Sudhira Sundari Devi
Sudhira Sundari Devi Narayan of Cooch Bihar, also known as Princess Mander, was an Indian princess of the princely state of Cooch Behar, British India.[1][2][3] She was born in Calcutta on 7 March 1894, the youngest daughter of H.H. Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch Behar, by his wife H.H. Maharani Sunity Devee Sahiba, sometime Regent of Cooch-Behar and President of the State Council.[4][5] She married at Woodlands, Calcutta, on 25 February 1914 Alan Mander, brother of Miles and Geoffrey Mander of Wightwick Manor, by whom she had two sons and two daughters. She died at 40 Hereford Rd, London, on 7 January 1968, when her will was proved in London on 15 February 1968 at £91.[6]
| Sudhira Sundari Devi Narayan | |
|---|---|
| Maharajkumari | |
_1.jpg.webp) Princess Sudhira of Cooch Behar, Bassano Ltd. (1910) | |
| Born | 7 March, 1894 Calcutta, British India |
| Died | 7 January, 1968 (aged 73) London, United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Alan Mander (m.1914) |
| Dynasty | Koch |
| Father | Nripendra Narayan |
| Mother | Suniti Devi |
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Princess Sudhira of Cooch Behar (1910)
See also
- Mander family
- Sunity Devee (1921), The Autobiography of an Indian Princess, London: J. Murray, on the Internet Archive
References
- Poddar, Abhishek; Gaskell, Nathaniel; Pramod Kumar, K. G; Museum of Art & Photography (Bangalore, India) (2015). "Cooch Bihar". Maharanis: women of royal India. Ahmedabad. pp. 100–103. ISBN 978-93-85360-06-0. OCLC 932267190.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - "Princess Sudhira of Cooch Behar - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- "The London Gazette" (PDF). 1 August 1939. p. 5377.
- Nicholas Mander. Varnished Leaves: a biography of the Mander family of Wolverhampton. Owlpen Press, 2004.
- Mosley, Charles, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 2, page 2589, sub Mander baronetcy of the Mount [U.K.], cr. 1911.
- Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011
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