In 1944, she was awarded the Empire of India Medal for her work in raising funds for Indian soldiers in the Second World War.

[1] Sita Devi was born in 1915 to the Hindu Rajput Raja Uday Raj Singh of Kashipur, Uttarakhand.

"[4] That year Cathleen Mann's sketch of her was displayed at the New English Art Club show at the Suffolk Street Galleries.

[8][9][10] The couturier Elsa Schiaparelli was so dazzled by Sita Devi that the gowns of the designer’s 1935 collection were constructed like Indian saris.

[11] In early 1939, at Lady Mendl's tea in honor of the Hollywood dietitian, Gayelord Hauser, Sita Devi was listed among the twelve most glamorous women in the world.