi was married into the [[Tripura (princely state)|Tripura]] royal family, and her younger sister, Maneka Devi, was married into the royal family of [[Dewas State]]. Thus, through various relatives, she was related to the royal houses of [[Kota State|Kota]], [[Sawantwadi State|Sawantwadi]], [[Akkalkot State]], [[Jath State]], Dewas Jr., [[Jasdan State]], [[Sandur (princely state)|Sandur]], [[Tehri-Garhwal]], [[Mayurbhanj]], [[Dhar State]], [[Kolhapur State|Kolhapur]], [[Lunawada State]], [[Baria State|Baria]] and Raja of [[Payagpur]], which was considered normal among the royalties of India.

==Death==
She was admitted at [[Santokba Durlabhji Memorial hospital]] (SDMH) on 17 July 2009. She died at the age of 90 on 29 July 2009, reportedly due to lung failure.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gayatri Devi, former Jaipur queen, is dead |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2009/jul/29/gayatri-devi-former-jaipur-queen-is-dead-72346.html |access-date=26 June 2023 |work=The New Indian Express |date=29 July 2009}}</ref><ref name="TOI"/>

Her family has approached the [[Delhi High Court]] to regain 800 kg of gold which was taken away by the government in 1975 describing possession of the gold by Gayatri Devi to be illegal as per the Gold Control Act, 1968. In 2012, the central government counsel S.K. Dubey told the court the possession of raw gold by Gayatri Devi was illegal. Dubey added, "The family has violated both the rules, so a fine of Rs.1.5 crore was imposed on them by the government. It was later reduced to Rs.80 lakh."<ref name="v915">{{cite news |title=Gayatri Devi's heirs fight govt for 800 kg gold |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2010/Jan/31/gayatri-devis-heirs-fight-govt-for-800-kg-gold-165906.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 January 2010 |access-date=15 June 2024}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
* [[Stephane Bern]]. ''Gayatra Devi, une princesse au pays des Maharajas.'' Documentary by Roland Portiche and Vanessa Pontet. 1h45'. 2013. First broadcast on 26 December 2013, FR2 (French TV).

==References==
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== Additional sources ==
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* {{cite book|title=A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur|first= Gayatri |last= Devi | publisher =J.B. Lippincott |date= 1977|isbn=81-7167-307-4}}
* {{cite book| title =Rajmata Gayatri Devi| first = Dharmendar |last=Kanwar| publisher = Roli Books |isbn=9-788-174-36294-0|year=2005|location=|pages=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qzkqAAAACAAJ|orig-year=2004|author-link=Dharmendar Kanwar}}
* {{cite book| title =Gourmet's Gateway: A Royal Collection|first= Gayatri |last=Devi | publisher = Dharmendar Kanwar |date=1999 |isbn= 81-901221-0-X}}
* {{cite book|title=Maharanis | author-link=Lucy Moore (historian)|first=Lucy |last=Moore | publisher = [[Penguin Books]] |date= 2005 | isbn= 978-0-14-303704-0|location=|pages=|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X1D5YesAa9YC}}
* {{Cite book|last=Kanwar|first=Dharmendar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tRxuAAAAMAAJ&q=books+on+gayatri+devi|title=Rajmata Gayatri Devi--: Enduring Grace|date=2004|publisher=Lustre Press, Roli Books|isbn=978-81-7436-295-7|location=|pages=|language=en|author-link=Dharmendar Kanwar}}
* {{Cite book|last=Stern|first=Robert W.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NK1MhWq-9VkC&q=books+on+gayatri+devi|title=The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj|date=1988|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-08283-0|language=en}}
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==External links==
* {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20060214031642/http://mgdgirlsschool.com/|Website of the MGD Girls School}}
* {{URL|https://web.archive.org/web/20090801103853/http://www.headlinesindia.com/diaspora/diaspora/gayatri-devi-former-jaipur-queen-is-dead-18240.html|The Maharani's Death}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/royalty-obituaries/5934077/Rajmata-Gayatri-Devi.html|title=Rajmata Gayatri Devi - Daily Telegraph obituary}}
* {{Cite news|url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/01/remembering-gayatri-devi.htm|title=Rediff article - Memoir by her ghost-writer}}

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