{"id":44262,"date":"2025-05-28T21:16:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=44262"},"modified":"2025-05-28T21:16:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:46:20","slug":"importance-of-ahilyabai-holkar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/28-05-2025\/importance-of-ahilyabai-holkar","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Ahilyabai Holkar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus :GS 1\/History&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Madhya Pradesh is marking the 300th birth anniversary of Maratha queen Devi Ahilyabai Holkar with a major state-led campaign.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ahilyabai Holkar<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"8e7055\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ahilyabai-Holkar.png\" alt=\"Ahilyabai Holkar\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-44291\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8e7055; width:253px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ahilyabai-Holkar.png 455w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Ahilyabai-Holkar-300x295.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Early Life: <\/strong>She&nbsp; was the Holkar Queen of the Maratha-ruled Malwa kingdom in India.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She was Born in Chaundi village, Maharashtra, to Mankoji Rao Shinde.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She received an education from her father despite the norms against women&#8217;s education at the time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Personal Tragedies: &nbsp; <\/strong>Ahilyabai Holkar&#8217;s husband, Khanderao, died in the Battle of Kumbher in 1754. Twelve years later, her father-in-law, Malhar Rao Holkar, also passed away.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Her son Malerao, who was mentally ill, died in 1767.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Role as a queen&nbsp; :&nbsp; <\/strong>&nbsp;In 1767, she became the queen of the Malwa kingdom.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She moved the capital to Maheshwar south of Indore on the Narmada River.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She defended her kingdom from invaders, led armies herself, and appointed <strong>Tukojirao Holkar as Chief of Army.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She broke another tradition when she married her daughter to Yashwantrao, a brave but poor man after he succeeded in defeating the dacoits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contributions :&nbsp; <\/strong>In the 18th century, she was instrumental in spreading the message of dharma and propagating industrialization. She was a devout ruler known for her charitable works.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>She built hundreds of <strong>Hindu temples and rest houses (Dharmashalas) across India.&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One of her most notable contributions was the renovation of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in 1780.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She also established a textile industry in Maheshwar, which today is very famous for its <strong>Maheshwari sarees.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;She held daily public audiences to address people&#8217;s issues and engaged in extensive philanthropic work, including building temples, ghats, wells, tanks, and rest-houses across India.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Legacy<\/strong>:&nbsp; She was known as the &#8216;Philosopher Queen,&#8217; she passed away on 13 August 1795 at the age of 70.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Her reign is remembered as a period of peace, prosperity, and religious tolerance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>She was a capable and respected ruler, and after her death, she was revered as a saint by the people.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Her legacy endures through the many public works she commissioned.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source&nbsp; :IE<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Madhya Pradesh is marking the 300th birth anniversary of Maratha queen Devi Ahilyabai Holkar with a major state-led campaign.\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ahilyabai Holkar<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Early Life: She\u00a0 was the Holkar Queen of the Maratha-ruled Malwa kingdom in India.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">She was Born in Chaundi village, Maharashtra, to Mankoji Rao Shinde.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">She received an education from her father despite the norms against women&#8217;s education at the time.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Personal Tragedies: \u00a0 Ahilyabai Holkar&#8217;s husband, Khanderao, died in the Battle of Kumbher in 1754. Twelve years later, her father-in-law, Malhar Rao Holkar, also passed away.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/28-05-2025\/importance-of-ahilyabai-holkar\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44303,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44262\/revisions\/44303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}