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| consort = yes<br />
| image =<br />
| caption = Portrait of Rajmata Padmini Devi Ji of Jaipur<br />
| spouse = [[Bhawani Singh]]<br />
| name = Padmini Devi<br />
| title = Her Royal Highness The Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur<br />
| succession = [[Maharani]] of [[Jaipur State|Jaipur]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Gayatri Devi]]<br />
| coronation = <br />
| issue = [[Diya Kumari]]<br />
| father = [[Rajendra Prakash]]<br />
| mother = Indira Devi<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|9|29|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Nahan]], [[Sirmur]], [[British India]]<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Padmini Devi'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside Maharani Padmini Devi of Jaipur's 75th birthday celebrations |url=https://www.vogue.in/content/inside-rajmata-padmini-devi-of-jaipurs-75th-birthday-celebrations |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=Vogue India |date=4 October 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref> (born Princess Padmini Devi of [[Sirmur State|Sirmur]]; 29 September 1943) is the titular Rajmata of [[Jaipur State|Jaipur]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Ethnically born into the royal family of the [[Sirmur State|Sirmur]], her father, Maharaja [[Rajendra Prakash]] of [[Sirmur State|Sirmur]], presently in [[Himachal Pradesh]], was the ruler of Sirmur from 1933–1964.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Brentnall |first=Mark |title=The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh |publisher=Indus Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=9788173871634 |location=India |pages=49}}</ref> Her mother was Indira Devi, the daughter of Maharaja Thakore Bahadursinhji Mansinhji of [[Palitana State|Palitana]].<ref name=":0" /> She received convent education in Mussoorie and then spent time at finishing schools in London and Switzerland.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2009-01-23 |title=Durga Diya Enterprises - Padmani Devi |url=http://royalfamilyjaipur.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18 |access-date=2022-05-04 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123044234/http://royalfamilyjaipur.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=18 |archive-date=23 January 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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She heads Maharaja Sawai Man Singh II Museum as a chairperson.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Royal Family : Present – Royal Jaipur- Explore the Royal Landmarks in Jaipur |url=https://royaljaipur.in/index.php/the-royal-family/ |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=royaljaipur.in}}</ref> She takes a keen interest in the social activities and welfare of the people of Jaipur in Rajasthan.<ref name=":2" /> <br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
[[File:Bhawani Singh of Jaipur with his wife.jpg|thumb|The Maharaja and Maharani of Jaipur]]<br />
=== Marriage ===<br />
She married [[Bhawani Singh]], eldest son of Maharaja Sawai [[Man Singh II]] of Jaipur and his first wife, Maharani Marudhar Kanwar on 10 March 1966 in a ceremony held at [[Delhi]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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=== Children ===<br />
Her only child, a daughter, [[Diya Kumari]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Leadership {{!}} Princess Diya Kumari Foundation |url=https://princessdiyakumarifoundation.org/our_leadership.php |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=princessdiyakumarifoundation.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5209 |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref> is member of [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament]] from [[Vidhyadhar Nagar Assembly constituency|Vidhyadhar Nagar]] parliamentary seat, and a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-23 |title=Royal family member Diya Kumari wins Rajsamand seat by over 5 lakh votes |url=https://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/erstwhile-royal-family-member-diya-kumari-wins-rajsamand-seat-by-over-5-lakh-votes-2205718.html |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=Zee News |language=en}}</ref> Currently, she is the 6th [[Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan]].<br />
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'''Grandchildren''' <br />
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Her only child and daughter, Princess Diya Kumari was married to Narendra Singh, a commoner and had 3 children with him. Maharaja Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur who is the current titular king of Jaipur and an established polo player, Princess [[Gauravi Kumari]] of Jaipur who is a feminist also the general secretary of PDKF and Maharaja [[Lakshraj Prakash]] of Sirmur who is the titular king of Sirmur from where Rajmata belongs to. Rajmata Padmini Devi became maternal grandmother to these children.<br />
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