Rani Parvati Devi Deskit Wangmo (1 May 1934 – 5 November 2024) was an Indian royal and politician who was the Queen mother of Ladakh.
[4] Only an independent candidate stood against her and she defeated him by a margin of 2,877 votes (polling 23,130 against his 20,253) to become the first woman MP from Ladakh.
[5][6] Devi and Begum Akbar Jehan Abdullah were the only Jammu & Kashmir women to win the 1977 election.
[9][10] Parvati married the titular king of Ladakh, Kunzang Namgyal on 10 July 1950, who turned out to be an alcoholic and died at the age of 48, leaving behind Devi and their four children (two sons and two daughters).
He took the matter to the court and eventually, in an out-of-court settlement, gained possession of a part of the family property.