Setting up an example for why women are called the”Sampurn Shakti”, Ahilya Bai Holkar was the hereditary noble queen of the Maratha Empire in early modern India. She handled all the affairs of the ruler of the Holkar dynasty all alone after the death of her husband and father-in-law. She defended the Malwa state against intruders and personally led armies into battle, with Tukoji Rao Holkar as her military commander.
Ahilya Bai was a great pioneer and builder of Hindu temples who constructed hundreds of temples and Dharmashalas throughout India. She is especially renowned for refurbishing & reconsecrating some of the most sacred sites of Hindu pilgrimage that had been desecrated & demolished in the previous century by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb.
She was one of the main revolting bodies against the Sati pratha. She refused to be a part of this and took a pledge to serve her dynasty all by herself alone. A great example of showing the versatile characters women can play. She has equal potential to men.
