Paris falls for glamour of India’s modernist Maharajah, a patron of the arts in the 1930s

Yeshwant Rao Holkar II and his wife Sanyogita Devi of Indore are remembered for their worldliness, which is celebrated in 'The Modern Maharajah' exhibition in Paris. Photo: AFP

They were India’s golden couple of the 1920s and 1930s, two beautiful people who cut a wildly glamorous dash across the globe, being photographed by Man Ray and sipping cocktails with Hollywood stars.

The extraordinary lives and impeccable taste of the Maharajah of Indore and his Maharani, Sanyogita Devi, are celebrated in a spectacular new exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris.