“Rani Durgawati had everything modern India should adore and be proud of: Then why was she forgotten?”, First Post, June 26, 2023:

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday, 27 June 2023, for several programmes, including flagging off two Vande Bharat trains, but most importantly for taking part in the concluding ceremony of the Rani Durgawati Gaurav Yatra in Shahdol.

The six-day yatra was launched by the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government on 22 June, with the chief minister also marking 24 June — when Rani Durgawati is believed to have died while fighting the Mughals in the mid-16th century — as a day of sacrifice.

So, who was Rani Durgawati?

One won’t be surprised if most of us shrug our shoulders — in ignorance, in disdain, or even in indifference. This despite the fact that Rani Durgawati was the ruler of “one of the two largest Hindu kingdoms in medieval India, the other being Vijayanagara”, writes author Nandini Sengupta in her just released book, Rani Durgawati: The Forgotten Life of a Warrior Queen (Penguin, Rs 499)…..”

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