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On Apr 12, 2015 1:37 PM, "Dr.Ashok Chugh" <ashokchugh1@gmail.com> wrote:
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> VERY NICE
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> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 12:06 AM, Mohamed Jaffer <mjkassam@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> .
>> 5 Most Beautiful Royal Princesses in Indian History
>>
>> 1. Maharani Gayatri Devi
>> May 23, 1919 to July 29, 2009
>>
>> Ranked as the "Most Beautiful Woman in the World" in the 60's, by Vogue Magazine.
>> Late Rajmata Gayatri Devi was the Maharani of Jaipur from
>> 1939 to 1970. She was the epitome of true royalty and effortless style.
>>
>> Educated in Europe, the Maharani was a striking beauty in her
>> youth and grew up to become quite a fashion icon.
>>
>>
>> Passionate about horse-riding, she was an able Polo player and a good shot, often
>> indulging in hunting, a royal pastime, in her youth. Gayatri Devi also harboured a passion for
>> automobiles and imported the first Mercedes-Benz W126, a 500 SEL to India.
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>> She dedicated all life to philanthropic efforts, building schools for girls' education
>> and reviving and promoting the floundering art of blue pottery.
>>
>> Maharani Gayatri Devi has been mentioned in The Guinness Book of Records for having
>> the most expensive wedding in the 1940's. She received a blue Bentley, a two-seater
>> Packard and a mansion in Himalayas as wedding present. Her wedding trousseau boasts of
>> sheets from Czechoslovakia, shoes from Florence, and nightgowns in mousseline de soie from Paris.
>>
>> 2. Indira Raje of Baroda
>> February 19, 1892 to September 6, 1968
>>
>>
>> Maharani of Cooch Behar, was a stunningly beautiful woman and prominent socialite.
>> The strong-willed princess' personality shone through when she was a very young woman.
>> She was engaged to the Scindia of Gwalior, but in defiance of her parents' wishes and
>> royal protocol, at 18 she eloped with her sweetheart, Prince Jitendra of Cooch Behar.
>>
>> As fate would have it, her husband became the Maharaja of Cooch Behar a short
>> while later, but passed away leaving his Maharani a young widow with five children.
>> She accepted her circumstances with grace and served as regent till her
>> eldest son, then a minor, came of age to ascend the throne.
>>
>> Indira loved the high-flying life and often spent months on end moving in posh
>> international circles and holidaying in Europe and she is even rumoured to
>> have had an affair with Prince George, Duke of Kent.
>>
>> 3. Sita Devi of Baroda
>> May 12, 1917 to February 15, 1989
>>
>> Probably one of the most colorful royals in Indian history was
>> Maharani Sita Devi Sahib of Baroda, christened the 'Indian Wallis Simpson'.
>>
>>
>> This daughter of the Zamindar of Pithapuram married the Zamindar of Vayyur and bore him
>> three children. But in 1943, she met and was smitten by Maharaja Pratap Singh Gaekwar of Baroda.
>> Using legal loopholes and unmindful of the scandal it caused in those days, Sita Devi left her first
>> husband and married the Maharaja, embarking upon a jet-setting life that saw her spend millions on
>> shopping abroad, mingling with royalty from across the world and setting up a second home in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
>> In the years that followed, the royal couple were plagued with further controversy when it
>> emerged that the Maharaja had taken several large interest-free loans from the Baroda
>> treasury and helped himself to many of its most priceless jewels, bringing them to Monte Carlo and
>> having their custody transferred to the Maharani. As a result of these indiscretions, Sita Devi and
>> Gaekwar were deposed by the Indian Government in 1951 and their divorce followed soon after,
>> in 1956. Despite the circumstances, Sita Devi still insisted on being referred to with her royal title;
>> even her Rolls-Royce sported the armorial insignia of Baroda.
>> She lived the rest of her days in luxury, hobnobbing with her European upper-crust clique, but
>> the last four years were fraught with grief following the suicide of her only son with Gaekwar.
>>
>> 4. Sita Devi of Kapurthala
>> 1915 to 2002.
>>
>>
>> Rani Sita Devi of Kapurthala is regarded as one of India's most glamorous royals of all time.
>>
>> Born the daughter of a zamindar, she was married at the age of 13 to a younger son of the
>> Sikh Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala. As a young woman, she quickly gained a reputation
>> as one of the most beautiful Indian women of the day and like her namesake and
>> contemporary Sita Devi of Baroda, she quickly became part of Europe's elite fraternity.
>>
>> The Rani was fluent in several European languages and had couturiers across the Continent
>> falling all over her in fact, Italian couturier Elsa Schiaparelli was so taken with her that her 1935
>> collection was inspired by Sita Devi's saris. What she wore one day was the hottest trend on the next.
>> At the age of 19, Vogue Magazine called her a 'secular goddess' and Look counted
>> her among the five best-dressed women on earth.
>>
>> Sita Devi impressed one and all including her husband, who lavished his royal wife with
>> resplendent jewelry by some of the biggest names like Cartier Van Cleef & Arpels. As befitted her
>> status, she was always decked out in jaw-dropping jewels and was showered with
>> attention and praise wherever she went.
>>
>> 5. Princess Niloufer Of Hyderabad
>> January 4, 1916 - June 12, 1989
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>>
>> 'Style with substance' or 'Beauty with a Purpose' can best define Princess Niloufer of Hyderabad.
>>
>> Born in Istanbul, Princess Niloufer of Ottoman ancestry became an Indian royal by virtue of marriage -
>> she wed Prince Moazzam Jah, the second son of the Nizam of
>> Hyderabad in 1931 (they divorced in 1952).
>>
>>
>> A remarkably beautiful woman, Niloufer was the perfect princess in many ways,
>> attending social dos and inaugurating events decked out in the latest fashions of the day.
>> She was considered among the 10 most beautiful women in the world and
>> movie offers came her way often.
>>
>> There was, however, more to her than the popular social and public image. She was a
>> champion of women's rights and during World War II, she received training as a nurse and
>> carried out relief duties. Niloufer also established a hospital for women and children in
>> Hyderabad, after losing one of her maids in childbirth.
>>
>>
>> Despite her love of children, the princess was tragically unable to conceive and it is rumoured
>> that behind the glamorous facade was an empty, unhappy woman. Post her divorce she moved to Paris,
>> where she died in 1989 and they named another hospital after her.
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