Rajendra Prakash | |
His Highness the Maharaja Sahib of Sirmur | |
Succession: | Maharaja of Sirmur |
Reign: | 1933-1964 |
Predecessor: | Amar Prakash |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1913 |
Birth Place: | Nahan, Sirmur State, British India |
Death Date: | 6 November 1964 |
Death Place: | Dehradun, India |
Spouse: | Durga Devi Indira Devi |
Spouse-Type: | Consort(s) |
Issue: | Nalini Devi Padmini Devi Udai Prakash |
Father: | Amar Prakash |
Mother: | Mandalasa Kumari |
Rajendra Prakash, K.C.I.E., 48th direct male lineal descendant from the original founder of the Dynasty,[1] served as the Maharaja of Sirmur State from 1933 until 1964.
He was born on 11 January 1913 to Amar Prakash and his wife Mandalasa Kumari.[2] He succeeded to the Gaddi on the death of his father in 1933. He died in 1964.[3] [4]
In 1936, he married his first wife, Durga Devi, the daughter of the Raja Sahib of Nagod.[5] His second marriage was with Indira Devi, the daughter of the Maharaja Thakore Sahib of Palitana in 1941.
Rajendra Prakash was the father of two daughters, Nalini Devi (by his first wife) and Padmini Devi (by his second wife).[6] [7] Nalini Devi married Vidur Singh, son of the Raja Sahib of Alipura, in 1952. Padmini Devi, married Bhawani Singh, son of the Maharaja Sahib of Jaipur, in 1967.[8] [9]