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| Author | : Ruby Lal |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 278 |
| Release | : 2018-07-03 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0393635406 |
Finalist for the 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History "A luminous biography." —Rafia Zakaria, Guardian Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire. Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and most cherished wife of the Emperor Jahangir. Nur ruled the vast Mughal Empire alongside her husband, leading troops into battle, signing imperial orders, and astutely handling matters of the state. Acclaimed historian Ruby Lal uncovers the rich life and world of Nur Jahan, rescuing this dazzling figure from patriarchal and Orientalist clichés of romance and intrigue, and giving new insight into the lives of women and girls in the Mughal Empire. In Empress, Nur Jahan finally receives her due in a deeply researched and evocative biography that awakens us to a fascinating history.
| Author | : Jan Reynolds |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2020 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9781643790510 |
"An introduction to the Asiatic lion and the "lion queens," or female forest rangers, of the Gir wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat, India"--
| Author | : Elizabeth Wheeler Andrew |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 140 |
| Release | : 1898 |
| Genre | : Prostitution |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Lucy Moore |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 407 |
| Release | : 2006-06-27 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1101174838 |
Until the 1920s, to be a Maharani, wife to the Maharajah, was to be tantalizingly close to the power and glamour of the Raj, but locked away in purdah as near chattel. Even the educated, progressive Maharani of Baroda, Chimnabai—born into the aftermath of the 1857 Indian Mutiny—began her marriage this way, but her ravishing daughter, Indira, had other ideas. She became the Regent of Cooch Behar, one of the wealthiest regions of India while her daughter, Ayesha, was elected to the Indian Parliament. The lives of these influential women embodied the delicate interplay between rulers and ruled, race and culture, subservience and independence, Eastern and Western ideas, and ancient and modern ways of life in the bejeweled exuberance of Indian aristocratic life in the final days both of the Raj, and the British Empire. Tracing these larger than life characters as they bust every known stereotype, Lucy Moore creates a vivid picture of an emerging modern, democratic society in India and the tumultous period of Imperialism from which it arose. Through the sumptuous, adventurous lives of three generations of Indian queens—from the period following the Indian Mutiny of 1857 to the present, Lucy Moore traces the cultural and political changes that transformed their world.
| Author | : Ramya Sreenivasan |
| Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
| Total Pages | : 287 |
| Release | : 2015-08-03 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0295997850 |
Winner of the 2009 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives, ranging from a Sufi mystical romance in the sixteenth century to nationalist histories in the late nineteenth century. The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen explores how early modern regional elites, caste groups, and mystical and monastic communities shaped their distinctive versions of the past through the repeated refashioning of the legend of Padmini. Ramya Sreenivasan investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Using Padmini as a means of illustrating the power of gender norms in constructing heroic memory, she shows how such narratives about virtuous women changed as they circulated across particular communities in South Asia between the sixteenth and early twentieth centuries. This book will interest historians of memory, gender, community, culture, and historywriting in South Asia. Illustrating how enduring legends emerged out of particular precolonial repositories of "tradition," the book also addresses the nature of colonial transitions and precolonial historical consciousness.
| Author | : K. G. Pramod Kumar |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 191 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Black-and-white photography |
| ISBN | : 9781935677642 |
| Author | : Michelle Moran |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2016-01-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1476716366 |
When the British Empire sets its sights on India in the mid-nineteenth century, it expects a quick and easy conquest ... But when they arrive in the Kingdom of Jhansi, the British army is met with a surprising challenge. Instead of surrendering, Queen Lakshmi raises two armies--one male and one female--and rides into battle, determined to protect her country and her people. Although her soldiers may not appear at first to be formidable against superior British weaponry and training, Lakshmi refuses to back down from the empire determined to take away the land she loves.
| Author | : Anu Kumar |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 265 |
| Release | : 2019-08-06 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9350099489 |
The incredible stories of the most powerful and ambitious rulers in Indian history. They ruled vast and influential kingdoms across our country. They laid down laws and systems of administration. They fought wars that had far-reaching impact, and negotiated peaceful times that nurtured the arts and the sciences. They made decisions that, whether right or wrong, shaped events and moulded our culture. They were the kings and queens who played lead roles in the spectacular drama of India’s past. From Kanishka, Harshavardhana, Razia, Akbar and Ranjit Singh in the north to Narasimhavarman, Rajaraja Chola, Krishnadevaraya, Mangammal, Marthanda Varma and Tipu Sultan in the south, and from Gautamiputra Satakarni, Amoghavarsha, Mihira Bhoja and Shivaji in the west to Bimbisara, Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka, Gopala I and the Bhaumakara queens in the east – this book tells the riveting stories of close to 50 important rulers whose actions left a mark on the history of India. Read about their lives and the times they lived in, what they achieved and what they failed at – and why they are still remembered – in Kings and Queens of India. Packed with intriguing facts, this comprehensive volume is the perfect introduction to India’s rich and utterly fascinating royal heritage. *Dynasties Download: Important dynasties and their significance *Impact Summary: Why these monarchs matter in history *Top Trivia: Fun facts about Indian royals
| Author | : Mala Sen |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 1991 |
| Genre | : Brigands and robbers |
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| Author | : Shubham Srivastava |
| Publisher | : Shubham Srivastava |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
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Queens of India is a collection of biographical essays of lesser known queens whose valor and bravery is either faded with the time or confined to specific area either which they belong to. Reader is sure to have a trip of glorious past which these queens brought to the motherland.
