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Rana Kishan Pal of Basohli was blessed with a daughter. Daughters were never welcomed, especially in Rajput families of royal stature, according to custom. She was given a sedition of opium and buried alive in the backyard of the house. The Rana was upset and a pundit persuaded Rana to rescue the girl as she was going to give birth to the legendary warriors and statesmen ...
Rana Kishan Pal of Basohli was blessed with a daughter. Daughters were never welcomed, especially in Rajput families of royal stature, according to custom. She was given a sedition of opium and buried alive in the backyard of the house. The Rana was upset and a pundit persuaded Rana to rescue the girl as she was going to give birth to the legendary warriors and statesmen ...
of international repute. She was taken out of the lap of the mother earth and to their surprise they found that the girl was alive. She was named Mahadevi and later on married to Mian Kishore Singh of Jammu.
She was the mother of the three legendary sons.
1. Maharaja Gulab Singh, the founder of modern Jammu and Kashmir state.
2. Raja Dhyan Singh, The powerful Prime Minister of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
3. Raja Suchet singh, A great warrior and for sometime Commander in chief of Lahore darbar.
In the memory of Rani Mahadevi a spring and a thakurdwara was constructed at Mahanpur 19 km west to Basohli.
A shiv temple is also constructed later by Maharaja Gulab Singh in memory of his mother.
She was the mother of the three legendary sons.
1. Maharaja Gulab Singh, the founder of modern Jammu and Kashmir state.
2. Raja Dhyan Singh, The powerful Prime Minister of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
3. Raja Suchet singh, A great warrior and for sometime Commander in chief of Lahore darbar.
In the memory of Rani Mahadevi a spring and a thakurdwara was constructed at Mahanpur 19 km west to Basohli.
A shiv temple is also constructed later by Maharaja Gulab Singh in memory of his mother.
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