''Rajmata'' (''lit.'' king's mother) is an Indian term used for the mother of the head of a princely family in India. Vijaya Raje Scindia 2001 cover of India

Examples include * Rajmata Jijau, mother of

Shivaji Shivaji Bhonsale I (; 19 February 1630 – 3 April 1680), also referred to as Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle Maratha clan. Shivaji carved out his own independent kingdom from the declining Adils ...

*Rajmata

Vijaya Raje Scindia Vijaya Raje Scindia (12 October 1919 – 25 January 2001), born Lekha Divyeshwari Devi and known popularly as the Rajmata of Gwalior, was a prominent Indian political personality. In the days of the British Raj, as consort of the last ruling Ma ...

of Gwalior, mother of

Madhavrao Scindia Madhavrao Jivajirao Scindia (10 March 1945 – 30 September 2001) was an Indian politician and a minister in the Government of India. He was a member of the Indian National Congress party. Scindia was the son of Jiwajirao Scindia, the last rul ...

* Rajmata

Gayatri Devi Gayatri Devi (born as Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar; 23 May 1919 − 29 July 2009) was the third Maharani consort of Jaipur from 1940 to 1949 through her marriage to Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II. Following her husband's signature for th ...

of Jaipur, step-mother of

Bhawani Singh Brigadier Maharaja Sawai Bhawani Singh MVC (22 October 1931 – 17 April 2011) was an officer in the Indian Army and a entrepreneur. Singh served in the Indian army from 1951 to 1975. In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, he was decor ...

* Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur, wife of late

* Rajmata Krishna Kumari of Marwar (Jodhpur), mother of

Gaj Singh Gaj Singh (born 13 January 1948) is an Indian politician who served as a member of the Indian parliament and High Commissioner of India. He has been the Maharaja of Jodhpur since 1952. Early years and accession Singh was born in Royal, Rajpu ...

* Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala, mother of

Amarinder Singh Captain Amarinder Singh (born 11 March 1942), is an Indian politician, military historian, former royal and Indian Army veteran who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab. A former Member of the Legislative Assembly, Punjab and Member ...

. * Rajmata

Ahilyabai Holkar Ahilya Bai Holkar (31 May 1725 – 13 August 1795) was the hereditary noble queen of the Maratha Empire, in early-modern India. She established Maheshwar (in Madhya Pradesh) as the seat of Holkar Dynasty. After the demise of her husband Kha ...

Rajmata Scindia of Gwalior was once termed "Narajmata" (angry mother) by the erstwhile chief minister of Madhya Pradesh

Dwarka Prasad Mishra Dwarka Prasad Mishra (1901–1988) was an Indian politician, writer and journalist. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for two terms during the 1960s. An Indian freedom fighter an ...

, her political opponent.Udayācala se uttarāyaṇa: Paṃ. Dvārikā Prasāda Miśra, eka mūlyāṅkana Pradīpa Śukla, Sāhitya Saṅgama, 1994, p. 114
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