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Early lifeShe was born in a Bengali Hindu family .She was daughter of the Brahmo Samaj reformer Maharshi Keshub Chandra Sen of Calcutta. She married the Maharaja of Mayurbhanj State, Shri Sriram Chandra Bhanj Deo (1871-1912) in 1904, which was the Maharaja's second marriage after the death of his first wife.[2] From her marriage with the Maharaja, she had one son and two daughters. Their only son, Maharaj Kumar Dhrubendra Bhanj Deo (1908-1945), was a Royal Air Force pilot, who died in action during World War II.[2]She spent major portion of her life in Mayurbhanj Palace, which was royal residence of rulers of Mayurbhanj State. She and her sister, the Maharani of Koch Bihar, Suniti Devi, were noted for their elegant style of dressing.[3] WorkShe and her sister Suniti Devi founded the Maharani Girls' High School at Darjeeling in 1908.[4] Maharani Sucharu Devi, was elected as the President of Bengal Women's Education League in 1931. Also, after the sudden death of his sister, Suniti Devi, in 1932, she was elected as President of All Bengal Women's Union.[5] InCalcutta she was known as a women's rights activist like her contemporaries Charulata Mukherjee, Saroj Nalini Dutt, T. R. Nelly, her sister, Suniti Devi, the Maharani of Cooch Behar.[6] She died in 1961.[6] References1. ^{{cite book|title=Sucharu Devi, Maharani of Mayurbhanj: a biography|year=1979|url=https://books.google.com/?id=JjQbAAAAMAAJ&dq=suniti+devi+cooch+behar&q=born#search_anchor|last1=Kaye|first1=Joyoti Devi}} 2. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/m/mayurbhanj.html | title=Mayurbhanj}} 3. ^{{cite book|year=2010|publisher=The Many Worlds of Sarala Devi/The Tagores and Sartorial Styles By Sukhendu Ray, Malavika Karlekar, Bharati Ray|pages=76|url=https://books.google.com/?id=U2pDxinD28AC&pg=PA76&dq=suniti+devi+cooch+behar#v=onepage&q=suniti%20devi%20%20&f=false|title=The Many Worlds of Sarala Devi: A Diary : Translated from the Bengali Jeevaner Jharapata|isbn=9788187358312}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=The Indian Princes and Their States, Volume 3 By Barbara N. Ramusack|year=2004|pages=144|url=https://books.google.com/?id=Kz1-mtazYqEC&pg=PA144&dq=suniti+devi+cooch+behar#v=onepage&q=suniti%20devi%20cooch%20behar&f=false|isbn=9781139449083|last1=Ramusack|first1=Barbara N.}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=The women's movement and colonial politics in Bengal: the quest for political rights, education, and social reform legislation, 1921-1936|year=1995|pages=157|url=https://books.google.com/?id=ckK3AAAAIAAJ&q=Sucharu+Devi,+Maharani+of+Mayurbhanj&dq=Sucharu+Devi,+Maharani+of+Mayurbhanj|last1=Southard|first1=Barbara}} 6. ^1 {{cite book|title=Pandita Ramabai Saraswati: her life and work|year=1970|pages=65|url=https://books.google.com/?id=TD9IAQAAIAAJ&dq=Sucharu+Devi%2C+Maharani+of+Mayurbhanj+died&q=Sucharu+Devi#search_anchor|isbn=9780210226117|last1=Sengupta|first1=Padmini Sathianadhan}} 22 : Indian female royalty|1874 births|1961 deaths|Queen mothers|History of Odisha|People from Kolkata|Indian women's rights activists|Indian women activists|Bengali people|Brahmos|Founders of Indian schools and colleges|Indian women philanthropists|Indian philanthropists|Bengali Hindus|Indian women educational theorists|19th-century Indian educational theorists|20th-century Indian educational theorists|Educators from West Bengal|People buried at Brahmo Cemetery, Nabodebalaya|19th-century Indian royalty|20th-century Indian royalty|Women educators from West Bengal |
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