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Naikidevi: The Queen who Defeated Muhammad Ghori
A Goa-born Queen of Gujarat, little is known about Naikidevi, who defeated Muhammad Ghori, 14 years before he could lay the foundation of the Sultanate of Delhi. There isn’t even an image of what she looked like, but here is what we do know
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Tarabai: Saving the Maratha Empire
Rarely remembered, and often eclipsed by the other Maratha greats, Queen Tarabai, Chhatrapati Shivaji’s younger daughter-in-law, saved and revived an empire by sheer force, grit and will.
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Naganika: The Queen Who Left a Mark
Coins tell many stories. Take the story of the first queen to have issued a coin in India. The Satavahana Queen Naganika lived in the 1st BCE. Little was known about her till an inscription was found...
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Jhansi’s Forgotten Child
Rani Lakshmibai, the feisty and fierce Queen of Jhansi has been venerated since her heroic death on 18th June 1858. But what happened to her beloved son, who she fought for?