AHILYABAI HOLKAR

MAHARANI AHILYABAI
HOLKAR ( 31 MAY 1725 – 13
AUGUST 1795 ) WAS THE
HOLKAR QUEEN OF THE
MARATHA MALWA
KINGDOM ,INDIA . RAJMATA
AHILYABAI WAS BORN IN A
VILLAGE OF CHONDI IN
JAMKHED.
AHMEDNAGAR,MAHARASHT-
RA. SHE MOVED THE CAPITAL
TO MAHESHWAR SOUTH OF
INDORE ON THE NARMADA
RIVER.
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KHANDERAO HOLKAR WAS
KILLED IN A BATTLE OF
KUMBHER IN 1754. TWELVE
YEARS LATER, HER FATHER IN
LAW , MALHA RAO HOLKAR ,
DIED. A YEAR AFTER THAT,
SHE WAS CROWNED AS THE
QUEEN OF MALWA KINGDOM.
SHE TRIED TO PROTECT HER
KINGDOM FROM PLUNDERING
INVADERS . SHE PERSONALLY
LED ARIMES INTO BATTLES .
SHE APPOINTED TUKOJIRAO
AS THE CHIEF OF THE ARMY.
RANI AHILYA BAI WAS A GREAT
PIONEER AND BUILDER OF HINDU
TEMPLES . SHE BUILT HUNDREDS
OF TEMPLES AND DHARMSHALAS
THROUGHOUT INDIA. IN 1745,
SHE GAVE BIRTH TO THEIR SON
MALE RAO HOLKAR AND IN 1748
TO A GIRL, MUKTABAI HOLKAR .
MALERAO WAS METALLY UNWELL
AND DIED OF HIS ILLNESS IN
1767. AHILYABAI BROKE ANOTHER
TRADITION WHEN SHE MARRIED
HER DAUGHTER TO
YASHWANTRAO A BRAVE BUT
POOR MAN AFTER HE SUCCEEDED
IN DEFEATING THE DACOITS.
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