Rani Tarabai Bhonsale - Marathi Queen who took charge of the empire at its lows and resisted Aurangzeb for 7 years against all odds. Rarely has there been a female personality like her in Indian history who saved a kingdom from collapse through her sheer courage and willpower. A woman whose indomitable spirit was unarguably at par with that of the legendary Rani of Jhansi, she deserves more than a passing mention. Of the years 1700–1707, Jadunath Sarkar, a prominent Indian historian especially of the Mughal dynasty, has opined: "During this period, the supreme guiding force in Maharashtra was not any minister but the dowager Queen Tarabai. Her administrative genius and strength of character saved the nation in that awful crisis." A daughter of a General of the Maratha army & well versed in the art of warfare, Rani Tarabai ( 1675 - 1761 ) was the wife of Chatrapati Rajaram Maharaj & daughter in law of the great Chhatrapati S