Background
Kumari’s father ensured that she received modern education along with her male siblings at home.
Kumari’s father ensured that she received modern education along with her male siblings at home.
She was not, however, bound by the traditional restrictions of the Purdah. Kumari is vice-president of the latter’s Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ Public School in Jaipur. Kumari was active in the socio-economic uplift of the Rajput community and is the vice-president of the Rajput Sabha.
Like her contemporaries in Indian royalty she remained interested in the preservation of wildlife and jungle habitat.
She managed a small estate near Kota called Nawal Bagh, which had been bequeathed to her by Maharao Bhim Singh. The royal residence of Umaid Bhawan was converted into a hotel but she continued to reside in the upper portions of the palace until her death in January 2012.
Kumari died on the evening of 12 January 2012. She had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Bharat Vikas Parishad Hospital in Kota on 9 January following a deterioration in the functioning of her kidneys.
On the afternoon 12 January she was brought back by her family to her residence, the Ummed Bhawan Palace, without any improvement in her condition and the doctors declaring her death only a matter of time.
Her last rites were performed on 13 January 2012.