# Padmini Devi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Padmini_Devi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Padmini_Devi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmini_Devi > Source revision: 1348388881 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Bhawani_Singh) | name = Padmini Devi | title = Her Royal Highness The Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur | succession = [Maharani](/source/Maharani) of [Jaipur](/source/Jaipur_State) | predecessor = [Gayatri Devi](/source/Gayatri_Devi) | coronation = | issue = [Diya Kumari](/source/Diya_Kumari) | father = [Rajendra Prakash](/source/Rajendra_Prakash) | mother = Indira Devi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|9|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [Nahan](/source/Nahan), [Sirmur](/source/Sirmur), [British India](/source/British_India) | religion = [Hinduism](/source/Hinduism) }} '''Padmini Devi'''{{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}} (born Princess Padmini Devi of [Sirmur](/source/Sirmur_State); 29 September 1943) is the titular Rajmata of [Jaipur](/source/Jaipur_State). == Early life == Ethnically born into the royal family of the [Sirmur](/source/Sirmur_State), her father, Maharaja [Rajendra Prakash](/source/Rajendra_Prakash) of [Sirmur](/source/Sirmur_State), presently in [Himachal Pradesh](/source/Himachal_Pradesh), was the ruler of Sirmur from 1933–1964.{{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}} Her mother was Indira Devi, the daughter of Maharaja Thakore Bahadursinhji Mansinhji of [Palitana](/source/Palitana_State). She received convent education in Mussoorie and then spent time at finishing schools in London and Switzerland.{{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}} She heads Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum as a chairperson.{{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}} She takes a keen interest in the social activities and welfare of the people of Jaipur in Rajasthan. == Personal life == thumb|The Maharaja and Maharani of Jaipur === Marriage === She married [Bhawani Singh](/source/Bhawani_Singh), eldest son of Maharaja Sawai [Man Singh II](/source/Man_Singh_II) of Jaipur and his first wife, Maharani Marudhar Kanwar on 10 March 1966 in a ceremony held at [Delhi](/source/Delhi). === Children === Her only child, a daughter, [Diya Kumari](/source/Diya_Kumari),{{Cite web |title=Our Leadership {{!}} Princess Diya Kumari Foundation |url=https://princessdiyakumarifoundation.org/our_leadership.php |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=princessdiyakumarifoundation.org}}{{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}} is member of [Indian Parliament](/source/Parliament_of_India) from [Vidhyadhar Nagar](/source/Vidhyadhar_Nagar_Assembly_constituency) parliamentary seat, and a member of the [Bharatiya Janata Party](/source/Bharatiya_Janata_Party).{{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}} Currently, she is the 6th [Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan](/source/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](/source/Gauravi_Kumari) of Jaipur who is a feminist also the general secretary of PDKF and Maharaja [Lakshraj Prakash](/source/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 == {{s-start}} {{s-hou|[House of Bhati-Sirmaur](/source/Bhati)|29 September|1943|||name=Crown Princess Padmini Devi|[Bhati Dynasty](/source/Bhati)}} {{s-roy|in}} {{S-pre}} |- {{S-bef|before=[Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar](/source/Gayatri_Devi)}} {{S-tul|title=[Queen Consort of Jaipur](/source/Kingdom_of_Amber)|years=24 June 1970 – 17 April 2011}} {{s-vac|after=}} |- {{s-end}} 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Padmini Devi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmini_Devi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmini_Devi?action=history)). 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