DEVYANI RANA OF GWALIOR PRINCESS , REFUSED BY NEPAL ROYAL THE ENTIRE FAMILY WAS MURDERED 2001 JUNE 1

DEVYANI RANA OF GWALIOR PRINCESS , REFUSED BY NEPAL ROYAL THE ENTIRE 

FAMILY WAS MURDERED 2001 JUNE 1

Devyani Rana
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Devyani Rana (Nepali: देवयानी राणा) is the second daughter of Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana and Rani Usha Raje Scindia, daughter of Jivajirao Scindia, the last maharaja of Gwalior, and the wife of Kunwar Aishwarya Singh of Singrauli. News reports in 2001 had suggested that the Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal wanted to marry her, but his parents, as well as Devyani's mother, did not agree.


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By her father, Devyani was born as a member of the Rana dynasty.[1] Her mother, Usha Raje Scindia, is a daughter of George Jivajirao Scindia, Maharaja of Gwalior.[3][4] She has one sibling, her older sister, Urvashi Rajya Lakshmi.

Her paternal great-grandfather was Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.

OSNepal, Kathmandu, 20th Aug 2017: Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah’s love story with Devyani Rana will now be turned into a love story. The film will be based on the popular book ” Mailey dhekeko durbar”  The film titled ‘Dipendra Sarkar’ will be made in the budget of  5.5 crore. Pradeep Khadka will play the titular role of Dipendra in the movie. The real story suggests Shah’s choice of bride was Devyani Rana, daughter of Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, a member of the Rana clan. Dipendra was denied his choice of a wife by his mother Queen 


Aishwarya.

'மகிழ்ச்சி ஒரு குறிக்கோள் அல்ல ... இது நன்றாக வாழ்ந்த வாழ்க்கையின் துணை இன்பம் 
She attended Welham Girl's High School, Dehradun, Mayo College Girls School, Ajmer; Lady Shriram College, Delhi and Kathmandu University (MA).

Reports of Crown Prince Dipendra wanting to marry her
Dipendra was in England between 1987 and 1990, and his local guardian was Baronet, Sir Jeremy Bagge,[5] whose son was also at Eton. Bagge's daughter was a friend of Devyani who was also studying in England.[6] Dipendra and Devyani met at the Bagges' Norfolk home, and Dipendra quickly fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. However, Dipendra's parents, and especially his mother Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Shah (born Rana), opposed the marriage. Devyani's friends also began to suspect Dipendra was sexually assaulting her, although she denied it.[6][7]

According to an article in the 30 July 2001 New Yorker and other published reports, the refusal of Dipendra's parents to consent to this marriage was the cause of the massacre of the royal family in Nepal.[citation needed] However a 2009 report based on an interview with his cousin Paras Shah suggested that there may have been other reasons as well.[8] A book "Maile Dekheko Darbar" by former Secretary to the King Birendra suggests that Dipendra may have had significant personality problems.[9]

Post massacre
Devyani Rana fled to India immediately after the royal massacre to escape media attention. In 2004, Rana obtained a second master's degree from the London School of Economics. She was reported to have been working for the United Nations Development Programme in India in 2012.[10]

Personal life
On 23 February 2007, Rana married Kunwar Aishwarya Singh of Singrauli, the son of Raja Bhuvneshwar Prasad Singh and Rani Veena Singh, a royal from the erstwhile state of Singrauli and the grandson of former Indian Human Resources Minister Arjun Singh, a royal from the erstwhile state of Churhat.[11] The wedding took place at the Scindia Villa, New Delhi.[12]

In 2017, it has was reported that Devyani Rana had become an active member of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP-N).[1

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INDRA DEVI ,MAHARANI OF COOCH BEHAR REFUSED TO MARRY GWALIOR MAHARAJA MADAV RAO SCINDIA

INDRA DEVI ,MAHARANI OF COOCH BEHAR 

REFUSED TO MARRY GWALIOR MAHARAJA

MADAV RAO SCINDIA

Indira Devi, born as Indira Raje (19 February 1892 – 6 September 1968), was the consort of Jitendra Narayan, Maharaja of Cooch Behar, and a princess of Baroda State in her own right. She also served as regent of Cooch Behar during the minority of her son.

In Baroda[edit]

Jagaddipendra Narayan of Cooch Behar

Indira was born the only daughter of Sayajirao Gaekwad III' of and his second wife Maharani Chimnabai (1872–1958). She grew up with her several brothers at the opulent Lakshmi Vilas Palace in Baroda, and was betrothed at a young age to Madho Rao Scindia, the then Maharaja of Gwalior.

 During the period of engagement, Indira attended the Delhi durbar of 1911, where she met the Jitendra, younger brother of the then Maharaja of Cooch Behar. Within days, they were in love and had decided to marry.








"What does the princess mean....?"[edit]

Indira knew that her parents would be aghast; many issues were involved: the diplomatic repercussions of breaking a standing engagement with the Scindia ruler of Gwalior, one of the premier 21-gun-salute princes of India; the scandal and universal opprobium that would certainly ensue; also the fact that Jitendra was the younger son (and thus unlikely ever to become king) of a family that ruled a remote and insignificant state in the eastern hills.

Indira circumvented her parents by taking the initiative in breaking her engagement herself, a daring act for an 18-year-old Indian maiden of that era. She wrote to her fiancé saying that she did not wish to marry him. In Baroda, Indira's father received a single-sentence telegram from the Maharaja of Gwalior: "What does the princess mean by her letter?" This was the first inkling her stunned parents had of Indira's intentions. The Maharaja behaved in exemplary fashion, writing an understanding letter to Indira's father which he signed off as "your son"; however, the disgrace was great and was felt keenly by Indira's parents.

Wedding[edit]

The breaking of the engagement was accomplished, but this defiance of her parents did not serve to reconcile them to her marrying Jitendra. Indira's parents apparently regarded Jitendra as a playboy from a feckless family; they even ventured to summon him and give him a personal warning to stay away. Nothing worked; Indira and Jitendra were equally adamant. Eventually, perhaps also in recognition of the fact that respectable alliances for Indira were now unlikely, her parents made a half-way compromise. They allowed Indira to leave their roof, proceed to London and wed Jitendra.

Indira and Jitendra were wed at a hotel in London with no member of Indira's family present. They were wed by the rites of the Brahmo Samaj, the sect to which Jitendra's mother, Suniti Devi, daughter of Keshub Chunder Sen, adhered.

In Cooch Behar[edit]

It happened that at the time of the wedding, Jitendra's elder brother, Rajendra Narayan, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar, was grievously ill. Within days of the wedding, he died of ailments arising from alcohol abuse, and Jitendra became maharaja of Cooch Behar. 

The couple lived a relatively happy life and rapidly became the parents of five children. However, alcoholism was endemic in Jitendra's family, and he died at a young age, within a decade of the wedding.

Indira was now not only a young widow and the mother of five, but also regent of Cooch Behar during the minority of her elder son. She faced her situation not merely with courage but indeed with verve. Her administrative skills were deemed by observers very mediocre, but Indira quickly gained a reputation for her highly-active social life, and spent prolonged periods of time in Europe and away from Cooch Behar.






Children[edit]

Indira was the mother of three daughters and two sons.

Her elder son, Jagaddipendra Narayan, succeeded his father as Maharaja of Cooch Behar, and was the last ruling prince of his dynasty; Cooch Behar was merged with the Dominion of India (later the Union of India) during his reign. He had no legitimate children, and was succeeded by his nephew Virajendra.

The second son, Indrajitendra, married a daughter of the Maharaja of Pithapuram estate in present-day Andhra Pradesh. They were the parents of Virajendra and also of Uttara Devi, Maharani of Kotah in Rajasthan.

Indira's eldest daughter, Ila, married the Maharaja of Tripura. 
Her son took for wife the actress Moon Moon Sen;
 they are the parents of Bollywood starlets Raima and Riya.

Indira's second daughter, Gayatri, became the third wife of the Maharaja of Jaipur, and was a noted celebrity in her own right.

Indira's youngest daughter Menaka married the Maharaja of Dewas Jr in central India.

Later life[edit]

Indira's elder son assumed full powers as ruler of Cooch Behar in 1936. Indira thereafter spent a major portion of her time in Europe. Indira Devi faced many tragedies in her lifetime. 

Indira Devi lost two of her children:
 Princess Ila Devi who died at a very young age and Prince Indrajit Narayan Bhup, who died in an accidental fire leaving behind his wife Princess Kamala of Pithapuram.

 Maharani Indira Devi spent the last years of her life in Mumbai and died there in September 1968