Prativa Sundari Devi Explained

Prativa Sundari Devi Narayan
Maharajkumari
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Birth Date:22 November, 1891
Birth Place:Lily Cottage, Calcutta, British India
Death Date:23 July, 1923 (aged 32)
Death Place:Calcutta, British India
Spouse:Miles Mander (m.1912 - div.1922)
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Dynasty:Koch
Father:Nripendra Narayan
Mother:Suniti Devi

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]

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Poddar . Abhishek . Gaskell . Nathaniel . Pramod Kumar . K. G . Museum of Art & Photography (Bangalore . India) . Maharanis: women of royal India . 2015 . Ahmedabad . 978-93-85360-06-0 . Cooch Bihar. 100–103 . 932267190 . English.
  2. Nicholas Mander. Varnished Leaves: a biography of the Mander family of Wolverhampton. Owlpen Press, 2004.
  3. 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.
  4. [Nicholas Mander]
  5. The Times, case reported June 8 1921
  6. Nicholas Mander, Borromean Rings: genealogy of the Mander Family, Owlpen Press, 2011