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[[File:Vijaya Raje Scindia 2001 cover of India.jpg|thumb|[[Vijaya Raje Scindia]] of [[Gwalior State|Gwalior]] ]]{{Italic title}}{{short description|Sanskrit for queen mother}}
'''Rajamata'''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hemchandra Raychaudhuri |first=M. A. |url=http://archive.org/details/dli.calcutta.10535 |title=Political History of Ancient India |date=1938 |pages=412}}</ref> is a [[Sanskrit]] term used for the mother of a [[raja]] ({{Translation|King}}). It is also employed to address the [[queen dowager]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mookerji |first=Radhakumud |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t5g2EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA86 |title=Chandragupta Maurya and His Times |date=2016-01-01 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0433-3 |pages=86 |language=en}}</ref> In the contemporary period, it is most commonly used to address the head of a royal dynasty in India.
== Examples ==
* Rajamata [[Jijabai]] of [[Maratha Empire|Maratha Kingdom]], mother of [[Shivaji]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vHZNDwAAQBAJ&dq=%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%8A&pg=PT3 व्युहरचनात्मक व्यवस्थापन गुरु छत्रपती शिवाजी राजे, Jibhau Bacchav, Vichakshan Publication, 2018 p. 2]</ref>
*Rajamata [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]] of [[Gwalior state|Gwalior]], mother of [[Madhavrao Scindia]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=iVsfVOTUnYEC&dq=rajmata+scindia&pg=PA219 The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics: 1925 to the 1990s : Strategies of Identity-building, Implantation and Mobilisation (with Special Reference to Central India), Christophe Jaffrelot, Penguin Books India, 1999 p. 219]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/modi-pays-tribute-to-rajmata-vijaya-raje-scindia-on-birth-anniversary/667124.html |title=Modi pays tribute to Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia on birth anniversary, Tribune, Oct 12, 2018 |access-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-date=April 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421000207/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/modi-pays-tribute-to-rajmata-vijaya-raje-scindia-on-birth-anniversary/667124.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Rajamata [[Gayatri Devi]] of [[Jaipur state|Jaipur]], step-mother of [[Bhawani Singh]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=qzkqAAAACAAJ&q=rajmata Rajmata Gayatri Devi: Enduring Grace, Roli Books Pvt Limited, 2005]</ref>
* Rajamata [[Padmini Devi]] of Jaipur, wife of late [[Bhawani Singh]]<ref>[https://www.vogue.in/content/inside-rajmata-padmini-devi-of-jaipurs-75th-birthday-celebrations/ Inside Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur’s 75th birthday celebrations, DEVIKA MANGHNANI, OCTOBER 4, 2018]</ref>
* Rajamata [[Krishna Kumari (regent)|Krishna Kumari]] of Marwar ([[Jodhpur State|Jodhpur]]), mother of [[Gaj Singh]]<ref>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/marwar-rajmata-and-former-mp-krishna-kumari-passes-away-at-92/articleshow/64837970.cms Marwar Rajmata and former MP Krishna Kumari passes away at 92, PTI,Jul 03, 2018]</ref>
* Rajamata [[Mehtab Kaur of Patiala|Mohinder Kaur]] of [[Patiala State|Patiala]], mother of [[Amarinder Singh]]<ref>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/rajmata-in-a-better-world-and-hearts-you-are/442398.html Rajmata, in a better world and hearts, you are, Aman Sood, Tribune, July 25, 2017]{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Rajamata [[Ahilyabai Holkar]] of [[Indore State|Indore]], mother of [[Male Rao Holkar|Malhar Rao Holkar]]
* Rajamata Dr. Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of Mysuru ([[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]]), adoptive mother of [[Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar]]

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