Sucharu Devi
Sucharu Devi | |
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| Born | 9 October 1874 Kolkata, India |
| Died | 14 December 1959 (aged 85) Kolkata |
| Other names | Her Highness Maharani Sucharu Devi |
| Known for | Social worker, educator |
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| Relatives | Suniti Devi (sister) |
Her Highness Maharani Sucharu Devi (or Suchara Devi) (9 October 1874 – 14 December 1959) was the Maharani of Mayurbhanj State, India.[1]
Early life
She was born in a
Calcutta. She married the Maharaja of Mayurbhanj State, Shri Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo (1871–1912) in 1904, which was the Maharaja's second marriage after the death of his first wife.[2] From her marriage with the Maharaja, she had one son and two daughters. Their only son, Maharaj Kumar Dhrubendra Bhanj Deo (1908–1945), was a Royal Air Force pilot, who died in action during World War II.[2] She spent a major portion of her life in Mayurbhanj Palace, which was royal residence of rulers of Mayurbhanj State. Her husband, the Maharaja of Mayurbhanj built a mountain retreat in Shillong, where she spent her summer time and Rabindranath Tagore visited there as guest few times. The house is popular as Mayurbhanj palace which is a part of the North Eastern Hill University
(NEHU) campus now.
She and her sister, the Maharani of Koch Bihar, Suniti Devi, were noted for their elegant style of dressing.[3]
Work
She and her sister Suniti Devi founded the
Calcutta she was known as a women's rights activist like her contemporaries Charulata Mukherjee, Saroj Nalini Dutt, T. R. Nelly, and her elder sister Suniti Devi the Maharani of Cooch Behar.[6]
She died in 1959.[6]
References
- ^ Kaye, Joyoti Devi (1979). Sucharu Devi, Maharani of Mayurbhanj: a biography.
- ^ a b "Mayurbhanj".
- ISBN 9788187358312.
- ISBN 9781139449083.
- ISBN 9788173040597.
- ^ ISBN 9780210226117.
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