''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 Adil ...

*Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior, mother of Madhavrao Scindia * Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, step-mother of Bhawani Singh * Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur, wife of late Bhawani Singh * 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, Rajp ...

* Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala, mother of Amarinder Singh. * 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 ...

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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