This article was written by Shivangi Kaushik. 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 of Baroda). She had two brothers Jagat Deependra Narayan and Indrajitentra Narayan and two sisters Ila and Menaka. She studied at Glendower preparatory [read more]
This article was written by Shivangi Kaushik. Maharani Sarandha was a Rajput queen of Bundelkhand (central India). Her brother Anirudh Singh was the ruler of a small estate. Anirudh Singh was constantly engaged with the enemy. His wife Sheetla Devi would be worried sick every time her husband went out with his army; she would [read more]
Written by Paridhi Sinha. In the volcanic plateau of Malwa in central India, lies an ancient city named Mandu. Today, it is a sleepy small town of the Indian province of Madhya Pradesh but the very air of the place, even today, is reminiscent of the story it had witnessed some five centuries earlier. The [read more]
This article was written by Shivangi Kaushik. Princess Sanyogita was a daughter of King Jaichand of Kannauj (in modern-day India). She was in love with Prithviraj Chauhan, King of Delhi. She had heard about his bravery and courage and wanted to marry him. Her father did not like Prithviraj Chauhan because he had refused to accept [read more]
Ahalyabai Holkar was born on 31 May 1725 in Chowndi in India as the daughter of Mankoji Rao Shinde, who was the Patil or chief of the village and Sushila. She had five brothers. Very little is known about her childhood, and she received no formal education. There wasn’t even a school in Chowndi. However, her [read more]
“The Fairytale Turned Nightmare?” reads the headline of the New York Times from May 1981 referencing to a lesser known American woman who married into a royal family. That woman was Hope Cooke. It was based on her autobiography. It spoke about how the American media was enamoured with an American marrying Crown Prince Palden Thondup [read more]
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