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 kne...