Rajmata

Rajmata (lit. king's mother) is an Indian term used for the mother of the head of a princely family in India.

Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior

Examples include

Rajmata Jijau, mother of Shivaji^[1]
Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia of Gwalior, mother of Madhavrao Scindia^[2]^[3]
Rajmata Gayatri Devi of Jaipur, step-mother of Bhawani Singh^[4]
Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur, wife of late Bhawani Singh^[5]
Rajmata Krishna Kumari of Marwar (Jodhpur), mother of Gaj Singh^[6]
Rajmata Rajmata Mohinder Kaur of Patiala, mother of Amarinder Singh.^[7]
Rajmata Ahilyabai Holkar

Rajmata Scindia of Gwalior was once termed "Narajmata" (angry mother) by the erstwhile chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Dwarka Prasad Mishra, her political opponent.^[8]

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[1] व्युहरचनात्मक व्यवस्थापन गुरु छत्रपती शिवाजी राजे, Jibhau Bacchav, Vichakshan Publication, 2018 p. 2

[2] 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

[3] Modi pays tribute to Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia on birth anniversary, Tribune, Oct 12, 2018

[4] Rajmata Gayatri Devi: Enduring Grace, Roli Books Pvt Limited, 2005

[5] Inside Rajmata Padmini Devi of Jaipur’s 75th birthday celebrations, DEVIKA MANGHNANI, OCTOBER 4, 2018

[6] Marwar Rajmata and former MP Krishna Kumari passes away at 92, PTI,Jul 03, 2018

[7] Rajmata, in a better world and hearts, you are, Aman Sood, Tribune, July 25, 2017

[8] Udayācala se uttarāyaṇa: Paṃ. Dvārikā Prasāda Miśra, eka mūlyāṅkana Pradīpa Śukla, Sāhitya Saṅgama, 1994, p. 114

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