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'''Maharani Chimnabai''' (1871 – 23 August 1958), also known as '''Chimnabai II''', was the second wife of [[Sayajirao Gaekwad]] and [[Maharani]] of [[Baroda]].<br />
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A progressive woman, she worked toward education for girls, abolishing the purdah system and child marriage, and she also became the first president of the [[All India Women's Conference]] (AIWC) in 1927.<ref>{{cite web | title = Past Presidents | publisher = AIWC: All India Women's Conference | url = http://www.aiwc.org.in/past-presidents.html | accessdate = 2014-03-19 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140319132613/http://www.aiwc.org.in/past-presidents.html | archivedate = 19 March 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="ForbesForbes1999">{{cite book|author1=Geraldine Forbes|author2=Geraldine Hancock Forbes|title=Women in Modern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hjilIrVt9hUC&pg=PA79|date=28 April 1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-65377-0|pages=79–}}</ref><br />
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Born as Shrimant Gajrabai Devi, daughter of Shrimant Sardar Bajirao Amritrao Ghatge, Sarjerao, of Dewas senior. Her daughter [[Indira Devi]] become the consort of Maharaja [[Jitendra Narayan]], Maharaja of [[Cooch Behar]].<br />
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==Works==<br />
* {{cite book|author1=Chimnabai II (Maharani of Baroda.)|author2=Siddha Mohana Mitra|title=Position Of Women In Indian Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UnZ7tEbHxHMC|year=2005|publisher=Cosmo Publications|isbn=978-81-307-0094-6}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*[[Lucy Moore (historian)|Moore, Lucy]] (2004) ''Maharanis: the lives and times of three generations of Indian princesses''. London: Viking {{ISBN|0-670-91287-5}}<br />
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[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]</div>>Peter Ormond