Rajkumari Devi Biography 
Rajkumari Devi is an agriculturist from Bihar, who has been honoured with Padma Shri in 2019 and awarded the Kisan Shree by Bihar government earlier. Nicknamed 'bicycle aunt' and then 'Kisan aunt', she is quite a popular figure in the state of Bihar. Over the years Rajkumari Devi has become the ideal for the society, after receiving a few early setbacks. The farmer's aunt who woke up the revolution among the farmers today is the ideal of thousands of women of the country.
Her success story began after her marriage. She got married at the age of 15 and didn’t conceive in the first nine years of marriage. For that she faced bad behaviour from in-laws. As her husband was unemployed, to support the family she stepped out of the house threshold. She was excluded from society and family later. But it was the strong will of that daughter-in-law which made her a reputed person of the society where she lives. She started making small farm products with agriculture. Cycle picked up and started the sale by going to Fair-Pramla and home-house. But it didn’t give her much benefits. Papaya farming and flour production were some of their early failed attempts.
She joined an Agricultural University, learned tricks of farming in a modern way and got into this field. She also trained women of her locality. The situation began to change. Later she got three children, two daughters and one son. She got into pickle and marmalade business and succeeded in this field. She was once called by actor Amitabh Bachchan who appreciated her work over phone. Her efforts have been recognized by former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi also.
Published: January 31, 2019
Updated: January 31, 2019
