Maharani Gina Narayan (born Georgina May Egan; 6 May 1930 – 14 January 2013), was a British-born Indian royal, the second wife of

Jagaddipendra Narayan Sir Jagaddipendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, (15 December 1915 – 11 April 1970) was Maharaja of Cooch-Behar, in India. He served in British forces during World War II and ceded full ruling powers to the Government of India in 1949. Early li ...

, the

Maharaja of Cooch Behar Cooch Behar, also known as Koch Bihar, was a princely state in India during the British Raj. The state was placed under the Bengal States Agency, part of the Eastern States Agency of the Bengal Presidency. It is located south of the Him ...

Early life and background

Georgina May Egan was born on 6 May 1930, in

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, the only child of police constable Arthur Egan and his wife, Evelyn (née Irons). Not much is known of her childhood and early life except that it was modest. She was educated at Purley County School for Girls. Her father died when she was young and her mother remarried.

Marriages

Egan was married twice. Her first marriage was to businessman Douglas Fisher, to whom she was still married when she met her second husband,

, the

, at a dinner party in 1956. Egan and Fisher divorced shortly afterward, and after a three-month romance, Egan married Jagaddipendra Narayan later that same year. Egan and Narayan married privately in

in 1956. Their marriage was made public in January 1960, from which time she was recognised as the Maharani, along with the style of

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Later life

After 1980, Maharani Gina Narayan relocated to

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, where she died on 14 January 2013, aged 82.

References

1930 births 2013 deaths Indian female royalty People from Cooch Behar district People from Purley, London {{India-royal-stub