Written by london Swaminathan
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Date: 25 NOVEMBER 2019
Time in London – 18-12
Post No. 7261
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In 712 CE, the Arab general Muhammad ibn – Qasim defeated Dahir (real name Dadhiraja), King of Sind, who was killed in the battle field of Rawar after a valiant fight against the Arab invaders. Dahir’s queen Rani Bhai (also knowns Ladi or Mai) was then besieged by the Arabs in the fort of Rawar. The heroic queen continued the struggle with only fifteen thousand soldiers in the fort. But the Arabs continued the siege vigorously. At last the queen lost all hopes of defending herself. According to CHACHNAMAH , she then assembled the women in the fort and addressed them in the following words:–
“God forbid that we should owe our liberty to those out caste cow eaters, our honour will be lost. Our respite is at an end, and there is nowhere any hope to escape. Let us collect wood, cotton and oil; for I think we should burn ourselves and go to meet our husbands. If any wishes to save herself, she may”. The queen and the ladies then entered into a house, where they burnt themselves to vindicate their honour. Probably she set an example for Rani Padmini, of 13th century who did the same several hundred years after Rani Bai. In Tamil Nadu, Queen of Chenji King Desing Rajan also entered her husband’s funeral pyre to avoid Muslim invaders.
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Jhalkari bhai served in the army of Rani Lakshmi Bhai
THE WOMAN WHO WAS NAMED AFTER HER NATIVE PLACE MITHILAPURI – QUEEN SITA DEVI ALIAS MYTHILI
KELADI CHENNAMMA OF KELADI KINGDOM, KARNATAKA -1659 CE
GREAT QUEEN OF KAKADIYA DYNASTY – RUDRAMA DEVI– 1259 CE
DAUGHTER OF DRUPADA; MOST FAMOUS WOMAN IN MAHABHARATA- DRAUPADI
MAYA’S DAUGHTER; RESIDENT OF LANKA; ONE OF FIVE HOLY WOMEN REMEMBERED BY HINDUS EVERYDAY—QUEEN MANDODARI
VALI’S WIFE; PART OF FIVE GREAT WOMEN – QUEEN TARA DEVI
THIS WOMAN’S ANOTHER NAME IS PRUTHA IN MAHABHARATA – QUEEN KUNTI DEVI ALIAS PRUTHA
A WOMAN WHO USED SWANS TO SEND LOVE LETTERS—QUEEN DAMAYANTI
A FOREST BEAUTY AND THE HEROINS OF KALIDASA’S MOST FAMOUS DRAMA- QUEEN SAKUNTALA
LEGENDARY QUEEN OF GREAT KING UDAYANA OF SIXTH CENTURY BCE, CONTEMPORARY OF BUDDHA – VASAVADATTA
KING HARSHAVARDHANA’S SISTER, WHO HARSHA RESCUED FROM FOREST- RAJYA SHRI
FIRST WAR CORRESPONDENT OF INDIA WHO ACCOMPANIED HER HUSBAND AND WROTE MATHURA VIJAYAM- LIVE COMMENTARY ON DESTRUCTION OF MUSLIM RULE IN MADURAI—QUEEN GANGA DEVI
26.GREAT WOMAN FROM KANDAHAR IN AFGHANISTAN WHO BLINDFOLDED HERSELF BECAUSE HER HUSBAND WAS BLIND—QUEEN GANDHARI
MOTHER OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA, WIFE OF SUDDHODANA – QUEEN MAYA DEVI
THIS WOMAN WAS VIBBISHANA’S DAUGHTER AND GAVE POSITIVE THOUGHTS TO SITA DEVI WHENEVER SHE BECAME SUICIDAL– PRINCESS TRIJADA
GREAT MALWA QUEEN WHO LED ARMIES WHEN HER HUSBAND KAHNDERAO HOLKAR WAS KILLED IN A BATTLE— AHALYABHAI
JHANSI KI RANI’ WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE BRITISH; HEROINE OF 1857 FIRTST WAR OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE; WAR AGAINST THE BRITISH– RANI LAKSHMIBHAI
GREAT QUEEN OF KITTOOR IN KARNATAKA WHO FOUGHT AGAINST THE BRITISH– CHITTOOR RANI CHENNAMMA
A GREAT DEVOTEE OF SHIVA AND QUEEN OF PANDYA KING WHO REVIVED SAIVISM IN PANDYA KINGDOM –– MANGAYARKARASI
FIRST QUEEN TO FIGHT AGAINST THE BRITISH; RULED IN RAMANATHAPURAM AREA OF TAMIL NADU– RANI VELU NACHIAR
GREAT PRINCESS WHO INSPIRED THE MIGHTY CHOZA KING RAJARAJA TO BUILD SHIVA TEMPLE IN THANJAVUR; PERSONALLY DONATED TO VARIOUS TEMPLES- .KUNTAVAI
FAMOUS QUEEN OF MADURAI WHO WAS KNOWN FOR HER BUILDING WORK IN MADURAI– RANI MANGAMMAL
A WOMAN WHO INSPIRES MILLIONS OF HINDUS EVEN TODAY BY SACRIFICING HERSELF IN FIRE TO SAVE HER HONOUR FROM ALAUDDINN KHILJI, MUSLIM INVADER.— CHITTOOR RANI PADMINI (PADMAVATI)
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