History’s Treasure Trove
Sep 12, 2020
3 minutes
By PRIYA KUMARI RANA
This Princess of Jodhpur’s trousseau packed quite the punch. Upon her 1949 wedding to the scion of one of the most redoubtable royal houses in India, Maharaja Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad II of Baroda, Maharajkumari Rajendrakumari Baisa of Marwar (Jodhpur), rechristened Maharani Padmavatiraje Gaekwad of Baroda, brought her entire menagerie with her—pooches, parrots, and countless trunks packed with yards of precious fabric. “I’ve inherited some of the chiffons she brought in her trousseau,” says the present Maharani of Baroda, Radhikaraje Gaekwad. Radhikaraje is married to the present
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