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Сунти Деви
Сунти Деви
	Ее Высочество Махарани Сунити Деви, Cie of Cooch Behar в 1887 году в Лондоне
Рожденный	30 сентября 1864 года ; Калькутта , британский Радж
Умер	10 ноября 1932 г. (в возрасте 68 лет) ; Ранчи , Британский Радж
Национальность	Индийский
Известен для	Социальный работник, педагог

Sunity Devi Cie (30 сентября 1864 г. - 10 ноября 1932 года) был махарани из княжеского штата Куч Бехар , Британская Индия . ^{[ 1 ]}

Ранний период жизни

Она была дочерью известного реформиста Брахмо Самаджа , Кешуба Чандра Сен из Калькутты , и Ягонимини Сена. Она была замужем за Нрипендрой Нараян (1863-1911), Махараджа Куча Бехара в 1878 году, когда ей было всего четыре года. Она оставалась у своего отца в течение двух лет после свадьбы, когда Нараян уехал в Лондон для высшего образования сразу после их брака. ^{[ 2 ]}

Она была матерью четырех сыновей и трех дочерей: сыновья Раджендра Нараян (р. 1882), Джитендра Нараян (р.1886), Виктор Нитиндра Нараян (р. 1888) и Хитендра Нараян (р. 1890) и дочери Сукрити Деви Деви (B.1884), Pratibha Devi (B.1891) и Судхира Деви (р. 1894). ^{[ 3 ]}^{[ 4 ]}

Her daughters Sudhira and Pratibha married two brothers, Alan and Miles Mander, of Wightwick Manor in England. The Manor is part of the National Trust and open to visit. Sukriti Devi married Jyotsna Nath Ghoshal, the eldest son of Swarnakumari Devi (Rabindranath Tagore's sister) and Janaki Nath Ghoshal. Of Suniti Devi's sons, Rajendra Narayan and Jitendra Narayan later became Maharajas of Cooch Behar. Gayatri Devi and Ila Devi were daughters of her son Jitendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur.

Work

In 1887, her husband, Nipendra Narayan was awarded GCIE and she was awarded CIE. Suniti Devi became the first Indian woman to be awarded CIE.^[5] She attended the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in 1898 and the Delhi Durbar of 1911 with her husband, the Maharaja of Cooch Behar. She, along with her sister, Sucharu Devi, were noted for their elegant dress.^[6]

Her husband had set up in her name a girls' school in 1881 which was later named Suniti Academy. Suniti Devi was the brain behind the establishment of the school.^[4]^[7]

She was an educationalist and a women's rights activist at heart, gave annual grants for the institution, exempted the girl students from paying tuition fees and also rewarded the successful students.^[7] She had arranged for palace cars to bring the girl students from home to school and back. In an effort to avoid any controversy, she ordered that the windows of the cars should be covered by curtains.^[8]

She, along with her sister Sucharu Devi (Maharani of Mayurbhanj) also financed the foundation of Maharani Girls' High School in Darjeeling in 1908.^[9] She was the President of the State Council and also the first President of All Bengal Women's Union in 1932 and worked along with other women's rights activists from Bengal like Charulata Mukherjee, Saroj Nalini Dutt, T. R Nelly and her sister Sucharu Devi.^[10]

She authored a book "The Beautiful Mogul Princesses", which was published in 1918 by W. Thacker & Co. 2, Creed Lane, Ludgate Hill, London. This book contains the intimate life stories of the Mughal princesses Mumtaz Mahal, Reba, Zebunissa and Nur Jahan. She also authored a short story collection, "Bengal Dacoits and Tigers", published in 1916 by Thacker, Spink and Company, Calcutta. Her final publication was "The Life of Princess Yashodara: Wife and Disciple of the Lord Buddha," London: Elkin Matthews and Marrot Limited, 1929; this has since been reprinted by Kessinger Legacy Reprints (www.kessinger.net).

She died suddenly in the year 1932 at Ranchi.

Titles

1887 - Companion of the Order of the Crown of India on the occasion of her attending with her husband Nripendra Narayan, the Golden jubilee celebration of Queen Victoria.^[5]

Legacy

A road in her home town, Cooch Behar is named Sunity Road after her.

References

^ "Sitter: H.H. Maharani Sunity Devi". Lafayette Negative Archive.
^ Kaye, Joyoti Devi (1979). Sucharu Devi, Maharani of Mayurbhanj:Title Nirmul and Profulla Sen a Biography. Writers Workshop. pp. 18, 24.
^ Maharani Sunity Devi at geni.com
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Royal History: Book of Facts and Events, Ch. 5.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b North East India and her Neighbours. Indian Institute of Oriental Studies and Research. 1995. pp. 21, 24.
^ Chaudhurani, Sarala Devi; Ray, Sukhendu (2010). The Many Worlds of Sarala Devi: A Diary. Berghahn Books. p. 76. ISBN 978-81-87358-31-2.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Suniti Academy
^ "Womens crusader for 125 years - Cooch behar school salutes Suniti devi on foundation day". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 8 February 2006. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
^ Ramusack, Barbara N. (2004). The Indian Princes and Their States. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-521-26727-4.
^ "Hidden behind a modest restaurant, decades of worth", indiatogether.com 31 August 2010

External links

Works by Suniti Devi at Project Gutenberg
Works by Suniti Devi at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Sunity Devee (1921), The Autobiography of an Indian Princess, London: J. Murray, on the Internet Archive

[1] "Sitter: H.H. Maharani Sunity Devi". Lafayette Negative Archive.

[2] Kaye, Joyoti Devi (1979). Sucharu Devi, Maharani of Mayurbhanj:Title Nirmul and Profulla Sen a Biography. Writers Workshop. pp. 18, 24.

[3] Maharani Sunity Devi at geni.com

[z-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Royal History: Book of Facts and Events, Ch. 5.

[books.google.co.in-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b North East India and her Neighbours. Indian Institute of Oriental Studies and Research. 1995. pp. 21, 24.

[6] Chaudhurani, Sarala Devi; Ray, Sukhendu (2010). The Many Worlds of Sarala Devi: A Diary. Berghahn Books. p. 76. ISBN 978-81-87358-31-2.

[a-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b Suniti Academy

[8] "Womens crusader for 125 years - Cooch behar school salutes Suniti devi on foundation day". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 8 February 2006. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[9] Ramusack, Barbara N. (2004). The Indian Princes and Their States. Vol. 3. Cambridge University Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-521-26727-4.

[10] "Hidden behind a modest restaurant, decades of worth", indiatogether.com 31 August 2010

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