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Tara Devi of Jammu and Kashmir

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Queen Tara Devi
Queen Consort of Kashmir
Queen Consort of Kashmir
Tenure04 August 1927 — 17 November 1952
Born1910
Bijapur, Kingdom of Kangra, Empire of India
Died1967(1967-00-00) (aged 56–57)
Amar Mahal Palace, Jammu, State of Kashmir, Republic of India
SpouseHari Singh I of Kashmir
(m. 1927, sep. 1950 - 1961; his death)
IssueKaran Singh, Crown Prince of Kashmir
HouseHouse of Katoch
House of Dogra-Kashmir (by marriage)
FatherPrince Bali Ram Chandra Katoch

Tara Devi (1910-1967) was an Indian queen as Consort of the Indian princely state of Kashmir, the fourth wife of Maharaja Hari Singh I and mother of Crown Prince Karan Singh.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ Poddar, Abhishek; Gaskell, Nathaniel; Pramod Kumar, K. G; Museum of Art & Photography (Bangalore, India) (2015). "Indore". Maharanis: women of royal India. Ahmedabad: Mapin Publishing. pp. 123–125. ISBN 978-93-85360-06-0. OCLC 932267190.
  2. ^ KG, Pramod Kumar (2012). Posing for posterity: Royal Indian portraits. London: Roli Books. p. 244. ISBN 9788174368782.
  3. ^ Dar, Waseem Ahmad; Arif, Mohd (August 2021). "Representation of women in Karan Singh's Autobiography". Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry. 12 (7): 12548–12556. ISSN 1309-6591.
  4. ^ "No. 37598". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1946. p. 2763.
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Queen Tara Devi
Born: 1910 Died: 1967
Indian royalty
Vacant
Title last held by
Princess Bishen Devi of Chamba
Queen Consort of Kashmir
04 August 1927 — 17 November 1952
Monarchy abolished