Maharani Gayatri Devi.
Chinali m’chilimwe cha 1919. Nkhondo Yaikulu inali itangotha kumene. Prince Jitendra Narayan waku Cooch Behar ndi mkazi wake, Indira Devi (Maratha Princess Indira Raje waku Baroda), adafika ku London pambuyo pa tchuthi chambiri ku Europe. Anatsagana ndi ana awo atatu, Ila, Jagaddipendra ndi Indrajit. M'masiku angapo, banjali linadalitsidwa ndi mwana wina wamkazi wokongola pa May 23. Indira ankafuna kumutcha dzina lakuti Ayesha. Ochepa kwambiri mwina angakumbukire kuti linali dzina la protagonist wa buku lakumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 19, Iye, lolemba H Rider Haggard, za mfumukazi yoyera yamphamvu zonse yomwe idalamulira ufumu wotayika ku Africa. Indira anali kuwerenga buku la Haggard pamene anali ndi pakati ndi mwana wake wachinayi. Koma mwambo anapambana ndipo mwanayo dzina lake Gayatri.
Wamng'onoyo adakhala m'modzi mwa mamaharani okondedwa kwambiri ku India. Ayesha (monga momwe adatchulidwira mokondwera ndi abwenzi ake pambuyo pake) adalemekezedwa osati chifukwa cha chithumwa chake cha ufumu ndi mzere wake, komanso chifukwa cha ntchito yake kwa osauka ndi oponderezedwa, komanso chifukwa cha thandizo lake pa maphunziro a amayi ku Rajasthan. Osanenanso, gawo lomwe adachita potenga maulamuliro ku India pambuyo pa ufulu wodzilamulira.
Pamasewera a polo. Chithunzi cha amayi
Gayatri Devi adakhala nthawi yayitali ali mwana ku London ndi Cooch Behar, malo a abambo ake. Anali ndi ubwana wanthano. Koma zinali ndi mavuto ake. Bambo ake anamwalira ali ndi zaka 36 ali wamng’ono. Gayatri Devi anali ndi chikumbukiro chochepa cha masiku amaliro pambuyo pa imfa yake. M'mbiri yake, A Princess Remembers, adalemba kuti, (Ine) ndasokoneza kukumbukira amayi anga, atavala zoyera, akulira kwambiri ndikudzitsekera m'nyumba yawo. Panthawiyo, Indira Devi, pamodzi ndi ana ake asanu - Ila, Jagadippendra, Indrajit, Gayatri ndi Menaka - anali paulendo wobwerera ku India kuchokera ku England.
Indira Devi anali ndi chikoka chachikulu pa moyo wa Gayatri wamng'ono pamene adatenga ulamuliro pambuyo pa imfa ya mwamuna wake. Iyenso anali wojambula pawokha. M'mbiri yake, Gayatri Devi analemba kuti, Ma ... ankaonedwa kuti ndi mmodzi mwa akazi ovala bwino kwambiri ku India. Iye anali munthu woyamba kuyamba kuvala ma sari opangidwa ndi chiffon ... Anatsimikizira kuti mkazi, mkazi wamasiye panthawiyo, amatha kusangalatsa ndi chidaliro, chithumwa ndi kukongola popanda kukhala mumthunzi wotetezera wa mwamuna kapena bambo.
Malinga ndi wosewera Riya Sen, yemwe ndi wachibale wa Gayatri Devi (bambo ake Bharat Dev Burman ndi mphwake wa maharani), Gayatri Devi, ndithudi, ndi chithunzi chomwe aliyense ankachidziwa, koma Indira Devi nayenso anali chithunzi. Anali dona wokongola yemwe ankavala ma chiffon okongola achi French. Kumbali inayi, Gayatri Devi anali mtsikana waphokoso akukula, wokonda masewera ndi kusaka. Anawombera panther wake woyamba ali ndi zaka 12. Koma posakhalitsa nayenso anayamba kudziwika kuti ndi mmodzi wa akazi okongola kwambiri a nthawi yake ndi zibwenzi zomwe zimangokhalira kumvetsera.
Gayatri Devi ndi mwana wake wamwamuna ndi mwamuna wake. Kupanduka koyamba
Mosasamala kanthu za chitsutso choopsa cha amayi ake ndi mbale wake, Gayatri Devi anakwatira Sawai Man Singh Wachiwiri, Maharaja wa ku Jaipur, mu 1940, pamene anali ndi zaka 21 zokha. Iye anali mutu wapamwamba m’chikondi ndi maharaja ndipo anavomera kukhala mkazi wake wachitatu. M'makumbukiro ake, akulemba kuti, Ma adaneneratu mokhumudwa kuti ndikhala 'wowonjezera waposachedwa ku nazale ya Jaipur'. Koma sanabwerere mmbuyo. Kuphatikiza apo, adauza maharaja yemwe adakwatiwa kwambiri kuti sangakhale ndi moyo wodzipatula - popeza mamaharani nthawi zambiri amasungidwa kuseri kwa purdah masiku amenewo - mnyumba yachifumu. Posakhalitsa, adalowa ndale ndi chilolezo cha maharaja.
Mu 1960, kuloŵerera kwa maharani mu ndale kunakhala kovomerezeka. Adaitanidwa kuti alowe nawo ku Congress m'mbuyomu, koma adasankha kulumbira chipani chatsopano chomwe chinkafuna kutsutsa Congress panthawiyo. Swatantra Party idatsogozedwa ndi Chakravarty Rajagopalachari, yemwe adalowa m'malo mwa Lord Mountbatten kukhala Bwanamkubwa waku India. Iye ankakhulupirira kuti ziphunzitso za Nehruvia zinali kulephera kukwaniritsa zosowa za Amwenye wamba.
Ndi Lord Mountbatten. Wolengedwa wandale
Mawu a Gayatri Devi ofotokoza kampeni yake yovota angakhale odziwika kwa wachinyamata aliyense wofuna ndale wakutawuni lero. Pokhala ndi zochitika zenizeni, akulemba m'mabuku ake, Kampeni yonseyo mwina inali nthawi yodabwitsa kwambiri m'moyo wanga. Kuwona ndi kukumana ndi anthu a ku Jaipur, monga momwe ndinachitira panthaŵiyo, ndinayamba kuzindikira kuti sindinkadziŵa kwenikweni za moyo wa anthu a m’mudzimo. Ndinapeza kuti anthu ambiri akumidzi, ngakhale .... nkhanza za njala ndi kulephera kwa mbewu, ali ndi ulemu ndi ulemu zomwe ziri zochititsa chidwi ndipo ali ndi chitetezo chozama mu filosofi yophatikizana ya moyo yomwe inandipangitsa kukhala wosilira ... pafupifupi. nsanje.
Gayatri adagonjetsa mpando wa Jaipur ku Lok Sabha ku 1962. Icho chinali chigonjetso chambiri chomwe chinapita ku Guinness Book of Records. Adapeza mavoti 1,92,909 mwa 2,46,516 omwe adaponya. Adapitilizabe kuyimira Jaipur zaka zingapo zotsatira, ndikutsutsa chipani cha Congress nthawi iliyonse. Gayatri Devi sanachite manyazi kutenga ngakhale Nehru pazinthu zingapo, kuphatikizapo 1962 India-China nkhondo debacle. Kubwerezanso kwake kodziwika bwino ku Nyumba Yamalamulo kunali, Mukadadziwa chilichonse, sitikadakhala m'chipwirikiti lero.
Maharani Gayatri Devi ku ofesi ya Times Of India ku Mumbai. Mkhalidwe wadzidzidzi
Mu 1971, nduna yaikulu panthawiyo, Indira Gandhi, anathetsa zikwama zam'mbuyo, kuwononga maudindo onse achifumu ndi kunyalanyaza mapangano omwe anagwirizana mu 1947. Gayatri Devi anaimbidwa mlandu wophwanya malamulo a msonkho ndipo anatsekeredwa m'ndende, pamodzi ndi mamembala angapo a mafumu a ku India, panthawi ya ulamuliro wa India. mpaka nthawi ya Emergency. Oyang'anira misonkho adalanda m'nyumba zake zachifumu ndipo adasungitsidwa pansi pa lamulo la Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act.
Inali nthawi yovuta m'moyo wake pamene adakumana ndi kutayika kwakukulu - chaka chathachi, mwamuna wake anamwalira pamasewera a polo ku Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK. Anayang'anizana ndi zochitika zandale zomwe zimabweretsa chiwonongeko pa maudindo ndi maudindo ambiri. M'mbiri yake, Gayatri Devi sankasamala za mfundo za Indira Gandhi. Iye akulemba, Motsogozedwa ndi malingaliro olakwika akuti 'India anali Indira' ndikuti popanda iye mtunduwu sungapulumuke, ndipo molimbikitsidwa ndi gulu lake la alangizi odzifunira okha, adatulutsa zochitika zomwe zidatsala pang'ono kuwononga demokalase ku India ... Wolemba wokondwerera. komanso wolemba nkhani Khushwant Singh analemba za nkhani imeneyi mu moyo wa Gayatri Devi, Iye anaipidwa ndi nduna yaikulu Indira Gandhi amene ankamudziwa kuyambira nthawi yochepa pamodzi Shantiniketan. Indira sakanatha kunyansidwa ndi mayi wowoneka bwino kuposa iyeyo ndipo adamunyoza ku Nyumba ya Malamulo, kumutcha kuti b *** h ndi chidole chagalasi. Gayatri Devi adabweretsa zoyipa kwambiri ku Indira Gandhi: mbali yake yaying'ono, yobwezera. Pamene adalengeza za Emergency, Gayatri Devi anali m'modzi mwa omwe adazunzidwa koyamba.
Gayatri Devi anali ku Tihar kwakanthawi. Anatulutsidwa m'ndende miyezi isanu pambuyo pake adayamba kusiya ndale.
Kubwerera mwakachetechete
Atasiya ndale, Gayatri Devi adakhala masiku ake ambiri ku Jaipur, m'nyumba yabwino ya Lily Pool, akuyang'ana kwambiri masukulu omwe adayambitsa ku Pinki City. Mphepo zakusintha zinali kuwomba mumzinda wake. Sanasangalale ndi momwe mphamvu zonyansa zachitukuko zimawonongera kukongola ndi chikhalidwe chake. Tsoka linafikanso pafupi ndi kwathu pamene mwana wake wamwamuna, Jagat anamwalira ndi matenda okhudzana ndi uchidakwa mu 1997. Anapulumuka kwa zaka zoposa khumi. Imfa yake yomwe idatsatiridwa ndi ndewu yoyipa yokhudza katundu wake yemwe akuti ndi wamtengo wapatali wa Rs 3,200 crore. Zaka zingapo zapitazo, Khoti Lalikulu Kwambiri linagamula mokomera adzukuluwo. Magazi oipawo anamusiya ali wosweka mtima mpaka masiku ake otsiriza. Gayatri Devi anamwalira pa July 29, 2009, ali ndi zaka 90. Unali moyo wodziwika mofanana ndi chisoni ndi chisomo, koma chinali kuwolowa manja kwake kwa mzimu komwe kunamupangitsa iye Jaipur - ndi India - mfumukazi yokondedwa kwambiri.
Raima sen Mitundu ya anthu
Wosewera Raima Sen akuti, ndimamukumbukira atavala ma chiffon osavuta okhala ndi zodzikongoletsera zochepa. Sen amakumbukiranso mwachidwi momwe Gayatri Devi adamutumizira pa tsiku lakhungu pomwe anali patchuthi ku London. Iye anali wachinyamata basi. Amatiuza kuti tipewe zakuda ndipo m'malo mwake tizivala zamitundu yambiri!
Wosewera tennis Akhtar Ali akuti, ndinakumana naye mu 1955 ku Jaipur. Anandifunsa ngati ndingakonde kupikisana nawo pa Junior Wimbledon chaka chimenecho. Ndinamuuza mosapita m’mbali kuti ndinalibe mphamvu zandalama zochitira mpikisano ku London. Masiku angapo, adalengeza paphwando kuti ndipita ku Junior Wimbledon. Ndinalephera mu semi ndipo ndinasweka. Gayatri Devi anali kuwonera machesi. Adanditonthoza ndikundithandiziranso ulendo wanga chaka chamawa! Iye ankakonda kunena kuti, ‘Ndalama sizingagule chilichonse, koma ndalama zingagule zimene ndalama zingagule’.
ZITHUNZI: Gwero: The Times of India Group, Copyright (c) 2016, Bennett, Coleman & Co.
