Prativa 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] She was born at Lily Cottage, Calcutta, on 22 November 1891, the second 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.[2][3]
| Prativa Sundari Devi Narayan | |
|---|---|
| Maharajkumari | |
| Born | 22 November, 1891 Lily Cottage, Calcutta, British India |
| Died | 23 July, 1923 (aged 32) Calcutta, British India |
| Spouse | Miles Mander (m.1912 - div.1922) |
| Dynasty | Koch |
| Father | Nripendra Narayan |
| Mother | Suniti Devi |
She married at Woodlands, Calcutta, on 21 February 1912 Miles Mander, actor, film director and author, and brother of Geoffrey Mander of Wightwick Manor; while her sister, Sudhira Sundari Devi, married the youngest brother, Alan Mander, in 1914.[4] Prativa's marriage was without issue, and Miles petitioned for a divorce, granted on 24 May 1922.[5] She died in Calcutta, 23 July 1923.[6]
See also
edit- Mander family
- Sunity Devee (1921), The Autobiography of an Indian Princess, London: J. Murray, on the Internet Archive
References
edit- ^ 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) - ^ 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. Varnished Leaves: a biography of the Mander family of Wolverhampton 1750-1950. Owlpen Press, 2004
- ^ The Times, case reported June 8 1921
- ^ Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011
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