Maharani Gayatri Devi.
Rakanga riri zhizha ra1919. Hondo Huru yakanga ichangobva kupera. Muchinda Jitendra Narayan weCooch Behar nemukadzi wake, Indira Devi (Maratha Princess Indira Raje weBaroda), vanga vasvika muLondon mushure mezororo rakakura muEurope. Vakaperekedzwa nevana vavo vatatu, Ila, Jagaddipendra naIndrajit. Mumazuva mashomanana, vaviri vacho vakakomborerwa nemumwe mwanasikana akanaka musi waMay 23. Indira aida kumutumidza kuti Ayesha. Vashoma vangangorangarira kuti raive zita remutambi wemunguva yekupedzisira yezana ramakore rechi 19, Iye, naH Rider Haggard, pamusoro pamambokadzi chena ane simba rese akatonga pamusoro pehumambo hwakarasika muAfrica. Indira aiverenga bhuku raHaggard paakanga aine pamuviri pemwana wake wechina. Asi tsika yakakunda uye mwana akanzi Gayatri.
Mudiki aizoenderera mberi ave mumwe weIndia anodiwa zvakanyanya maharani. Ayesha (sekudanwa kwaaiitwa neshamwari dzake gare gare muupenyu) akaremekedzwa kwete chete nokuda kwechiremera chake cheumambo uye dzinza, asiwo nokuda kwebasa rake kune varombo nevakadzvinyirirwa, uye nokuda kwekubatsira kwake kudzidzo yevakadzi muRajasthan. Tisingatauri, chikamu chaakaita mukutora masimba ekutonga mushure mekusununguka kweIndia.
Panguva yemutambo wepolo. Amai chimiro
Gayatri Devi akapedza nguva yakawanda yehudiki hwake muLondon uye Cooch Behar, nzvimbo yababa vake. Akanga aine hudiki hwengano. Asi yakanga ine mugove wayo wenhamo. Baba vake vakafa pazera ramakore 36 apo aingova musikana muduku. Gayatri Devi aive nendangariro dzisina kusimba dzemazuva ekuchema mushure mekufa kwake. Munhoroondo yehupenyu hwake, A Princess Remembers, akanyora kuti, (Ini) ndakavhiringika ndangariro dzaamai vangu, vakapfeka zvichena, vachichema zvakanyanya uye vachizvivharira mukamba yavo. Panguva iyoyo, Indira Devi, pamwe nevana vake vashanu - Ila, Jagadippendra, Indrajit, Gayatri naMenaka - vaifamba nechikepe vachidzokera kuIndia kubva kuEngland.
Indira Devi aive nesimba rakadzama pahupenyu hwaGayatri mudiki paakatora matomu mushure mekufa kwemurume wake. Akanga ari mufashoni pachake zvakare. Muhupenyu hwake, Gayatri Devi akanyora, Ma ... aionekwa semumwe wevakadzi vakapfeka zvakanakisisa muIndia. Akanga ari munhu wekutanga kutanga kupfeka saris yakagadzirwa nechiffon ... Akaratidza kuti mukadzi, chirikadzi panguva iyoyo, aigona kuvaraidza nechivimbo, kunakidza uye kunakidza pasina kuva mumumvuri unodzivirira wemurume kana baba.
Sekureva kwemutambi Riya Sen, ane hukama naGayatri Devi (baba vake Bharat Dev Burman mwana wemukoma wamaharani), Gayatri Devi, hongu, chimiro chaizivikanwa nemunhu wese, asi Indira Devi aivewo mufananidzo. Aive mukadzi akanaka aipfeka maFrench chiffon aiyevedza. Kune rimwe divi, Gayatri Devi aive musikana ane ruzha achikura, aine chido chemitambo nekuvhima. Akapfura panther yake yokutanga pazera ramakore 12. Asi pasina nguva iyewo akasvika pakuzivikanwa somumwe wavakadzi vakanaka zvikuru venguva yake navaperekedzi vaimhan’ara nokuda kwengwariro yake.
Gayatri Devi nemwanakomana wake nemurume. Kupanduka kwekutanga
Pasinei zvapo nechishoro chakakomba chaibva kuna amai vake nomunun’una wake, Gayatri Devi akaroora Sawai Man Singh II, Maharaja weJaipur, muna 1940, apo akanga achingova bedzi namakore 21. Akanga ari musoro pamusoro murudo namaharaja uye akabvuma kuva mudzimai wake wechitatu. Mune memoir yake, anonyora, Ma akafanotaura neshungu kuti ndaizongove 'wazvino wekuwedzera kuJaipur nursery'. Asi haana kudzokera shure. Zvakare, akaudza maharaja aive akaroora zvakanyanya kuti aisazorarama hupenyu hwekuzviparadzanisa nevamwe - sezvo maharanis aigara achichengetwa kumashure kwepurdah mumazuva iwayo - mumuzinda. Nenguva isipi, akaita zvematongerwo enyika nemvumo yamaharaja.
Muna 1960, kubatanidzwa kwemaharani mune zvematongerwo enyika kwakava kwepamutemo. Akakokwa kuti apinde muCongress kare, asi akasarudza kupika kuvimbika kubato idzva rezvematongerwo enyika raitsvaga kupikisa Congress panguva iyoyo. Bato reSwatantra raitungamirwa naChakravarty Rajagopalachari, akatsiva Lord Mountbatten kuita Gavhuna Mukuru weIndia. Aidavira kuti dzidziso dzeNehruvian dzakanga dzichikundikana kusvitsa zvinodikanwa zvavaIndiawo zvavo.
NaIshe Mountbatten. Chisikwa chezvematongerwo enyika
Mashoko aGayatri Devi anotsanangura kushambadza kwake kwesarudzo angave achizivikanwa kune chero mudiki wezvematongerwo enyika ari mudhorobha nhasi. Nehunhu-hwe-chokwadi, anonyora mundangariro dzake, Mushandirapamwe wese pamwe yaive nguva yakasarudzika yehupenyu hwangu. Ndichiona uye kuonana nevanhu vomuJaipur, sezvandakaita panguva iyoyo, ndakatanga kuona kuti ndaiziva zvishomanene nezvemararamiro evagari vomumusha wacho. Ndakaona kuti vagari vazhinji vemumusha, zvisinei .... hutsinye hwakaitika kwenzara nekukundikana kwezvirimwa, vane chiremerera uye kuzviremekedza zvinokatyamadza uye vane kuchengetedzwa kwakadzama muuzivi hunosanganisirwa hwehupenyu hwakaita kuti ndinzwe kuyemurwa uye... shanje.
Gayatri akakunda chigaro cheJaipur muLok Sabha muna 1962. Yakanga iri kukunda kwepamusoro kwakasvika kuGuinness Book of Records. Akatora mavhoti 1,92,909 kubva pa2,46,516 akakandwa. Akaramba achimiririra Jaipur mumakore mashoma akatevera, achipikisa bato reCongress nguva dzese. Gayatri Devi haana kunyara kutora Nehru pane akati wandei, kusanganisira 1962 India-China hondo debacle. Matauriro aakaita kwaari muParamende aiti, Dai waiziva chero chinhu nezve chero chinhu, tingadai tisiri mumhirizhonga iyi nhasi.
Maharani Gayatri Devi kuThe Times Of India hofisi muMumbai. Chimiro chenjodzi
Muna 1971, mutungamiri wenguva iyoyo, Indira Gandhi, akabvisa zvikwama zveprivy, achiparadza ropafadzo dzose dzehumambo uye kuzvidza zvibvumirano zvakabvumiranwa muna 1947. Gayatri Devi aipomerwa mhosva yekutyora mitemo yemitero uye akaiswa mujeri, pamwe chete nenhengo dzakawanda dzeumambo hweIndia, panguva yekutonga. kumhanya-kusvika kuEmergency nguva. Vatariri vemitero yemuhoro vakapamba dzimba dzake dzehumambo uye akachengeterwa pasi pemutemo weConservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act.
Yakanga iri nguva yakaoma muhupenyu hwake apo akararama nekurasikirwa kukuru - gore rakanga rapfuura chete, murume wake akafa pamutambo wepolo muCirencester, Gloucestershire, UK. Akatarisana nemamiriro ezvinhu ezvematongerwo enyika asina kujeka ayo aiperevedza nhamo kune mazhinji echinda mazita uye zvimiro. Munhoroondo yake yehupenyu, Gayatri Devi aive asina hanya nezvemitemo yaIndira Gandhi. Anonyora, Achitungamirirwa nemafungiro asina kururama okuti 'India akanga ari Indira' uye kuti pasina iye nyika yaisagona kurarama, uye achikurudzirwa neboka rake revanachipangamazano vanozvitsvaka, akaburitsa zviitiko zvakapotsa zvaparadza democracy muIndia... uye munyori wechikamu Khushwant Singh akanyora nezve chiitiko ichi muhupenyu hwaGayatri Devi, Akatadza neMutungamiriri Indira Gandhi waaiziva kubva munguva pfupi yavaigara muShantiniketan. Indira haaigona kusvira mukadzi akanaka kupfuura iye ndokumutuka mudare reParamende, achimuti b***h nechidhori chegirazi. Gayatri Devi akaunza zvakaipisisa muIndira Gandhi: wake mudiki, divi rekutsiva. Paakazivisa Emergency, Gayatri Devi aive pakati pevakatanga kubatwa.
Gayatri Devi aive muTihar kwenguva yakati. Akazoburitswa mujeri mushure memwedzi mishanu ari mujeri zvichitevera kubuda kwaakaita munyaya dzezvematongerwo enyika.
Quiet retreat
Mushure mekusiya zvematongerwo enyika, Gayatri Devi akapedza mazuva ake kuJaipur, ari murunyararo rwepamba pake, Lily Pool, achitarisa kuzvikoro zvaakatanga muPink City. Mhepo dzekuchinja dzakanga dzichivhuvhuta muguta raro. Haana kufara nekushata kwaiita masimba ebudiriro aiparadza runako nehunhu hwayo. Dambudziko rakauyawo pedyo nepamba apo mwanakomana wake, Jagat akafa nezvinetso zvoutano zvine chokuita nokudhakwa muna 1997. Akararama makore anodarika gumi. Kufa kwake kwakateverwa nekurwa kwakashata pamusoro pepfuma yake inofungidzirwa kuve yakakosha maRs 3,200 crore. Makore mashoma apfuura, Dare Repamusorosoro rakatonga richitsigira vazukuru. Ropa rakaipa rakamusiya achirwadziwa kusvika pamazuva ake ekupedzisira. Gayatri Devi akafa musi waJuly 29, 2009, pazera remakore 90. Hwaiva hupenyu hwakaratidzwa zvakaenzana nekushungurudzika uye nenyasha, asi kwaiva rupo rwake rwemweya rwakamuita Jaipur - uye India - mambokadzi anodiwa zvikuru.
Raima sen Maharani evanhu
Mutambi Raima Sen anoti, ndinomurangarira akapfeka machira akapfava ane zvishongo zvishoma. Sen anoyeukawo nemufaro matumire aakaitwa naGayatri Devi pazuva reupofu paakanga ari pazororo muLondon. Akanga achiri kuyaruka panguva iyoyo. Aitiudza kuti tidzivise nhema uye panzvimbo pezvo kupfeka mavara mazhinji!
Mutambi wetenisi Akhtar Ali anoti, ndakasangana naye muna 1955 muJaipur. Akandibvunza kana ndaida kukwikwidza kuJunior Wimbledon gore iroro. Ndakamuudza pachena kuti ndakanga ndisina simba rezvemari rokukwikwidza muLondon. Mazuva mashoma, akazivisa papati kuti ndaizoenda kuJunior Wimbledon. Ndakarasika mu semi ndokuputsika. Gayatri Devi akanga achiona mutambo. Akandinyaradza uye akatsigira rwendo rwangu gore raitevera zvakare! Aiwanzoti, ‘Mari haitengi zvinhu zvose, asi mari inogona kutenga zvingatengwa nemari’.
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