Maharani Durgavati – The Warrior Queen
Born on 5 October 1524 in the family of Kirti Singh ruler of Kalinjar (Central India), Durgavati, belonged to the Chandel dynasty, which had built […]
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Bamba Müller – A Victorian Cinderella Story
Bamba Müller was born on 6 July 1848 as the daughter of Ludwig Müller and his mistress Sofia in Cairo. She was educated in Cairo by missionaries. In […]
Sophia Duleep Singh – A Suffragette Princess (Part 2)
Read part one here. The Suffragette Cause Sophia joined Emmeline Pankhurst and other suffragettes as they descended on the House of Commons, hoping to meet the […]
Sophia Duleep Singh – A Suffragette Princess (Part 1)
Read part two here. An exiled Princess Sophia Duleep Singh was born on 8 August 1876 as the daughter of Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, and Bamba […]
Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur – A people’s Maharani
Born as Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar on 23 May 1919 to Maharaja Jitendra Narayan of Cooch Behar and Maharani Indira Raje (Maratha Princess […]
Maharani Sarandha – Everything for honour
Maharani Sarandha was a Rajput queen of Bundelkhand (central India). Her brother Anirudh Singh was ruler of a small estate. Anirudh Singh was constantly engaged […]
