Indira of Baroda - Children

Children

Indira was the mother of three daughters and two sons.

1. Her elder son, Jagaddipendra Narayan, succeeded his father as Maharaja of Cooch Behar, and was the last ruling prince of his dynasty; Cooch Behar was merged with the dominion of India (later the union of India) during his reign. He had no legitimate children, and was succeeded by his nephew Virajendra.
2. The second son, Indrajitendra, married a daughter of the Maharaja of Pithapuram estate in present-day Andhra Pradesh. They were the parents of Virajendra and also of Uttara Devi, Maharani of Kotah in Rajasthan.
3. Indira's eldest daughter, Ila, married the Maharaja of Tripura. Her son took for wife the actress Moon Moon Sen; they are the parents of Bollywood starlets Raima and Riya.
4. Indira's second daughter, Gayatri, became the third wife of the Maharaja of Jaipur, and was a noted celebrity in her own right.
5. Indira's youngest daughter Menaka married the Maharaja of Dewas Jr in central India.

Prince Jitendra's elder brother Raj Rajendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur ascended the 'gaddi' (throne) of the Cooch Behar state after his father Maharaja Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur's death in 1911. Raj Rajendra Narayan attended Mayo College, Ajmer; Eton and Oxford and was very westernised. He was in London for many years and puportedly had an affair with an American actress Edna May. But the Cooch Behar royal authority did not grant him permission to marry her lest he would be dethroned. He developed massive alcohol consumption and fell seriously ill. He died few months after his younger brother Prince Jitendra Narayan's marriage with Princess Indira Devi Gaekwad of Baroda in 1913. He was only 32.