Maharani Gayatri Devi.
ʻO ke kauwela ia o 1919. Ua pau ke Kaua Nui. Ua pae ʻo Prince Jitendra Narayan o Cooch Behar a me kāna wahine ʻo Indira Devi (Maratha Princess Indira Raje o Baroda), ma Lākana ma hope o kahi hoʻomaha nui ma ʻEulopa. Ua hele pū lāua me kā lāua mau keiki ʻekolu, ʻo Ila, ʻo Jagaddipendra lāua ʻo Indrajit. I loko o kekahi mau lā, ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia lāua me kahi kaikamahine maikaʻi hou ma Mei 23. Ua makemake ʻo Indira e kapa iā ia ʻo Ayesha. He kakaikahi paha ka poʻe e hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia ka inoa o ka protagonist o ka moʻolelo huakaʻi hope o ke kenekulia 19, ʻo She, na H Rider Haggard, e pili ana i kahi mōʻī wahine keʻokeʻo ikaika loa i noho aliʻi ma luna o kahi aupuni nalowale ma ʻApelika. Heluhelu ʻo Indira i ka moʻolelo a Haggard i kona hāpai ʻana i kāna keiki ʻehā. Akā ua lanakila ka moʻomeheu a ua kapa ʻia ke keiki ʻo Gayatri.
E lilo ana ka mea liʻiliʻi i hoʻokahi o nā maharanis i aloha nui ʻia ma India. Ua hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻo ʻAyesha (e like me kāna mau hoaaloha ma hope o kona ola ʻana) ʻaʻole wale no kona nani aliʻi a me kona ʻohana, akā no kāna hana no ka poʻe ʻilihune a me ka ʻilihune, a no kāna hāʻawi ʻana i ka hoʻonaʻauao wahine ma Rajasthan. ʻAʻole e haʻi ʻia, ʻo kāna ʻāpana i hana ai i ka lawe ʻana i nā mana aupuni ma hope o Independence India.
I ka wā o ka pāʻani polo. Kiʻi makuahine
Ua hoʻohana ʻo Gayatri Devi i ka hapa nui o kona wā kamaliʻi ma Lākana a me Cooch Behar, ka waiwai o kona makuakāne. He moʻolelo moʻolelo kona wā kamaliʻi. Akā, ua loaʻa iā ia ka pōʻino. Ua make kona makuakāne i ka makahiki 36 i kona wā kamaliʻi. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Gayatri Devi i nā lā kanikau ma hope o kona make ʻana. Ma kāna moʻolelo pilikino, A Princess Remembers, ua kākau ʻo ia, (ʻO wau) ua huikau ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i koʻu makuahine, ua ʻaʻahu ʻia i ke keʻokeʻo, uē nui a paʻa iā ia iho i loko o kona keʻena. I kēlā manawa, ʻo Indira Devi, me kāna mau keiki ʻelima - ʻo Ila, Jagadippendra, Indrajit, Gayatri a me Menaka - e holo ana i India mai ʻEnelani.
He mana koʻikoʻi ko Indira Devi i ke ola o Gayatri ʻōpio ʻoiai ʻo ia i lawe i ka ʻōpū ma hope o ka make ʻana o kāna kāne. He kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo ia i kona pono ponoʻī pū kekahi. Ma kāna moʻolelo pilikino, kākau ʻo Gayatri Devi, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Ma ... ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahine ʻaʻahu maikaʻi loa ma India. ʻO ia ka mea mua i hoʻomaka e komo i ka saris i hana ʻia i ka chiffon ... Ua hōʻoia ʻo ia he wahine, he wahine kāne make i kēlā, hiki ke hoʻokipa me ka hilinaʻi, ka nani a me ka nani me ka ʻole o ke aka pale o ke kāne a makua kāne paha.
Wahi a ka mea hoʻokaniʻo Riya Sen, pili iā Gayatri Devi (ʻo kona makuakāneʻo Bharat Dev Burman ke keiki a ka maharani),ʻo Gayatri Devi, heʻoiaʻiʻo, he kiʻi kiʻi iʻikeʻia e nā mea a pau, akāʻo Indira Devi kekahi ikona. He wahine uʻi ʻo ia i ʻaʻahu i nā chiffon Palani nani. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ʻo Gayatri Devi he kaikamahine puʻupuʻu e ulu ana, me ka makemake i nā haʻuki a me ka hahai holoholona. Ua pana ʻo ia i kāna panther mua i ka makahiki 12. Akā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahine maikaʻi loa o kona manawa me nā poʻe hoʻopiʻi e hakakā nei no kona nānā.
ʻO Gayatri Devi me kāna keikikāne a me kāna kāne. ʻO ke kipi mua
ʻOiai ke kū'ē ikaika mai kona makuahine a me kona kaikunāne, ua male ʻo Gayatri Devi iā Sawai Man Singh II, ka Maharaja o Jaipur, i ka makahiki 1940, ʻoiai ʻo 21 wale nō ʻo ia. I loko o kāna memoir, kākau ʻo ia, ua wānana ʻo Ma me ka pōʻino e lilo wau i 'mea hou loa i ka nursery Jaipur'. ʻAʻole naʻe ʻo ia i hoʻi hope. ʻO ka mea hou aku, ua haʻi ʻo ia i ka maharaja i mare nui ʻia ʻaʻole ʻo ia e alakaʻi i kahi ola kaʻawale - ʻoiai ua mālama mau ʻia nā maharanis ma hope o ka purdah i kēlā mau lā - i ka hale aliʻi. Ma hope koke iho, ua komo ʻo ia i loko o ka politika me ka ʻae o ka maharaja.
I ka makahiki 1960, ua lilo ke komo ʻana o ka maharani i ka politika. Ua kono ʻia ʻo ia e komo i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo ma mua, akā ua koho ʻo ia e hoʻohiki kūpaʻa i kahi hui kālai'āina hou i ʻimi e kūʻē i ka ʻAhaʻōlelo i kēlā manawa. Ua alakaʻi ʻia ka ʻaoʻao Swatantra e Chakravarty Rajagopalachari, ka mea i pani iā Lord Mountbatten e lilo i Kiaʻāina Nui o India. Ua manaʻoʻiʻo ʻo ia ʻaʻole hiki i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo Nehruvian ke hoʻokō i nā pono o nā India maʻamau.
Me ka Haku Mountbatten. He mea kalaiaina
ʻO nā ʻōlelo a Gayatri Devi e wehewehe ana i kāna hoʻolaha koho balota e kamaʻāina i nā ʻōpio ʻōpio kālai'āina i kēia lā. Me ka hiʻohiʻona mea-o-ʻoiaʻiʻo, kākau ʻo ia i kāna mau memo, ʻO ka hoʻolaha holoʻokoʻa paha ka manawa kupaianaha loa o koʻu ola. I ka ʻike ʻana a me ka hālāwai ʻana me ka poʻe o Jaipur, e like me kaʻu i hana ai i kēlā manawa, ua hoʻomaka wau e ʻike i ka liʻiliʻi o koʻu ʻike maoli i ke ʻano o ke ola o nā kamaʻāina. Ua ʻike au ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kamaʻāina, ʻoiai…ʻo nā ʻike koʻikoʻi o ka wī a me ka pau ʻole o ka huaʻai, loaʻa iaʻu ka hanohano a me ka mahalo iā ʻoe iho e ʻike ʻia a loaʻa ka palekana hohonu i loko o kahi kumumanaʻo o ke ola i hoʻohauʻoli iaʻu a ʻaneʻane. huāhuā.
Ua lanakila ʻo Gayatri i ka noho Jaipur ma Lok Sabha i ka makahiki 1962. He lanakila ʻāina ia i hele ai i ka Guinness Book of Records. Ua loaʻa iā ia he 1,92,909 mau balota mai loko mai o ka 2,46,516. Ua hoʻomau ʻo ia e pani iā Jaipur i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, e hāʻawi ana i ke kūʻē koʻikoʻi i ka ʻaoʻao Congress i kēlā me kēia manawa. ʻAʻole hilahila ʻo Gayatri Devi i ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻana iā Nehru i kekahi mau pilikia, e komo pū ana me ka hakakā kaua 1962 India-China. ʻO kāna kamaʻilio kaulana ʻana iā ia i loko o ka Pāremata ʻo ia, Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mea, ʻaʻole mākou i loko o kēia haunaele i kēia lā.
ʻO Maharani Gayatri Devi ma ke keʻena ʻo The Times Of India ma Mumbai. He kūlana pilikia
I ka makahiki 1971, ua hoopau ke Kuhina Nui o Indira Gandhi i na puke malu, e hoopau ana i na pono alii a pau a me ka malama ole i na kuikahi i aelike ia ma 1947. Ua ahewaia o Gayatri Devi no ka uhai ana i na kanawai auhau a hoopaahao ia, me kekahi mau lala o na alii nui o Inia, i ka wa o ka makahiki 1971. holo-i ka wā Emergency. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo ia ma lalo o ka draconian Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act.
He wā paʻakikī ia i kona ola ʻana i kona hoʻokō ʻana i ka pohō pilikino nui - i ka makahiki i hala iho nei, ua make kāna kāne ma kahi pāʻani polo ma Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK. Ua kū ʻo ia i kahi ʻano politika pōʻino e hōʻike ana i ka pōʻino no ka hapa nui o nā inoa aliʻi a me nā kūlana. I loko o kāna moʻolelo pilikino, ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu ʻo Gayatri Devi e pili ana i nā kulekele a Indira Gandhi. Ua kākau ʻo ia, Ke alakaʻi ʻia e ka manaʻo kuhi hewa ʻo 'India ʻo Indira' a me ka ʻole o ka lāhui ʻaʻole hiki ke ola, a hoʻoulu ʻia e kāna coterie o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ʻimi ponoʻī, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i nā hanana i aneane luku i ka demokala ma India... a kākau ʻo Khushwant Singh i kākau e pili ana i kēia hanana i ko Gayatri Devi ola, Ua hāʻule ʻo ia i ka hewa i ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Indira Gandhi āna i ʻike ai mai ko lāua wā pōkole i Shantiniketan. ʻAʻole hiki iā Indira ke ʻōpū i kahi wahine i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua ona a hōʻino iā ia i loko o ka Hale Ahaolelo, me ke kapa ʻana iā ia he b***h a me ka pēpē aniani. Ua lawe mai ʻo Gayatri Devi i ka mea ʻino loa ma Indira Gandhi: kāna ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi a hoʻopaʻi. I kona haʻi ʻana i ka Emergency, ʻo Gayatri Devi kekahi o kāna mau mea i hōʻeha mua ʻia.
Aia ʻo Gayatri Devi ma Tihar no kekahi manawa. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia ma hope o ʻelima mau mahina i loko o ka hale paʻahao a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e haʻalele i ka politika.
Hoʻi mālie
Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana i ka politika, ua hoʻohana ʻo Gayatri Devi i kona mau lā ma Jaipur, i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻoluʻolu o kona home, ʻo Lily Pool, e kālele ana i nā kula āna i kūkulu ai ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Pink. Ke pā mai nei ka makani o ka loli i kona kūlanakauhale. ʻAʻole ʻo ia hauʻoli i ka hoʻopau ʻana o nā ikaika ʻino o ka ulu ʻana i kona nani a me kona ʻano. ʻO ka pōʻino hoʻi i pili kokoke i ka home i ka wā i make ai kāna keiki, ʻo Jagat mai nā pilikia olakino e pili ana i ka waiʻona ma 1997. Ua ola ʻo ia iā ia ma mua o hoʻokahi ʻumi makahiki. ʻO kona make ponoʻī i ukali ʻia e kahi hakakā acrimonious ma luna o kāna waiwai i manaʻo ʻia ʻo Rs 3,200 crore. I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻoholo ka ʻAha Kiʻekiʻe i ka pono o nā moʻopuna. Ua haʻalele ke koko ʻino i kona puʻuwai a hiki i kona mau lā hope. Ua make ʻo Gayatri Devi ma Iulai 29, 2009, i ka makahiki 90. He ola i hōʻailona like ʻia e ke kaumaha a me ka lokomaikaʻi, akā ʻo kona lokomaikaʻi o ka ʻuhane i hoʻolilo iā ia ʻo Jaipur - a me India - ka mōʻī wahine i aloha nui ʻia.
Raima sen ʻO ka maharani o ka poʻe
Wahi a ka mea hana keaka ʻo Raima Sen, hoʻomanaʻo wau iā ia i nā chiffon maʻalahi me nā mea nani liʻiliʻi. Hoʻomanaʻo pū ʻo Sen i ke ʻano o Gayatri Devi i hoʻouna ai iā ia i kahi lā makapō ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻomaha ana ma Lākana. He ʻōpio wale nō ʻo ia ia manawa. E haʻi mai ʻo ia iā mākou e pale i ka ʻeleʻele a ma kahi o ka nui o nā kala!
'Ōleloʻo Akhtar Ali, ka mea pāʻani tennis, ua hālāwai au me ia i ka makahiki 1955 ma Jaipur. Nīnau mai ʻo ia iaʻu inā makemake wau e hoʻokūkū ma Junior Wimbledon i kēlā makahiki. Ua haʻi pololei wau iā ia ʻaʻole oʻu ikaika kālā e hoʻokūkū ma Lākana. I kekahi mau lā, ua haʻi ʻo ia ma kahi pāʻina e hele wau i Junior Wimbledon. Ua eo au i ka semis a ua haki. Ke nānā nei ʻo Gayatri Devi i ka pāʻani. Ua hōʻoluʻolu ʻo ia iaʻu a kākoʻo i kaʻu huakaʻi i ka makahiki aʻe! Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, 'ʻAʻole hiki i ke kālā ke kūʻai i nā mea āpau, akā hiki i ke kālā ke kūʻai i ka mea hiki ke kūʻai mai'.
PHOTOGRAPHS: Puna: The Times of India Group, Copyright (c) 2016, Bennett, Coleman & Co.
