Maharani Gayatri Devi - rest in peace
Jaipur Ka Raj Mata, Gayatri Devi
. Rajmata Gayatri Devi with Rajaji
Prince Philip and Gayatri Devi at a girls' school |
Mrs. John F. Kennedy and Gayatri Devi (R) with team in Jaipur state after she presented cup. (Photo by Art Rickerby/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
1962: First Lady Jackie Kennedy (R) in blue sheath dress and white gloves w. Maharani of Jaipur, Gayatri Devi at Polo Ground on a visit to India. (Photo by Art Rickerby/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
The Maharajah and Maharani of Jaipur, 29th August 1957. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
LONDON - SEPTEMBER 19: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) HRH Rajmata Gayatri Devi attends the Cartier International Jewellery Launch Night, at Lancaster House on September 19, 2007 in London, England. (Photo by Dave M. Benett/Getty Images)
Sawai Man Singh II, the Maharajah of Jaipur (1911 - 1970), arrives at London Airport with his wife the Maharani Gayatri Devi and their 7-year-old son Prince Jagat Singh (1949 - 1997), 23rd April 1957. The Maharajah will be playing with the Indian polo team. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
INDIA - JULY 25: Gayatri Devi wife of Maharaja Jai Singh, Jaipur (Portrait) (Photo by India Today/The India Today Group/Getty Images)
Indian mourners keep vigil alongside the body of Maharani Gayatri Devi at the City Palace in Jaipur on July 30, 2009. India mourned a jet-setting princess who rubbed shoulders with British royalty, her death at the age of 90 severing one of the last links to a bygone era of aristocratic opulence. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
NEW DELHI - NOVEMBER 23: Maharani Gayatri Devi (r) speaks with actress Sharmila Tagore during a function on November 23, 1998 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by The India Today Group/Getty Images)
JAIPUR, INDIA - JULY 30: The funeral procession of late Rajmata Gayatri Devi in Jaipur on Thursday, July 30, 2009. (Photo by Diwakar Purushottam/The India Today Group/Getty Images)
JAIPUR, INDIA - JULY 30: Former Maharaja of Jaipur Brigadier Bhawani Singh paying flowering tribute to the Rajmata Gayatri Devi body at the city palace on Thursday in Jaipur. (Photo by Diwakar Purushottam/The India Today Group/Getty Images)
INDIA - CIRCA 2000: Rajmata Gayatri Devi - Queen Mother of Jaipur- Built in 1835 as hunting house on a 24 hectare land, then turned into a palace in 1923, Rambagh Palace became the residence of the Maharajah of Jaipur before it was turned into a hotel-palace in 1957, India's first hotel-palace with 90 rooms - The building is a masterpiece and is a subtle mixture of Mughal and Rajput style in Jaipur, India. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
INDIA - CIRCA 1900: Maharani Gayatri Devi - Polo tournament on the field of Rambagh Palace, Jaipur in Jaipur, India. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
INDIA - CIRCA 1900: Maharani Gayatri Devi & Mr Puri Polo tournament on the field of Rambagh Palace, Jaipur in Jaipur, India. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
INDIA - CIRCA 1900: Maharani Gayatri Devi & Polo Team Polo tournament on the field of Rambagh Palace in Jaipur, India. (Photo by David LEFRANC/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Nearly 75 years ago - Maharani Gayatri Devi on her birthday, 23 May 1939
... Maharani Gayatri Devi - a polo player herself - encourages the game |
A host of princes and princesses meet in Jaipur, 1955
INDIA - JULY 25: Portrait of Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur and wife of Maharaja Jai Singh taken on July 25, 1980 in India. (Photo by The India Today Group/Getty Images)
The Maharani of Jaipur, last link with Indian's Polo golden age.
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