Personal Life
His first marriage took place privately at Cooch-Behar, 1949 to Nancy Valentine of New York, who was a former screen actress. A daughter was born but did not survive and the couple separated in 1952. His second marriage took place privately in London in 1956 to Georgina May Egan, who had been educated at Cambridge University. The marriage was made public in 1960, and his wife was recognised as Maharani together with the style of Her Highness in January 1960. Maharani Gina Narayan settled in Spain after 1980. She died there in 2013.
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