Maharani Gayatri Devi.
Kwakusehlotyeni lowe-1919. IMfazwe Enkulu yayisandul’ ukuphela. INkosana uJitendra Narayan waseCooch Behar kunye nenkosikazi yakhe, u-Indira Devi (iNkosazana kaMaratha u-Indira Raje waseBaroda), bafike eLondon emva kweholide enkulu eYurophu. Babephelekwa ngabantwana babo abathathu, uIla, uJagaddipendra no-Indrajit. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa, esi sibini sabusiswa ngenye intombi enhle ngoMeyi 23. U-Indira wayefuna ukumthiya igama elithi Ayesha. Bambalwa kakhulu abanokuthi mhlawumbi bakhumbule ukuba yayiligama lomlinganiswa ophambili wenoveli ye-adventure yasekupheleni kwenkulungwane ye-19, Yena, ngu-H Rider Haggard, malunga nokumkanikazi omhlophe onamandla onke owayelawula kubukumkani obulahlekileyo e-Afrika. U-Indira wayefunda inoveli kaHaggard xa wayekhulelwe umntwana wakhe wesine. Kodwa isiko laphumelela kwaye umntwana wabizwa ngokuba nguGayatri.
Omncinci uya kuba ngomnye wawona mamaharani athandwa kakhulu eIndiya. U-Ayesha (njengoko wayebizwa ngothando ngabahlobo bakhe kamva ebomini) wayehlonelwa kungekuphela nje ngenxa ye-charm yakhe yobukhosi kunye nomnombo, kodwa kunye nomsebenzi wakhe kubantu abahluphekileyo nabacinezelekileyo, kunye negalelo lakhe kwimfundo yabasetyhini eRajasthan. Singasathethi ke, indima ayidlalileyo ekuthatheni amagunya olawulo kwi-Indiya emva kwenkululeko.
Ngexesha lomdlalo wepolo. Umfanekiso kamama
UGayatri Devi uchithe uninzi lobuntwana bakhe eLondon naseCooch Behar, ilifa likayise. Wayenentsomi yobuntwana. Kodwa yaba nayo intlekele. Uyise wasweleka eneminyaka engama-36 ubudala xa wayeseyintombazana encinane. UGayatri uDevi wayenenkumbulo encinci yeentsuku zokuzila emva kokufa kwakhe. Kwimbali yakhe ethi, A Princess Remembers, wabhala wathi, (I) ndineenkumbulo ezibhidayo zikamama, enxibe ezimhlophe ngokupheleleyo, elila kakhulu kwaye ezivalele kwindlwana yakhe. Ngelo xesha, u-Indira Devi, kunye nabantwana bakhe abahlanu - u-Ila, uJagadippendra, u-Indrajit, uGayatri noMenaka - babehamba ngesikhephe bebuyela eIndiya besuka eNgilani.
U-Indira Devi wayenempembelelo enzulu kubomi bukaGayatri omncinci njengoko wayethatha iintambo emva kokusweleka komyeni wakhe. Wayengumfanekiso wefashoni ngokwakhe naye. Kwi-autobiography yakhe, uGayatri Devi wabhala, uMa ... wayethathwa njengomnye wabasetyhini abanxibe kakhulu eIndiya. Wayengumntu wokuqala ukuqala ukugqoka i-saris eyenziwe nge-chiffon ... Wabonisa ukuba umfazi, umhlolokazi ngelo xesha, unokuzonwabisa ngokuzithemba, umtsalane kunye ne-flair ngaphandle kokuba emthunzini okhuselayo womyeni okanye uyise.
Ngokutsho komdlali uRiya Sen, ohlobene noGayatri Devi (uyise uBharat Dev Burman ngumtshana kamaharani), uGayatri Devi, ngokuqinisekileyo, ngumfanekiso wesitayile owaziwayo wonke umntu, kodwa u-Indira Devi wayeyi-icon naye. Yayilinenekazi elihle elalinxibe iichiffon zaseFransi ezigqwesileyo. Kwelinye icala, uGayatri Devi wayeyintombazana enesiphithiphithi esakhula, ethanda imidlalo nokuzingela. Wadubula i-panther yakhe yokuqala eneminyaka eyi-12. Kodwa kungekudala naye waziwa njengomnye wawona mabhinqa amahle ngexesha lakhe kunye nabakhweli abajijisanayo ukuze ahoywe.
UGayatri Devi kunye nonyana wakhe kunye nomyeni. Imvukelo yokuqala
Phezu kwayo nje inkcaso eqatha evela kunina nomntakwabo, uGayatri Devi watshata noSawai Man Singh II, uMaharaja waseJaipur, ngowe-1940, xa wayeneminyaka engama-21 kuphela ubudala. Kwimemori yakhe, ubhala athi, uMa waxela kwangaphambili edakumbile ukuba ndiza kuba 'lolona longezo lwamva nje kwinkulisa yaseJaipur'. Kodwa akazange arhoxe. Ngaphezu koko, uxelele umaharaja owayetshate kakhulu ukuba akazukuphila ubomi obubodwa - njengoko ama-maharanis ayedla ngokugcinwa ngasemva kwe-purdah ngezo mini-ebhotwe. Kungekudala, wenza iphulo lokungena kwezopolitiko ngemvume kamaharaja.
Ngowe-1960, ukubandakanyeka kukamaharani kwezobupolitika kwaba ngokusemthethweni. Waye wamenywa ukuba azibandakanye neNkongolo ngaphambili, kodwa wakhetha ukufunga ukuthembeka kwiqela elitsha lezopolitiko elalifuna ukuchasa iCongress ngelo xesha. Iqela le-Swatantra lalikhokelwa ngu-Chakravarty Rajagopalachari, owalandela u-Lord Mountbatten ukuba abe yiRhuluneli Jikelele yase-Indiya. Wayekholelwa ukuba iimfundiso zamaNehruvia zazisilela ukuhlangabezana neemfuno zamaIndiya aqhelekileyo.
Ndikunye neNkosi Mountbatten. Isidalwa sezopolitiko
Amagama kaGayatri Devi achaza iphulo lakhe lokuvota aya kuqheleka kuye nawuphi na umntu oselula onqwenelayo kwezopolitiko edolophini namhlanje. Ngomba wobunyani, ubhala kwiinkumbulo zakhe, Iphulo lonke mhlawumbi yayilelona xesha lingaqhelekanga ebomini bam. Ukubona nokudibana nabantu baseJaipur, njengoko ndenzayo ngoko, ndaqalisa ukuqonda indlela endandingayazi kangako indlela yokuphila yabemi baloo lali. Ndifumanise ukuba uninzi lwabahlali, nangona ....amava akhohlakeleyo endlala kunye nokungaphumeleli kwezityalo, banesidima kunye nokuzihlonipha okumangalisayo kwaye banokhuseleko olunzulu kwifilosofi ebandakanya ubomi eyandenza ndaziva ndinconywa kwaye ... phantse. umona.
I-Gayatri iphumelele isihlalo seJaipur kwi-Lok Sabha kwi-1962. Kwakuyi-landlide yokuphumelela eya kwi-Guinness Book of Records. Urhole i-1,92,909 yeevoti kwi-2,46,516. Uqhubekile nokumela uJaipur kule minyaka imbalwa izayo, enika inkcaso eqatha kwiqela leCongress ngalo lonke ixesha. UGayatri Devi akazange ayeke ukuthabatha iNehru kwimibandela emininzi, kuquka i-1962 yemfazwe yaseIndiya-China. Isincoko sakhe esidumileyo kuye ePalamente sasisithi, Ukuba ubusazi nantoni na ngayo nantoni na, ngesingekho kobu bugxwayiba namhlanje.
UMaharani Gayatri Devi kwiofisi yeTimes yaseIndiya eMumbai. Imeko yonxunguphalo
Ngo-1971, owayeyinkulumbuso ngelo xesha, u-Indira Gandhi, wabhangisa iingxowa zabucala, ebhangisa onke amalungelo asebukhosini kwaye etyeshela izivumelwano ekuvunyelwene ngazo ngo-1947. UGayatri Devi watyholwa ngokwaphula imithetho yerhafu waza wavalelwa entolongweni, kunye namalungu aliqela asebukhosini baseIndiya, ngexesha lolawulo lwaseIndiya. ukuqhubela phambili ukuya kwixesha likaNgxamiseko. Abahloli berhafu yengeniso bagqogqa iibhotwe zakhe kwaye wabhukishwa phantsi koMthetho woTshintsho lwaNgaphandle kunye noThintelo lweMisebenzi yokuThutyela.
Yayilixesha elinzima ebomini bakhe njengoko wayejongene nelahleko enkulu yobuqu - kunyaka nje odlulileyo, umyeni wakhe wasweleka kumdlalo wepolo eCirencester, eGloucestershire, e-UK. Uye wajongana nemeko yezopolitiko emfiliba eyayichaza intshabalalo kuninzi lwezihloko kunye namazinga. Kwimbali yakhe, uGayatri Devi wayengazithembi ngemigaqo-nkqubo ka-Indira Gandhi. Uyabhala, Eqhutywa yimbono ephosakeleyo yokuba 'u-India wayengu-Indira' kwaye ngaphandle kwakhe isizwe sasingenakuphila, kwaye sikhuthazwa yi-coterie yabacebisi bakhe abazifunela ngokwabo, uye wakhupha iziganeko eziphantse zatshabalalisa idemokhrasi e-Indiya ... Umbhali obhiyozelwa kunye nombhali wemihlathi uKhushwant Singh wabhala ngesi siqendu kubomi bukaGayatri Devi, Wawa neNkulumbuso u-Indira Gandhi awayemazi ukususela kwixesha elifutshane kunye eShantiniketan. U-Indira akazange akwazi ukumbamba owasetyhini omhle kunaye kwaye wamthuka ePalamente, embiza ngokuba ngu b***h nonodoli weglasi. UGayatri Devi uzise eyona nto imbi ku-Indira Gandhi: icala lakhe elincinci, lokuziphindezela. Xa wayebhengeza imeko kaxakeka, uGayatri Devi wayephakathi kwamaxhoba akhe okuqala.
UGayatri Devi wayeseTihar kangangexesha elithile. Wakhululwa emva kweenyanga ezintlanu entolongweni emva koko waqalisa ukurhoxa kwezopolitiko.
Ukurhoxa okuthe cwaka
Emva kokuyeka kwezopolitiko, uGayatri Devi uchithe iintsuku zakhe ubukhulu becala eJaipur, kwindawo epholileyo yekhaya lakhe, uLily Pool, egxile kwizikolo awayezimise kwiSixeko sasePinki. Imimoya yotshintsho yayibhudla kwisixeko sayo. Wayengonwabanga yindlela amandla amabi ophuhliso abutshabalalisa ngayo ubuhle kunye nesimilo. Kwakhona intlekele yehlela ekhaya xa unyana wakhe, uJagat wasweleka ngenxa yeengxaki zempilo ezinxulumene nokusela utywala ngo-1997. Wasinda kwiminyaka engaphezu kweshumi. Ukubhubha kwakhe kwalandelwa ngumlo oshushu malunga nepropathi yakhe eqikelelwa ukuba ixabisa i-Rs 3,200 ye-crore. Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yenza isigqibo esixhasa abazukulwana. Igazi elibi lamshiya intliziyo yakhe ilihlwili ukuya kwiintsuku zakhe zokugqibela. UGayatri Devi wafa ngoJulayi 29, 2009, eneminyaka eyi-90. Yayiyimpilo ephawulwe ngokulinganayo ngentlungu kunye nobabalo, kodwa yayiyisisa sakhe somoya esamenza uJaipur - kunye ne-Indiya -indlovukazi ethandekayo.
URaima sen Maharani abantu
Umdlali weqonga uRaima Sen uthi, ndiyamkhumbula enxibe iichiffons ezilula kunye nobucwebe obuncinci. USen ukhumbula kakuhle indlela uGayatri Devi amthumele ngayo ngosuku olungaboniyo ngelixa wayekwiholide eLondon. Wayekwishumi elivisayo ngoko. Wayedla ngokusixelela ukuba siphephe umbala omnyama kwaye endaweni yoko sinxibe imibala emininzi!
Umdlali weTennis uAkhtar Ali uthi, ndadibana naye ngo-1955 eJaipur. Wandibuza ukuba ndingathanda na ukukhuphisana kwiJunior Wimbledon ngaloo nyaka. Ndamxelela ngokuphandle ukuba andinawo amandla emali okukhuphisana eLondon. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa, uye wabhengeza epatini ukuba ndiza kuya kwiJunior Wimbledon. Ndiphulukene nesiqingatha somdlalo kwaye ndophuka. UGayatri Devi wayebukele umdlalo. Undithuthuzele kwaye waxhasa uhambo lwam kunyaka olandelayo! Wayedla ngokuthi, ‘Imali ayinakuthenga yonke into, kodwa imali inokuthenga oko kunokuthengwa yimali’.
IIMFOTO: Umthombo: The Times of India Group, Copyright (c) 2016, Bennett, Coleman & Co.
