Rani Durgawati - Who Never Lost A War Till She Was Alive

Author :  Pravin Anand

Rani Durgawati was the emperor of Gondwana or that time Garha Katanga. Her husband died at the age of 26 but instead of performing Jauhar, she preferred to nurture his son Bir Narayan. She ruled in Garha Katanga for 14 years. During her rule, the kingdom became very prosperous. The tax collected in her rule was in the form of gold coins and in the form of elephants. She worked a lot on water bodies. She made about 1000 ponds and 500 bawdies. She fought 52 battles in her life and won 51 battles in her life. She could win her last battle against Asaf Khan, if her commanders and priests accepted the idea of attacking on Asaf Khan’s camp in the night. On that night Asaf Khan set his canons on the right place. After that she lost the war next day. She killed herself from her dagger in the battlefield than going into the hands of Mughal force and especially Asaf Khan.