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The princely couple transferred a copious amount from the Baroda treasury, including some of its most famous jewellery, including four celebrated pearl carpets, [4] a famed seven-strand necklace of priceless pearls (called the Baroda pearls), a three-strand diamond necklace with the famous Pink Brazilian Star of the South 128.80-carat (25.760 g ...
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.
A print of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaikwad. The Gaekwad rule of Baroda began when the Maratha general Pilaji Rao Gaekwad conquered the city from the Mughal Empire in 1721. The Gaekwads were granted the city as a Jagir by Chhatrapati Shahu I, the Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy.
Radhika Raje Gaekwad [3] [4] (formerly known as the Queen of Baroda) [5] Raje married Maharaja Samarjitsinh Gaekwad. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] She has also been declared the most beautiful woman of the Indian Kingdom Dynasty by Forbes magazine besides being featured as the “Modern Maharani” [ 8 ] in the Millionaireasia magazine.
Maharani Chimnabai II (1872 – 23 August 1958) was a queen and the second wife Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad of the princely state of Baroda, Gujarat, British India.She is the author of the treatise The position of Women in Indian Life (1911), and was the first president of the All India Women's Conference (AIWC) in 1927-1928, as well as the president of the National Council of Women in India in ...
Samarjitsinh played cricket for Baroda in the Ranji Trophy. He appeared in six first-class matches as a top-order batsman [5] between the 1987/88 and 1988/89 seasons. [12] He later became a cricket administrator and served as the president of the Baroda Cricket Association. [13] As of 2015, he runs a cricket academy at the Moti Bagh Stadium. [14]
It's possible that the jewels Hepburn wore around her neck came from a pair of ankle bracelets previously owned by Sita Devi Sahib, the Maharani of Baroda, which were then sold to Harry Winston ...
Maharani Chimnabai I (1864 – 7 May 1885) was a queen and the first wife of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III of the princely state of Baroda (now in Gujarat), British India. Several memorials were built by Sayajirao following her early death.