HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Scindhya dynasty
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Peshwa dynasty
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Holkar dynasty
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Rajput dynasty
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Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Notes: Ahilyabai Holkar was a 18th-century Indian queen and ruler of the Maratha kingdom of Indore. She was born in 1725 in Chondi, a village in the state of Maharashtra, and was married to Khanderao Holkar, the Maharaja of Indore.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ahilya Bai Holkar (31 May 1725 – 13 August 1795) was the hereditary noble queen of the Maratha Empire, in early-modern India. She established Maheshwar (in Madhya Pradesh) as the seat of Holkar Dynasty.
Detailed explanation-3: -Punyashlok Rajmata Devi Ahilyabai Holkar (31 May 1725-13 August 1795) also known as the Philosopher Queen was a Holkar dynasty Queen of the Malwa kingdom, India.
Detailed explanation-4: -After petitioning the Peshwa after her son’s untimely death, she ascended the throne and became ruler of Indore on 11 December 1767. Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar: John Keay, the British historian, gave the queen the title of ‘The Philosopher Queen’.