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Princess Sita Devi of Pithapuram (formerly known as “Queen of Baroda”) (2 May 1917 – 15 February 1989) [1] was known as the "Indian Wallis Simpson". [2] She was a member of the international jet set .
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 .
Sita Devi was born in 1915 to the Hindu Rajput Raja Uday Raj Singh of Kashipur, Uttarakhand. [2] At age 13, she married Prince Karamjit Singh, a younger son of the Sikh Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala in Punjab, British India. [2] Her sister-in-law was Brinda Devi, making Princess Indira Devi her niece. [2]
Surya Rau was born to Raja Gangadhara Rao and Maharani Mangamamba Devi on 5 October 1885 in the Pithapuram Fort and was named 'Suryaraya'. Gangadhar Rao married seven wives, but did not bear any children for sometime. Before his birth, Maharajah adopted a boy from the Venkatagiri royal family. This late birth and adoption led to endless ...
He married Sita Devi, the maharani of Baroda. He was sometimes referred to as the Zamindar of Vuyyuru, as he stayed in the Vuyyuru estates in Nuzvid Zamindari. [ 2 ] Later, Prince Pratap Sinh Gaekwad married her, after she converted to Islam.
Fatehsinghrao Prataprao Gaekwad II (2 April 1930 – 1 September 1988) was an Indian politician, cricketer, and titular Maharaja of Baroda from 1951 until 1988. In the 26th amendment [1] to the Constitution of India promulgated in 1971, the Government of India abolished all official symbols of princely India, including titles, privileges, and remuneration (privy purses).
Gayatri Devi [1] (born 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 II. [2]
Pithapuram Zamindari was a Zamindari in the East Godavari district of Madras Presidency. [1] In 1802, Pithapuram was overshadowed by the renowned Peddapuram estate. But, in 1843, all other villages of Peddapuram were lost except Kottam and they were left with only 36 villages.