# Princess Indira Devi of Kapurthala

> Indira Devi of Kapurthala, affectionately known as the Radio Princess, was an Indian socialite and princess, the eldest grandchild of Maharaja Jagatjit Singh of the princely state of Kapurthala in Punjab, British India. During the Second World War she was recruited as a political correspondent to George Orwell, for the India team of the BBC. There, she became a regular broadcaster of the programme The Debate Continues from the House of Commons, and Hello Punjab, a programme in Hindustani for the British Indian Army. With Narayana Menon she hosted the Indian Service musical programmes.

*Indian princess and radio presenter (1912–1979)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1912-02-26
- **Died:** 1979-09-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 75.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7733888/ (@nm7733888)

## Sources
- [ਕਪੂਰਥਲਾ ਦੀ ਇੰਦਰਾ ਦੇਵੀ](https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%82%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%87%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%B5%E0%A9%80)
- [Indira Devi of Kapurthala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Devi_of_Kapurthala)
- [Indira Devi de Kapurthala](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indira_Devi_de_Kapurthala)
- [کپورتھلہ کی اندرا دیوی](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%BE%D9%84%DB%81_%DA%A9%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C)
- [کپورتھلہ دی اندرا دیوی](https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%DA%BE%D9%84%DB%81_%D8%AF%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C)
- [ఇందిరా దేవి (కపుర్తలా)](https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%87%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF_(%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BE))
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113164512)

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