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A curated set of 20 open edition prints from the Maharanis: Women of Royal India exhibition.
a)
Kanchi Bada Maharani Balkumari Devi Rana of Nepal
Year: 1908
Photographer: Dirgha Man Chitrakar
b)
Maharaj Kumar Rani Sita Devi of Kapurthala, formerly of Kashipur
Year: 1934
Photographer: Andre Durst
c)
Maharani Brinda Devi of Kapurthala, formerly of Jubbal
Year: Undated
Photographer: Unknown
d)
Maharani Chimnabai II of Baroda, n??e Shrimant Gajrabai Ghatge of Dewas Sr.
Year: 1891
Photographer: Lala Deen Dayal
e)
Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur, n??e Princess Ayesha of Cooch Behar
Year: 1951
Photographer: Derek Adkins
f)
Rani Kamlabai Sahib ofJasdan
Year: Early 1930s
Photographer: Unknown
g)
Maharani Vijaya Raje Scindia, Rajmata of Gwalior, n??e Lekha Divyeshwari Devi
Year: 1940s
Photographer: Hamilton Studios, Bombay
h)
Nawab Begum Sajida Sultan of Bhopal, also Begum of Pataudi
Year: 1938 -1940
Photographer: K. L. Syed & Co.
i)
Princess Indira Devi of Kapurthala
Year: 1938
Photographer: Bassano Ltd.
j)
Princess Indira Devi of Kapurthala
Year: Mid 1930s
Photographer: Kinsey Studios, Delhi
k)
Princess Rafat Zamani Begum or Bari Begum Sahiba of Rampur,
formerly of the Najiabad Family
Year: Early 1960s
Photographer: Kinsey Studios, Delhi
l)
Rani Parvatidevi Raje Bhonsle of Sawantwadi,
n??e Yuvrajkumari Lakshmidevi Gaekwad of Baroda
Year: Undated
Photographer: Reville Ltd., Hanover Square
m)
Rani Yashoda Devi of Patiala
Year: 1930s
Photographer: Vandyk Studios, London
n)
Shrimant Maharajkumari Mrunalini Raje Gaekwad
of Baroda, later Maharani of Dhar
Year: 1940
Photographer: Hamilton Studios, Bombay
o)
Thakorani Vijayalakshmi Devi Sahiba of Kotda Sangani,
n??e Yuvarajkumari Vijayalakshmi Devi Ammani Avaru of Mysore
Year: 1941 - 1942
Photographer: Hamilton Studios, Bombay
p)
Maharani of Pratapgarh
Year: Undated
Photographer: Devare & Co. Studios, Bombay
q)
Maharani Tara Devi of Jammu & Kashmir, formerly of Bijapur
Year:Undated
Photographer: Unknown
r)
Princess Rama Rajya Lakshmi Rana, n??e Shri Shri Adhirajkumari
Rama Rajya Lakshmi Devi of Nepal
Year: Undated
Photographer: Unknown
s)
Maharani Mehtab Kaur Sahiba, n??e Mohinder Kaur of Patiala
Year: 1940s
Photographer: Unknown
t)
Rani Sethu Parvathi Bayi and Rani Sethu Lakshmi Bayi of Travancore
Year: Undated
Photographer: Unknown
About Maharanis- Women Of Royal India
Portfolio of 20 open edition prints from the exhibition - Maharanis : Women of Royal India organized by Tasveer and co-hosted by StoryLTD.
Although Indian royalty have in the past formed the subject of several exhibitions and publications, the emphasis of these have always been centred around the figure of the male ruler, or the Maharaja. As a counterpoint to these narratives, this exhibition focuses on the Maharanis and other royal women of erstwhile Princely India.
Chronicling the historical representation of royal women in India for over half a century, and through it, tracing the changing tropes of photographic portraiture, Maharanis: Royal Women of India includes images from the archives of the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP), esteemed royal collections from across the subcontinent and other institutional and private collections both in India and abroad such as the Victoria & Albert Museum and National Portrait Gallery in London, and the Amar Mahal Museum & Library in Jammu.
Functioning as documented history, the photographs in this exhibition point us towards the ways in which these women circumvented and reinvented the traditional, or embraced and reinvented the modern. Serving as windows into a time of great political and social change, they allow us to map the transforming modalities and conditions of the princely class, and its complex relationship with colonialism and the British Empire. Understanding the socio-historical significance of these photographs, thus, this exhibition approaches these women - alluring figures who sported chiffon sarees and exquisite jewellery, featured in Vogue lists and were touted as fashion icons - as voices from the past that history, and we, have seldom paid attention to.