Sanyogitabai Holkar of Indore
Maharani of Indore State
Sanyogitabai Holkar of Indore (unknown photographer (1935))
BornSanyogita
1914
Tarasp, Switzerland
Died1937
St. Moritz, Switzerland
HusbandYashwant Rao Holkar II
Names
H.H. Maharani Sanyogitabaiji Yashwantraoji Holkar of Indore State
DynastyHolkar
FatherRajashri Dattajirao of Kagal
ReligionHindu

Sanyogitabai Holkar of Indore (1914 - 1937), was an Indian socialite and queen, the wife of Maharaja Yashwant Rao Holkar II of the princely state of Indore, British India.[1]

Biography

She was born in 1914 in Tarasp, Switzerland, to Rajashri Dattajirao, the chief of Kagal (Junior), and educated in England.[2][3] At the age of 10 she married 16 year old Yashwant Rao Holkar of the princely state of Indore.[3] He became Maharaja two years later.[3]

Along with her husband, she was extensively photographed by Man Ray.[2] She contributed to efforts in the Eckart Muthesius designed palace, Manik Bagh.[4]

Death and legacy

She died in a nursing home in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1937, at the age of 23 years.[5] Sanyogitaganj, formerly the residency bazaar of Chawanni, in Indore is named for her.[6] In 1980, many items from Manik Bagh were sold at auction in Monaco.[4][7] In 2019, many were placed on display at an exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris.[4][7]

References

  1. ↑ Haidar, Navina Najat; Stewart, Courtney Ann (2014). Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 127. ISBN 978-0-300-20887-0.
  2. 1 2 Poddar, Abhishek; Gaskell, Nathaniel; Pramod Kumar, K. G; Museum of Art & Photography (Bangalore, India) (2015). "Indore". Maharanis: women of royal India. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing. pp. 122–123. ISBN 978-93-85360-06-0. OCLC 932267190.
  3. 1 2 3 Jhala, Angma Dey (2016). "5. Troubles in Indore, the Maharaja's women: loving dangerously". Courtly Indian Women in Late Imperial India. London & New York: Routledge. pp. 147–156. ISBN 978-1-85196-941-8.
  4. 1 2 3 "Paris falls for glamour of India's modernist maharajah". The Hindu. 26 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Maharani of Indore dead". Civil & Military Gazette. Vol. LVIII, no. 4061. Lahore. 15 July 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 20 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ Studies in the History of Malwa. Malava Itihas Parishad. 1981. p. 93.
  7. 1 2 "Photos: Paris gets a glimpse of the life of Indore's Modernist Maharaja". Hindustan Times. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.

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