Thursday, 30 July 2009

Gayatri Devi Passes Away

Jaipur royal Rajmata Gayatri Devi on Wednesday ,she was 90. She was once named as 'Worldz Ten Most Beautiful Women' by Vogue .Gayatri Devi won the Lok Sabha seat thrice.She was a fashion Icon in her adulthood.Born on May 23, 1919 as Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar, she was the third Maharani of Jaipur from 1939 to 1970 through marriage to Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II. To her friends and family she was more commonly known as Ayesha.She started schools for girls education in Jaipur which is the Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls Public School. She also promoted the dying art of blue pottery.

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