HISTORY OF RANI DURGAWATI

• Rani Durgavati maravi (October 5, 1524 – June 24, 1564) was born in the family of famous Rajput Chandel Emperor Keerat Rai. She was born at the fort of Kalanjar .

• In 1542, she was married to Daalpat Shah, the eldest son of king Sangram Shah of Gond Dynasty after much struggle. The Chandeland Gond dynasties got closer because of this marriage and that was the reason Keerat Rai got the help of the Gonds and his son-in-law Dalpat Shah at the time of Sher Shah Suri.

• She gave birth to a son in 1545 CE. who was named Vir Narayan. Dalpat Shah died in about 1550 CE. As Vir Narayan was too young at that time, Durgavati took the reins of the Gond kingdom in her hands.

• The Gond rulers reigned over Jabalpur, Mandla and surrounding regions. Madan Mahal is one such fort built by them

• The monument is situated at a height of about five hundred meters

• The Balancing Rock is a huge stone balanced on the tip of another

• The Government of Madhya Pradesh renamed the University of Jabalpur as Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya in her MEMORY

• Government of India paid its tribute to her by issuing a postal-stamp commemorating her death, on 24 June 1988.

THANKYOU