{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox royalty | consort = yes | image = | caption = Portrait of Rajmata Padmini Devi Ji of Jaipur | spouse = Bhawani Singh | name = Padmini Devi | title = Her Royal Highness The Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur | succession = Maharani of Jaipur | predecessor = Gayatri Devi | coronation = | issue = Diya Kumari | father = Rajendra Prakash | mother = Indira Devi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|9|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Nahan, Sirmur, British India | religion = Hinduism }} '''Padmini Devi'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside Maharani Padmini Devi of Jaipur's 75th birthday celebrations |url=https://www.vogue.in/content/inside-rajmata-padmini-devi-of-jaipurs-75th-birthday-celebrations |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=Vogue India |date=4 October 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref> (born Princess Padmini Devi of Sirmur; 29 September 1943) is the titular Rajmata of Jaipur.
== Early life == Ethnically born into the royal family of the Sirmur, her father, Maharaja Rajendra Prakash of Sirmur, presently in Himachal Pradesh, was the ruler of Sirmur from 1933–1964.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Brentnall |first=Mark |title=The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh |publisher=Indus Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=9788173871634 |location=India |pages=49}}</ref> Her mother was Indira Devi, the daughter of Maharaja Thakore Bahadursinhji Mansinhji of Palitana.<ref name=":0" /> She received convent education in Mussoorie and then spent time at finishing schools in London and Switzerland.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2009-01-23 |title=Durga Diya Enterprises - Padmani Devi |url=http://royalfamilyjaipur.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18 |access-date=2022-05-04 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123044234/http://royalfamilyjaipur.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18 |archive-date=23 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
She heads Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum as a chairperson.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Royal Family : Present – Royal Jaipur- Explore the Royal Landmarks in Jaipur |url=https://royaljaipur.in/index.php/the-royal-family/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=royaljaipur.in}}</ref> She takes a keen interest in the social activities and welfare of the people of Jaipur in Rajasthan.<ref name=":2" />
== Personal life == thumb|The Maharaja and Maharani of Jaipur === Marriage === She married Bhawani Singh, eldest son of Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur and his first wife, Maharani Marudhar Kanwar on 10 March 1966 in a ceremony held at Delhi.<ref name=":1" />
=== Children === Her only child, a daughter, Diya Kumari,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Leadership {{!}} Princess Diya Kumari Foundation |url=https://princessdiyakumarifoundation.org/our_leadership.php |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=princessdiyakumarifoundation.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5209 |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref> is member of Indian Parliament from Vidhyadhar Nagar parliamentary seat, and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-23 |title=Royal family member Diya Kumari wins Rajsamand seat by over 5 lakh votes |url=https://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/erstwhile-royal-family-member-diya-kumari-wins-rajsamand-seat-by-over-5-lakh-votes-2205718.html |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=Zee News |language=en}}</ref> Currently, she is the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
'''Grandchildren'''
Her only child and daughter, Princess Diya Kumari was married to Narendra Singh, a commoner and had 3 children with him. Maharaja Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur who is the current titular king of Jaipur and an established polo player, Princess Gauravi Kumari of Jaipur who is a feminist also the general secretary of PDKF and Maharaja Lakshraj Prakash of Sirmur who is the titular king of Sirmur from where Rajmata belongs to. Rajmata Padmini Devi became maternal grandmother to these children.
== References == <references />
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Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:People from Sirmaur district Category:Politicians from Jaipur Category:Women in Rajasthan politics Category:20th-century Indian women Category:People from the Sirmur State