Manmohini Devi

Khuman Chanu Manmohini
Royal portrait c. 1880

Maharani Khuman Chanu Manmohini Devi was the third Maharani consort of Tripura through her marriage to Maharaja Birchandra Manikya. She was a contemporary royal photographer who choreographed her self-portraits with the Maharaja[1] and was considered the first Indian woman who mastered the art of photography.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Sinha, Gayatri (7 September 2019). "Maharaja Ram Singh II of Jaipur was a radical pioneer of photography". The Hindu.
  2. ^ Bureau (12 April 2018). "DID YOU KNOW India's 1st female photographer was probably from Northeast India!". The Northeast Today. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "A Woman In 19th Century Bengal Paved The Way For The First Female Photographers In India". homegrown.co.in. 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Did you know Kolkata produced the first professional female photographer of India?". Get Bengal. 8 December 2019.
  5. ^ Kumar, K. G. Pramod; G, Pramod Kumar K. Posing for Posterity: Royal Indian Portraits. Lustre Press. ISBN 978-81-7436-878-2.

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