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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Krishna Kumari<br />
| birth_date =10 February 1926<br />
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|death_date =3 July 2018<br />
| death_place = Jodhpur<br />
| residence = <br />
| party = <br />
| alma_mater =<br />
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| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency = [[Jodhpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jodhpur]]<br />
| predecessor = N K Sanghi<br />
| successor = R D Gattani<br />
| term = 1971 - 1977<br />
| parents = <br />
| children = [[Gaj Singh]] II<br />
| spouse = [[Maharaja Hanuwant Singh]] <br />
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[[Rajmata]] '''Krishna Kumari''' (10 February 1926<ref>{{cite book |title=Reference India |date=1975 |publisher=Tradesman and Men India. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jv8ZAAAAIAAJ&q=krishna+kumari+February+10+,+1926 |accessdate=5 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=The Economic Times |author-link=The Economic Times |title=Marwar Rajmata and former MP Krishna Kumari passes away at 92 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/marwar-rajmata-and-former-mp-krishna-kumari-passes-away-at-92/articleshow/64837970.cms |accessdate=5 July 2018 |date=3 July 2018}}</ref> – 3 July 2018) was an Indian politician. She was the [[Maharani]] of [[Marwar]]-[[Jodhpur]] as the spouse of [[Maharaja Hanuwant Singh]], and the titular regent of [[Marwar]]-[[Jodhpur]] during the minority of [[Gaj Singh]] II in 1952-1970. She was a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, in 1971-1977.<br />
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==Life==<br />
She was the last [[Maharani]] consort of [[Marwar]]-[[Jodhpur]] in 1947–1949 as the spouse of [[Maharaja Hanuwant Singh]].<ref name="urlWomen in power 1940-1970">{{cite web |url=http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower1940.htm |title=Women in power 1940-1970 |accessdate=2011-08-29}}</ref> <br />
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After the death of her husband [[Maharaja Hanuwant Singh]] in 1952, she was titular [[regent]] for son, titular Maharaja [[Gaj Singh]] II as well as stepmother of the orphaned [[Hukum Singh Rathore|Hukum Singh]], and took charge of the princely family's interests.{{cn|date=September 2021}}<br />
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She was also known as HH Maharani Krishna Kumari Ba Sahiba of [[Dhrangadhra]]. She founded a girls' school in Jodhpur, Rajamata Krishna Kumari Girls' Public school.{{cn|date=September 2021}} <br />
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She contested the ''[[Lok Sabha]]'' election in 1971 from [[Jodhpur]] and won, serving until 1977.<ref name="urlWomen in power 1940-1970" /><br />
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She died on 3 July 2018, in Jodhpur, aged 92.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dainik Bhaskar |author-link=Dainik Bhaskar |title=जोधपुर की पूर्व राजमाता कृष्णा कुमारी का निधन, आज शाम 4 बजे अंतिम संस्कार |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/rajasthan/jodhpur/news/jodhpur-s-former-rajmata-krishna-kumari-passes-away-5908296.html |accessdate=3 July 2018 |date=3 July 2018}}</ref><br />
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The book "The Royal Blue" by Ayodhya Prasad depicts most of her life from the Princess of Dhangadhra to the Maharani of Marwar (Jodhpur).{{cn|date=September 2021}}<br />
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