Indira devi

Indira Devi, the Rajmata of Cooch Behar, was one of the most glamorous and influential figures in fashionable Indian society. She is credited with having set the trend of wearing silk chiffon sarees, making it a royal fashion statement.

It is a cool midsummer’s evening in Mayfair’s Cork Street – the nucleus of London’s contemporary art world. Number 33 is the professional home of Prahlad Bubbar – collector of Indian and Islamic art – and the location of his new exhibition, The New Medium: Photography in India 1855-1930. The New Medium is a neat survey of…

Brown History on Instagram: “A photograph of Princess Indira Devi Kaur of Kapurthala taken in London in 1944. She was considered one of the most glamorous women of her…”

The stories of prince and princesses always manage to capture our imagination. The Indian history is one of those royal histories which include long mesmerizing tales of most brave and beautiful queens.

"Maharani Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, the older of the two young princesses seen here, was adopted into the matrilineal royal family of Travancore. A granddaughter of the celebrated painter Raja Ravi Varma, Sethu Lakshmi Bayi was Regent of Travancore from 1924 to 1931. Known as the ‘Golden Age of Travancore’, her regency was remarkable for many progressive reforms such as the abolition of the ‘Devadasi’ system, and the end of the costly system of paying nuzzars to royalty. She also instituted…

The Maharani was famous both for her beauty and her sartorial choices which were always elegant and classic.

Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur was a style icon of her time with her natural sense of dressing

Portrait of Maharani Indira Devi of Cooch Behar

Princess Ayesha (Gayatri Devi) of Cooch Behar