01775nam a22002657a 4500 20220427152652.0 220427b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0706915771 Aloy eng 23 954.092 DEVP Gayatri Devi 32421 Santha Rama Rau 32341 Princess remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur Ghziabad Vikas Publishing House Pvt Ltd 1982 335p. PB 18x12cm History She is the daughter of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar and the widow of the Maharaja of Jaipur. She was raised in a sumptuous palace and shot her first panther at the age of twelve. She became one of the first women to win a seat in the Indian Parliament, John F. Kennedy once introduced her as ?the woman with the most staggering majority that anyone has ever earned in an election.? She was also considered one of the world's most beautiful women.In this compelling memoir, Gayatri Devi describes her carefree, hoyden childhood with her brothers and sisters in the palace of Cooch Behar and their adventurous trips to London and the continent, her secret six-year courtship with the dashing, internationally renowned polo player, Jai, the Maharaja of Jaipur, her marriage and entry into the glittering life of the 'pink city' of Jaipur and her struggles to adapt to unfamiliar customs and her husband's two other wives.A Princess Remembers is the fascinating life story of one of India's most elegant women and one of its most powerful. Autobiography 32342 Indian History 32343 Princess 32344 DEVI (Gayatri) 32345 RAU (Santha Rama) 32346 ddc GF 222670 222670 0 0 ddc 0 0 HIS AL AL 2013-03-24 0 954.092 DEVP GF02127 2022-04-27 00:00:00 2022-04-27 GF