Ahilyabai Holkar, Maharani of Indore, India
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Ahilyabai was born a commoner but was chosen as the bride of a prince at the age of 8. When her Husband was killed in battle she was convinced not to commit sati by throwing herself on his funeral pyre. She instead became a warrior princess and studied statecraft. When her father-in-law and then son died, she became the ruler of Indore. Her just rule, love of peace, care for her people and numerous building projects have made her famous across India.
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As someone from Indore, this makes me immensely happy
Me too I am also from Indore
Good for y’all.
Hats off to her father in law who not only wins the award for best possible in law, but also an award for one of the most progressive men of his time. Not only did he view his daughter in law as his own child and a valued member of his house, but a political equal as well. Definitely unheard of in (Most) European countries at the time. What an amazing and powerful woman! India was blessed to have her
Even begging her not to commit suicide when it was expected of her at those times. I wonder if he knew she would lead the country to glory.
As an Indore native, thank you 🙏🏽for giving the spotlight to this Queen. She was a true Devi in every sense. ALSO: Lindsay thank you for your attempts at proper pronunciation. This is really important and you showed respect. One more reason I adore your channel. ♥️
Even in Maharashtra people call her as mother
Your name doesn't seem Indian tho.
@@infinite5795 her name does, not her surname. She's probably a Christian.
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Why does it matter?
@@srijeetasikder2678 we don't need to appropriate mere 2k old cultures absolutely. Her religion is her choice 💯, but please tell such people not to claim my 10000 year old heritage as her own, we are not so cheap and we are not an ABRAHAMIC civilization. It hurts when these Abrahamics apply baseless narratives stealing my rich heritage as their own, when they or their ancestors fought hard to destroy. Hinduism is the first religion on earth, also being the 1st secular, tolerant faith who supports vegetarianism and yoga; these people have made a mess of what have been pure Hindu traditional/religious practices; while we never go on destroying cultures. when Her heritage is Roman, not Indian per se, she must focus on that, although she is free to live in our country and talk s*it about it.
Do not forget, we are the only living and flourishing civilization who can independently trace their history, culture and ethics, without any dint of Abrahamic influences.
If half of the rich people in the world had her principles they could change so many lives
There is one wealthy man in the country who is attempting to donate his money to a construction project in the USA to make magnetic speed trains.
We need someone like Ahilyabai now more than ever
What a woman! Thank so much for bringing these great queen to us. I have never heard of her and I am ashamed not to know such great woman. Your legacy will live on forever. Thanks Lindsay.
Man I was so glad when the grown man chose the 8 year old girl for his son and not himself like how these stories often went
Lol that was my concern , phew😅
Har husband was around 10 year old there was no big gap in their age
I know right, I was so nervous at that part.
Same here 😅
*vigorous nodding*
This was fascinating. What a remarkable woman; she had pretty much everything you’d want in a monarch. I’ve always considered myself a history buff, but I appreciate it when you cover parts of history that have often been overlooked in traditional Western history, like women in history and non-European history. I learned a lot here, thanks!
If you're going to continue with queens from the East, I hope you'll do Rani Lakshmibai soon! She's an absolute icon here in India!
Am curious now
I am from India and I respect her so much 🥰 Thank you so much for this video ✌️☺️
She sounds like a wise woman ❤
It was sad she had to end her son though.
@@brettlarch8050 Alternate theories on Malerao's death exist. Some say that Malerao died due to a mysterious fever.
Hey Lindsey . I am a history lover and a subscriber of your channel. I really admire the way you put all the history together. I'm an Indian and I'm delighted to see you finally taking an interest in our indian history. Can't wait for you to make more videos on a few of other queens of india who challenged norms to etch their names in history like
1.Rani Abbakka Chowta
2.Rani Tarabai Bhosle
3.Maharani Laxmi Bad
4.Sethu Laxmi Bai
5.Rani Chennamma
6.Rani Durgavati
Just naming a few of them.
Love this story, and the fact that she didn’t live as a “wife” when she was married as a kid
I love it when Lindsay makes non-Euro centric videos! I had never heard of Ahilyabai before.
Wow, I'm Indian and I didn't know much about her.. ❤️❤️
Search about Ahom Princess Joymoti from Assam, India. She is legendary woman... 🙏🙏💚💚
There is serial in Marathi , made on much factual accounts, I think it’s on Sony live & might have subtitles.
Thank you picking her , she was an extraordinary woman
Hey Lindsey I know you do videos about good queens but can you do videos about queens who were evil? For example Mary I of England was seen as evil and called bloody Mary but I feel like there is more to there backstories but that doesn't excuse there actions for what they did during there reign.
Nah. Too much stuff is made of evil queens already. Bored of it.
Also...we can't really judge historical figures to our modern standards. If you lived during Mary's time and were Catholic, you most likely would have had the same beliefs as her. Also, you probably would have been scared of witches haha. Culture is the air we breathe and affects our behavior more than anything else.
@@RoseofSeattle maybe for you but I would still like to see videos of evil queens and how they got there way to power.
She did a video on Mary I, if I’m not mistaken- if it wasn’t a video just about Mary, she covered her pretty in-depth during the Tudor dynasty videos
@@Kiblaze0720 yeah but I meant other queens who were evil not just Mary I.
Thank you for bring Queens of the World back! Love this fantastic series!
How much I learn from you. I retired from teaching 8 years ago but my desire to be a life long learner has been bolstered by your wonderful videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge along with a touch of humor to make this so interesting. You are educating all of us!
Hello Deborah
Yay! I'm so glad that you brought back Queens of the World! 👸 Queen Ahilyabai(I really hope I spelled that right) was a wonderful Indian queen/empress. ❤️💕❤️ And may I say, she had one awesome father in law! Her husband was pretty cool too! I can't believe I never knew about this wonderful Indian queen until now! Now I want to know more about Indian queens! ❤️👑❤️
Fascinating account of this inspirational lady. We in the West are woefully ignorant of the history of the Indian subcontinent, so this is a welcome correction.
I wasn’t expecting this. It was really interesting and, unfortunate to hear about her family.
She was one impressive Queen and seems like the most capable ruler after her father-in-law. Surprised to know that she had better foresight than peshwa…he should’ve listened to her. It would be interesting to learn about the steps that led up to the British colonisation in India and what happened after.
Encouraged suicide or straight up murder at the death of a husband…wow. That’s really messed up.
Thank you so much for doing your best to pronounce all these names correctly. So often I see history channels and podcasts that don't even bother, and it makes me trust them less as a learning resource. I really appreciate your effort and the thought you put into this!
It's very hard to get all the pronunciation right. I'm Thai and our language was derived from a mixture of many languages especially Pali and Sanskrit, so I can recognize many of these words (we still call our king and queen (maha) raja and rajini, and our airport is called Suvarnabhumi lol). Yet, I would still struggle to get everything right.
India has always fascinated me as a country. I love their dress, their food, their culture, their history. I just love it. My biggest reason I love them is because I am a vegetarian and most of them because of the Sikh religion are vegetarians. So easy to have dinner with them. Thanks for this Lindsay.
In India even people who are non vegetarian eat very less meat compared to Americans....a typical non vegetarian household might only eat meat or fish once or twice a week. So majority of the cuisine is vegetarian....tho there are kickass non vegetarian choices
That’s great! But just adding that the Sikh religion actually only represents a part of India (Punjab). Another religion that also has great veg dishes is Hindu (which is a bit more widespread to different regions of India and thought of as the nation’s main religion).
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I read there’s an entire vegetarian town.
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Please forgive my ignorance if it offended.
@@umi8 food has no religion, just region
I just shared this with my sister and my brother-in-law is from India.
Thanks for including Indian queens
wow this lady was awesome! great video! I honeslty would love to learn more about Indian royalty
Could you just IMAGINE what the world could be like if all leaders were like her?!
You should do a video on Gayatri Devi or other Ranis in India. In her youth, Gayatri Devi was deemed as one of the most beautiful women in the world. She was photographed by Cecil Beaton from LIFE magazine. She was a feminist, activist, style icon, tomboy, and patron of the arts.
I had commented ages ago in one of your videos to make a video on Ahilyabai. I thought that since I wasn't your patron, my comment has been ignored. I can't describe my happiness to see my wish granted.
Hey Lindsay, can you do a video about Maharani Gayatri Devi? She was amongst the most glamorous women in the 50s and at one point named one of the most beautiful women in the world by Vogue.
I'm so happy you finally a indian queen~
I hope you see this Lindsay. I know it has been such a busy couple of weeks for content creators like you. I just want to say I appreciate all of the hard work you have put in for these videos.
Indian has many strong women, it would be great if there were more videos about them.
The Peshwa was akin to the Shogun, whereas the Chathrapathi was the equivalent of a fugurehead emperor, by Ahilyabhai's time.
Thanks for sharing this phenomenal woman with us. I'd never heard of her. Politicians these days could learn a thing or two from her example.
This was great! Thank you for telling me about such a strong and wise woman I would never have known about if not for you. India has some really strong women in their history! I would love it if you did more about India's Raj.
an absolute queen!! we should all be learning about her
A real life Daenerys Targaryen.
Peoples around the world should be taught these parts of history.
You should add the Maharani to your "All Hail The Queens" sticker!! Loved the vid
Lindsay never fails to entertain us with her videos ❤️
I can’t tell you how much I’m loving learning about world queens. Thank you.
Hi Lindsay! I highly suggest doing a video on Joanna I of Naples!! She was a very tragic interested, powerful women that stood up to the pope, the King of Hungary, and her husbands!
Wow. The king literally saw something about her that was exceptional. He chose wisely. She reminds me of Elizabeth I
She was the almost exactly the opposite. Lol.
YES, my favourite series is back! Thank you Lindsay :D!
Yay! I love learning about other cultures
Thank you for doing other Queens Lindsay this is great!💜
Thankyou for doing such great unique videos on queens and royalty that are not often heard of. It’s nice to learn history about different people
Thank you for this Lindsey. It's really nice to see you covering Indian Kings and Queens. Please continue doing so in the days to come. Love your channel ❤❤
I love this! I never even knew her existence nor many Indian monarchs for that matter. Thank you Lindsay for bringing such figures to light
Her life would be an awesome movie!
A brilliant leader! Thanks for the insightful video yet again Lindsay! I hope you will one day cover the very vast and complex Chinese dynasties and rulers!
As an Indian, I detected these inaccuracies
1) The Maratha Empire was created by Shivaji Bhonsale, who assumed the title of Chhatrapati or Emperor in 1674. The term Peshwa actually denoted the prime minister of the Chhatrapati. During the reign of Shivaji's grandson Shahu, Peshwa Baji Rao I single-handedly expanded Maratha rule out of the Konkan area into Central India & the Deccan by military conquests, taking advantage of infighting among the Mughals following the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, weakening of Mughal authority following sacking of Delhi by Nader Shah from Persia in 1739, uprising of Sikhs, Jaths & Rajputs and declaration of independence by the Mughal governors of Oudh, Bengal & Hyderabad. Following Shahu's death, Baji Rao's son Balaji Baji Rao reduced Shahu's adopted grandson, Chhatrapati Pratapsingh into a mere figurehead & assumed powers of both the government & army, assisting the heavily-weakened Mughals in driving out the Afghans out of Delhi. Since then the Peshwa became the supreme authority in the Maratha Empire.
2) Malharrao Holkar hailed from a Maratha soldier family of peasant caste & was initially a bodyguard of Peshwa Baji Rao I, when he was appointed him the subedar (governor) of Indore. The term maharaja was applied to him posthumously by his descendants.
3) The practice of sati has its roots in Hindu scriptures but it mostly spread as a means by upper-caste Hindu women to avoid rape & enslavement by Muslim invaders, after their male relatives had been slaughtered in battlefield. However Muktabai committed sati in 1790 because she was depressed at the death of her only son a few months ago & completely broken down at the death of her husband.
4) The photo shown to be that of Malharrao Holkar's is actually that of Yashwantrao Holkar, son of Ahilyabai's successor Tukojirao Holkar
4) The Marathas at that time were unable to tackle the British because of the volatile political situation of India at that time. The Marathas had been recently defeated by the Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Durrani at the 3rd battle of Panipat (1761). The Marathas were already squabbling with the Rajputs in the Northwest, the Jaths in the northeast & the Nizam of Hyderabad (a former Mughal governor who had declared independence) in the southeast of their territories, while the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah completely neglected the administration & indulged in a life of pleasure & lavish spending. Following Peshwa Madhavrao I's death in 1772, his uncle Raghunathrao usurped power by murdering Madhavrao's son Narayanrao. However Raghunathrao was deposed in 1775 by a group of 12 courtiers led by the Maratha Machiavelli Nana Phadnavis & the military commanders Mahadji Shinde & Tukojirao Holkar. Raghunathrao sought support of the British East India Company (who had already defeated the Nawabs of Bengal & Oudh & the Mughal Emperor in 1764, thereby establishing their foothold in North India), leading to the 1st Anglo-Maratha war (1775-1782). The British were defeated & Nana Phadnavis placed Madhavrao I's posthumous son Madhavrao II as a puppet Peshwa. As the Maratha noble families like the Holkars of Indore, Shindes/Scindias of Gwalior & Gaekwads of Barodas started to fight among themselves leading to greater automony of local governors & disintegration of centralised authority, Madhavrao II sought British support to maintain his power & tackle the Mysore Sultanate in the south, whose rulers supported the French East India Company. After Madhavrao II committed suicide in 1795, Phadnavis placed Raghunathrao's son Baji Rao II as another puppet. After being deposed by Yashwantrao Holkar following Phadnavis' death in 1800, Baji Rao II sought British help, leading to the 2nd Anglo-Maratha war (1803-05), which was a British victory. Baji Rao II later fell out with the British, resulting in annexation of vast swathes of the Maratha Empire following British victory in the 3rd Anglo-Maratha War (1817-19).
Fun fact: Following the gradual annexation of Mysore by the British through the 3rd Anglo-Mysore War (1790-92) & 4th Anglo-Mysore War (1798-99), Nana Phadnavis had predicted that the British would come next for the Maratha domains.
One correction - the context of sati you mentioned-women jumping in the pyre to protect themselves from invaders was called ‘Jauhar’..
While sati was seen as one done after the death of the husband to be honoured as a pious woman like Sati-Savitri.. the other option for many was staying away from the public eye w/ out indulgences or needs.
her story made me tear up several times!
This is one of my all time favorite videos you’ve made!❤
Hey! Lindsay. I've been following all your videos since I discovered your channel. Thanks for doing this video on One of the few Queens of India. I admire your knowledge and research you put into making these videos. Keep going!
I mean we did have Razia sultana, Rani durgavati, Naiki Devi, Rani rudrama devi, onake obavva to name a few.. we are just not taught much about them :)
Thank you so much for this video
Well researched infographics are hard to find. Great job.
Thank you Lindsay 💜💜💜💜
Thank you for doing the request!🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳
Hi Lindsay. I'm from India and this video made me so happy ! Please keep making more such videos.
I just LOVE your channel! I’ve been binging amazing your videos!
Yassss, so awesome to see the history of queens in Asia! More from this part of the world please!
Never heard of her before this video, thank you!
It is said, india is land of pilgrims. People who bind different distant cultures in certain common cultural consciousness. Pilgrims were under attack since 1000s Muslim invasion. Her role was monumental in bringing safe travel & dignity back to pilgrims. ( pilgrims are actually common people who go to visit important temples across subcontinent)
Finally u added an Indian queen in ur list... 😍 Loved the video u did all well ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Since your channel's content is mostly based on the British royal family, you should do Rani Lakshmi Bai who stood up against them.
I love this video so much. As someone from southeast Asia, we need wayyy more visibility on these role models for women and girls in Asia! Unfortunately our governments, schools, local tv executives, and the historians even, are very partriachic, so we rely on social media to do these women the justice with our own hands. Much appreciated your effort, Lindsay!
This is why I love your channel and been subscribed since the beginning. I get to learn about women in history from all over the world. I know a lot about thr British royalty system but love other countries cultures and histories. Appreciation from Australia
It’s been a while since I have seen a Queen’s of the World Video. Pls do a Video on the Children of Fredrick Prince of Wales eldest son of king George the 2 because they all have fascinating stories
I just love that you are now involving Indian history...
Lindsey, I'm so happy you're doing POC queens! Please do more women from South Asia, like mughal empress Nur Jahan and Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi, Razia Sultan, etc
Holy cow, this woman ROCKS! It’s a shame I didn’t know about her until now but I’m sure glad I do now! Thank you Lindsay!
I love your videos so much, I’m so glad I came across your channel!
She and Kosem are a lot alike! Would do anything to protect the kingdom love cherish so much
I love learning about several women rulers from different countries. Thank you for this video!
Another great video....so interesting compared to most other CZcams videos
I read about her in another Royal Ladies blog, what an amazing woman.
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So interesting!!! I really enjoyed this one!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COVERING INDIA!!!!
This topic was fascinating!
This is my favourite video of yours, Lindsay!
A fantastic video indeed. Can you please consider making a video on rani lakshmibai of jhansi and queen rudramadevi of kakatiya dynasty
This was so interesting!
As an Indian and a history enthusiast this is so amazing 🤩😍
Wonderful! I didn't even know about her!!
Finally 1 on india . THANK YOU
I am Marathi, and I am feeling to proud and grateful to you for highlighting such a magnanimous person in one of your videos !
We had a lesson on Ahilyabai Holkar in our textbooks when we were in school, and that’s when I came to know about her, but now living in India, you see her referenced in so many places!
I visited Ellora Caves few years back. They were restored and re-painted by Ahilyabai Holkar more than 250 years back, and though it’s damaged now, but it can be seen even today.
Her legacy is truly great…!
Touching video!
Nice one, reminds me to look up Indian royalty someday.
I am so happy to see a feature of Indian rulers, especially something from the Maratha empire.Lindsay, you've beautifully executed the video.But if you don't mind there are a couple of corrections.The title of Patil, the European equivalent title will be similar to a 'Baron'.The Holkar family were 'Subahdars' ( Prince of Principality) who later became Maharajas ( Independent rulers)
i really enjoyed this video
I watch a lot of your videos being indian from the uk I appreciate this one as well as the great queens of England
Love what you do!! Hope one day you will do Queen Tamar of Georgia 🇬🇪
As someone who is not from India, but has friends from there, I'm trying to learn of India's vast civilization, anything you could add would be a great help! I love ur videos and look forward to them! Thanks so much, keep up the great work,
history fanatic 😁!!!
Love this!
Thanks for your video on Shrimati AhilyaBai Holkar maa, dear. We would also like to hear about Indian queens like Tribhuvana Mahadevi from Odisha( 8th century CE) and Rani Durgawati from Gondi Kingdom( 15th century CE).
Please also do videos on Draupadi, the most powerful women from ancient India in Mahabharatam( 5000years ago) and Kannagi( the heroine of Tamil epic Silapattikaram about 1700 years ago and the symbol of Justice in Southern India).
I love learning about women who were intelligent, passionate, talented and courageous women...I watch it in bollywood movies but when I see it as real.life historical person did exist......I have huge respect for this....
cool video!
Wow. What a beautiful video. And it shows you certainly took a lot of effort to make it best with your research, details, and even proper pronunciation. Devi Ahilya Bai was an iconic ruler and still In India, esp in Indore, her legacy is very much visible & celebrated. Thank you for this video.
-Great fighter
-great acedemic
-Motherly, kind hearted
-cut throat but also fair
-Great at politics & campaigns
-Great eyes on architectural designs
This woman is FLAWLESS
I love your channel! Do you have any plans for bios on the Borgias?