Purnima Devi
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Purnima Devi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 May 1884 |
| Died | 24 November 1972 (aged 88) |
Purnima Devi whose maiden name was Sudakshina Devi (1884–1972), was the youngest child of noted Brahmo Hemendranath Tagore, and niece of Rabindranath Tagore, thus part of the main Tagore family.[1]
She was married to Sir Jwala Prasada, Zamindar of Shahjahanpur and an Imperial Civil Service (ICS) officer.[2] She was later awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind Medal by the British Raj[3]
Her only child, a son, Kunwar Jyoti Prasada, married Rajkumari Pamela Devi of Kapurthala State.[citation needed] Her elder grandson, Jitendra Prasada (deceased), was a Congress politician and member 5th, 7th, 8th, 13th Lok Sabha. Her younger grandson, Jayendra Prasada (deceased), was an agriculturalist and his family continues to live in the main ancestral house, Prasada Bhawan, in Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her eldest great grandson, son of Jayendra Prasada, Jayesh Prasada, was a Member of Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad from the Pilibhit-Shahjahanpur constituency. Her youngest great grandson, son of Jitendra Prasada, Jitin Prasada is a member of the Bhartaiya Janata Party and Minister for Technical Education in the Uttar Pradesh government.[2][4][5]
Prasada Family
- Kunwar Jitendra Prasada (deceased).(Elder grandson of Purnima Devi, son of Kunwar Jyori Prasada) Member of Parliament. Vice-president Congress Party. Married Kunwarani Kanta Prasada.
- Kunwar Jitin Prasada. (Son of Kunwar Jitendra Prasada) Member of UP State Legislative Council. Minister for Technical Education, Uttar Pradesh Government.
Early life and education
Smt. Purnima Jwala Prasada was born on 13 May 1884, at No. 6, Dwarkanath Tagore's Lane, Jorasanko, Calcutta to Hemendranath Tagore (1844–1884) of Jorasanko Thakur Bari and elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore, and son of Debendranath Tagore founder of Brahmo Samaj.
Purnima Devi was educated at the Loretto Convent, a school for European Girls at Park Street, Calcutta, as a day scholar and in addition to English she knew Bengali, Sanskrit, Urdu, Hindi, French, Piano and Violin. She passed the Cambridge Trinity College Music Examination.