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The Women Who Ruled India

‘People say that I am a quarrelsome woman...’ TARABAI, MARATHA QUEEN (1675–1761)

The history of India, more often than not, is a history of the men who were in charge. Largely forgotten are the women who, even centuries earlier, shaped the fates of entire kingdoms.

In The Women Who Ruled India, writer and researcher Archana Garodia Gupta revives 20 such powerful figures from the archives, offering us a glimpse of their fascinating lives. Among them are Begum Samru, a courtesan who went on to become the head of a mercenary army and the ruler of Sardhana; Didda of Kashmir, known for her keen political instinct and a ruthlessness that spared no one; Rani Abbakka of Ullal, the fearless queen who took on Portuguese colonizers in their heyday; and Rani Mangammal of Madurai, the famed administrator who built alliances at a time when going to war was the order of the day.

These women and others like them built roads, instituted laws and were generous patrons of the arts and sciences. Their stories of valour and diplomacy, leadership and wit continue to inspire today. Peppered with anecdotes that showcase little-known facets of their personalities, the accounts in this book celebrate heroic rulers who – ‘quarrelsome’ though they might have been – were iconoclasts: unafraid to forge new paths.

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    The Chowtas ruled over Ullal and surrounding areas of coastal Karnataka.
    Many rulers in this dynasty were women, and at least two carried the name
    Rani Abbakka. They have gone down in history and folklore as fearsome
    warriors who fiercely defended their tiny kingdom, and repeatedly defeated
    the Portuguese. This is the story of Abbakka III.
    Abbakka grows up knowing she will rule over the kingdom one day—the one
    that was ruled by her grandmother Abbakka II and her mother Rani Tirumala
    Devi. Abbakka trains with all her heart in everything a queen needs to know,
    and never tires of hearing the tales of sea battles that her grandmother waged
    against the firangis. But Abbakka is also a young girl who loves adventure.
    She sets out on dangerous missions to track down spies on the seas. She
    accompanies her mother in a secret plan to outwit the Portuguese as they
    try to capture the kingdom’s precious pepper crop. And then there is the
    handsome, mysterious boy from Mangalore, who she likes enormously…
    Steeped in the culture and history of the region, The Teenage Diary of Abbakka
    is the fictional diary of an unusual girl growing up during an exciting time—a
    girl who would eventually go to any lengths to protect and defend her
    kingdom.

    The Warrior Tuluva Queen Of Ullal: Rani Abbakka Chowta, India’s First Woman Freedom Fighter

    (left)Rani Abbakka Chowta (Photo: Facebook); The queen on the stamp issued by the Indian postal department on 15 January 2003. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

    Rani Lakshmibai's bravery is well known, but 300 years before her, the TuluvaQueen of Ullal, Rani Abbakka Chowta, fought the Portuguese. A tale of courage that only a few can muster and betrayal by her husband marks the story of Rani Abbakka Chowta.

    She was born into the Chowta dynasty, which is also known as the Jain dynasty, which ruled certain parts of the Tulu Nadu region from the 12th to the 18th centuries. Even as a child, she was different and was skilled in various aspects of warfare and strategy, especially archery and sword fighting. Thirumala Raya III, the Chowta King, was her uncle and crowned her the queen of Ullal since a matrilineal inheritance (Aliyasantana) of the Bunts community was practised by the Chowtas. Matrilineal inheritance refers to the inheritance of property or titles through the female line only.

    She was married to Lakshmappa Arasa Bangaraja II, king of the Banga principality in Mangalore. The Portuguese had ushered in an era of colonial imperialism, and after capturing Goa, they started moving south along the coastal areas. In 1525, the Mangalore port was destroyed. The imperial colonial powers wanted control over Ullal, which was a thriving hub for spice trade to Arabia and the West. The local rulers stood against the brutal imperial forces, and as a result, they had been largely unsuccessful. They had even dissolved caste and religious lines to defend Ullal.

    Kailash Kr. Mishra, a Research Fellow in Janpada Sampada who worked on the documentary project on Abbakka, wrote, "According to the folklore, Abbakka is the last known person to have the Agnivana (fire-arrow) in her fight against the Portuguese. Though Abbakka was a Jain by faith, her administration was well-represented by Hi

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