| She
was born on 12th Oct.1919 in the house of Thakur
Mahendra Singh resident of Sagar (M.P.). She
was married to Maharaja Jivajirao Scinndia the
erstwhile ruler of Gwalior state on 21st feb. 1941 .
She was blessed with one son and four daughters. She
was honoured with the Doctoral conferred by Vikram
Univ., Ujjain.
Although she was from the
royal family of Gwalior, she was a lady of classes
and the masses with a rare charisma arround
her. Her special area of Interest was social service
and education for all. she was among the founders of
Sishu Mandir, Scindia Kanya Vidhyalaya Gwalior,
Samrat Ashok Technological Institute Vidisha (M.P.)
and Madhav Institute of Technology and scince
Gwalior. She had written one of the best seller
Autobiography, 'The Last Maharani of Gwalior and
Princes', published in U.S.A. and U.K. |