# Rajamata

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[[File:Vijaya Raje Scindia 2001 cover of India.jpg|thumb|[Vijaya Raje Scindia](/source/Vijaya_Raje_Scindia) of [Gwalior](/source/Gwalior_State) ]]{{Italic title}}{{short description|Sanskrit for queen mother}}
'''Rajamata'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hemchandra Raychaudhuri |first=M. A. |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.10535 |title=Political History of Ancient India |date=1938 |pages=412}}</ref> is a [Sanskrit](/source/Sanskrit) term used for the mother of a [raja](/source/raja) ({{Translation|King}}). It is also employed to address the [queen dowager](/source/queen_dowager).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mookerji |first=Radhakumud |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t5g2EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 |title=Chandragupta Maurya and His Times |date=2016-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0433-3 |pages=86 |language=en}}</ref> In the contemporary period, it is most commonly used to address the head of a royal dynasty in India.
== Examples ==
* Rajamata [Jijabai](/source/Jijabai) of [Maratha Kingdom](/source/Maratha_Empire), mother of [Shivaji](/source/Shivaji)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vHZNDwAAQBAJ&dq=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%8A&pg=PT3 व्युहरचनात्मक व्यवस्थापन गुरु छत्रपती शिवाजी राजे, Jibhau Bacchav, Vichakshan Publication, 2018 p. 2]</ref>
*Rajamata [Vijaya Raje Scindia](/source/Vijaya_Raje_Scindia) of [Gwalior](/source/Gwalior_state), mother of  [Madhavrao Scindia](/source/Madhavrao_Scindia)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsfVOTUnYEC&dq=rajmata+scindia&pg=PA219 The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India), Christophe Jaffrelot, Penguin Books India, 1999  p. 219]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/modi-pays-tribute-to-rajmata-vijaya-raje-scindia-on-birth-anniversary/667124.html |title=Modi pays tribute to Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia on birth anniversary, Tribune, Oct 12, 2018 |access-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421000207/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/modi-pays-tribute-to-rajmata-vijaya-raje-scindia-on-birth-anniversary/667124.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Rajamata [Gayatri Devi](/source/Gayatri_Devi) of [Jaipur](/source/Jaipur_state), step-mother of [Bhawani Singh](/source/Bhawani_Singh)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qzkqAAAACAAJ&q=rajmata Rajmata Gayatri Devi: Enduring Grace, Roli Books Pvt Limited, 2005]</ref>
* Rajamata [Padmini Devi](/source/Padmini_Devi) of Jaipur, wife of late [Bhawani Singh](/source/Bhawani_Singh)<ref>[https://www.vogue.in/content/inside-rajmata-padmini-devi-of-jaipurs-75th-birthday-celebrations/ Inside Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur’s 75th birthday celebrations, DEVIKA MANGHNANI, OCTOBER 4, 2018]</ref>
* Rajamata [Krishna Kumari](/source/Krishna_Kumari_(regent)) of Marwar ([Jodhpur](/source/Jodhpur_State)), mother of [Gaj Singh](/source/Gaj_Singh)<ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/marwar-rajmata-and-former-mp-krishna-kumari-passes-away-at-92/articleshow/64837970.cms Marwar Rajmata and former MP Krishna Kumari passes away at 92, PTI,Jul 03, 2018]</ref>
* Rajamata [Mohinder Kaur](/source/Mehtab_Kaur_of_Patiala) of [Patiala](/source/Patiala_State), mother of [Amarinder Singh](/source/Amarinder_Singh)<ref>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/rajmata-in-a-better-world-and-hearts-you-are/442398.html Rajmata, in a better world and hearts, you are,  Aman Sood, Tribune, July 25, 2017]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
* Rajamata [Ahilyabai Holkar](/source/Ahilyabai_Holkar) of [Indore](/source/Indore_State), mother of [Malhar Rao Holkar](/source/Male_Rao_Holkar)
* Rajamata Dr. Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of Mysuru ([Mysore](/source/Kingdom_of_Mysore)), adoptive mother of [Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar](/source/Yaduveer_Krishnadatta_Chamaraja_Wadiyar)

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