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Rajendra Prakash, K.C.I.E., 48th direct male lineal descendant from the original founder of the Dynasty, served as the
Maharaja
Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king".
A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, an ...
of Sirmur State
Sirmur (also spelled as Sirmor, Sirmaur, Sirmour, or Sirmoor) was an independent kingdom in India, founded in 1616, located in the region that is now the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. The state was also known as Nahan, after its main ...
from 1933 until 1964.
Biography
He was born on 11 January 1913 to Amar Prakash and his wife Mandalasa Kumari. He succeeded to the Gaddi on the death of his father in 1933. He died in 1964.Personal life
Marriages
In 1936, he married his first wife, Durga Devi, the daughter of the Raja Sahib of Nagod. His second marriage was with Indira Devi, the daughter of the Maharaja Thakore Sahib of Palitana in 1941.Children
Rajendra Prakash was the father of two daughters, Nalini Devi (by his first wife) andPadmini Devi
Padmini Devi (born Princess Padmini Devi of Sirmur; 21 September 1943) is the titular Rajmata of Jaipur.
Early life
Ethnically born into the royal family of the Sirmur, her father, Maharaja Rajendra Prakash of Sirmur, presently in Himachal Pr ...
(by his second wife). Nalini Devi married Vidur Singh, son of the Raja Sahib of Alipura, in 1952. Padmini Devi, married Bhawani Singh, son of the Maharaja Sahib of Jaipur, in 1967.{{Cite book, last=Pārīka, first=Nandakiśora, url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44728120, title=Jaipur that was : royal court and the seraglio, date=2000, publisher=Subodh Sahitya Sadan, isbn=81-87678-00-3, location=Jaipur, Rajasthan, oclc=44728120
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