Some Women Rulers Of India Since B.C

Posted by: Prassoon Suryadas on: February 18, 2014

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• Two hundred years before Alexander’s attack on India (326 BC), Queen Nayanika was ruler and military commander of the Satavanhana Empire of the Deccan region (south-central India).
• In 300 BC, Princess Kumaradevi married Prince Chandragupta, and they ruled their two kingdoms as co-regents.
• In the 13th century, Sultana Raziyya ruled in Delhi.
• 1259 – 1289 A.D. Rani Rudrama Devi belonged to the Kakatiya dynasty on the Deccan Plateau.
• 1524 – 1564 A.D.  – Rani Durgawati ruled over Gondwana on behalf of her son Bir Narayan after the death of Dalpat Shah the ruler of Gondwana.
• 1550 – 1599 A.D – Chand Biwi a.k.a Chand Khatun or Chand Sultana.
• 1725 – 1795 A.D. – Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar ruled over Ahmednagar
• 1778 – 1829 A.D. – Kittur Rani Chennamma ruled state of Belgaum in Karnataka
• 1835 – 1858 A.D. – Rani Lakshmi Bai ruler of Jhansi
• 1858 A.D. Rani Avantibai ruler of Ramgarh State.
• 1966 to 1977- Indira Gandhi Prime Minister of India
• 2 October 1963 – 13 March 1967 Sucheta Kriplani Chief Minister of  Uttar Pradesh
• 14 June 1972 – 3 March 1973 6 March 1974 – 16 December 1976 Nandini Satpathy Chief Minister of Orissa
• 2 August 1973 – 27 April 1979 Shashikala Kakodkar  Chief Minister of  Goa
• 6 December 1980 – 30 June 1981 Syeda Anwara Taimur  Chief Minister of  Assam
• 7–30 January 1988 Janaki Ramachandran Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• 24 June 1991 – 12 May 1996 J. Jayalalithaa Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
• 13 June 1995 – 18 October 1995 Mayawati  Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• 21 January 1996 – 12 February 1997 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Chief Minister of Punjab
• 1 February 1999, 9 March 1999 – 2 March 2000, 11 March 2000 – 6 March 2005     Rabri Devi Chief Minister of Bihar
• 13 October 1998 – 3 December 1998 Sushma Swaraj Chief Minister of Delhi
• Delhi  3 December 1998 – 8 December 2013 Sheila Dikshit Chief Minister of Delhi
• 8 December 2003 – 23 August 2004  Uma Bharati Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
• 8 December 2003 – 11 December 2008, 8 December 2013 – present  Vasundhara Raje Chief Minister of Rajasthan
• 20 May 2011 – present Mamata Banerjee Chief Minister of West Bengal

Note – Chief Minister  is similar to Governor in USA (Though India do have a ceremonial Governor for each State)

[India has a long history approximating 10,000+ years 
(Archeological evidences of Harappan community shows it 
was built on Rig Vedic constructs); built on Sanathana 
Dharma ideologies a.k.a Hinduism having Sanskrit as the 
root language, Vedic Science, Vedic Math and Ayurveda 
to constitute a fully developed civilization.]

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