Sanyogitabai Holkar of Indore (1914 - 1937), was an Indian socialite and queen, the wife of Maharaja

Yashwant Rao Holkar II Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Yeshwant Rao II Holkar XIV Bahadur (6 September 1908 – 5 December 1961) was the Maharaja of Indore (Holkar State, now in present-day Madhya Pradesh) belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Marathas. ...

of the princely state of

Indore Indore () is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It serves as the headquarters of both Indore District and Indore Division. It is also considered as an education hub of the state and is the only city to ...

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Biography

She was born in 1914 in

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, Switzerland, to Rajashri Dattajirao, the chief of

Kagal Kagal is a town in Kolhapur district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. History During the rule of the Marathas and British raj, the town was the seat of a noble Ghatge Maratha The Marathi people ( Marathi: मराठी लोक ...

(Junior), and educated in England. At the age of 10 she married 16 year old

Yashwant Rao Holkar Yashwant Rao Holkar (c. 1776-1811) also known as Jaswantrao Holkar belonging to the Holkar dynasty of the Maratha Empire was the Maharaja of the Maratha Empire. He was a gifted military leader and educated in accountancy as well as literate in ...

of the princely state of

. He became

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two years later. Along with her husband, she was extensively photographed by

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. She contributed to efforts in the

Eckart Muthesius Eckart Muthesius (17 May 1904 in Berlin – 9 August 1989) was a German architect and interior designer. His most famous commission was the Manik Bagh palace for Maharaja Yashwant Rao Holkar II (1908–1961) for the use of himself and his wife ...

designed palace,

Manik Bagh Manik Bagh, also spelled Manig Bagh, is a palace of the Holkar Maharaja of Indore State in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The name means "Ruby Garden" or "Gem Garden". It was designed and built by the German architect Eckart Muthesius on behalf of Mah ...

Death and legacy

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

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