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Sitter: H.H. Maharani Siniti Devi, CI (18.3.1887) (b. at Sens House, Calcutta, 1864; d. at Ranchi, 10th November 1932), sometime Regent of Cooch-Behar and President of the State Council, eldest daughter of Babu Keshab Chandra Sen. Married 5 March 1878 Colonel H.H. Maharaja Shri Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Cooch Behar.
Biog: Daughter of Babu Keshub Chunder Sen, leader of the Brahmo Samaj; m. (1878) Maharajah Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur of Cooch Behar. Date: 31 August 1910. Occasion: Visit to England occasioned by the health of the Maharaja. Location: The Lafayette Studio, 179, New Bond Street, London. Descr: FL standing. Costume: - Costume Supplier: - Jewellery: - Furniture & Props: Painted backdrop; studio Persian rug.
Photographer: Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London. Evidence of photographer at work: - All images of sitter:
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References: Biog: Who's Who in India, Lucknow, 1911, Part VIII, p 3; Sunity Devee, Maharani of Cooch Behar, The Autobiography of an Indian Princess, London, 1921; Gayatri Devi and Santha Rama Rau, A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur, London, 1984, p 40; Maharajah of Baroda, The Palaces of India, London, 1980; Biographical information provided by Christopher J Buyers , The Royal Ark http://www.dreamwater.net/regiment/RoyalArk/royalark.htm Occasion: The Times, 23 May 1910, p 39b; Sunity Devee, Maharani of Cooch Behar, op cit, pp 186-189. Costume: - Costume Supplier: - Jewellery: - Reproduced: -
Acknowledgements: (Costume) Rosemary Crill, Indian Department, V&A; (Biography) Christopher Buyers
1. NB Pauline Rohatgi, Portraits in the India Office Library and Records, London, 1983, p 277, refers to Sunita Devi. |
