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title: "Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender"  
description: "Our country was once a land of brave kings and queens who took every arrow and blow upon themselves to save their kingdoms from alien powers. Here's the list"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-12-07  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1781/indian-kings-and-queens-who-died-for-their-kingdoms-and-refused-to-surrender  
category: "history"  
tags: ["Indian Kings", "queens", "Brave Indian Kings", "Brave queens"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender

![Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/10bbd6e7-8a0a-46d8-bb9e-cc79390d4f5e/images/f25b64ee-6efe-4bd4-a549-f6f11c491915.jpeg) ![Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/10bbd6e7-8a0a-46d8-bb9e-cc79390d4f5e/images/25ccbfbb-20be-421d-b4e4-40c9f8ec20dd.jpeg) King Puru or Paurava was the king between the regions of the Hydaspes (Jhelum) and Acesines (Chenab) rivers, which is now Punjab. ![Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/10bbd6e7-8a0a-46d8-bb9e-cc79390d4f5e/images/575ef04c-3cca-4dae-bd42-6dffe317c65e.jpeg) Mewar’s Maharana Pratap never bowed down to Akbar’s demands. ![Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/10bbd6e7-8a0a-46d8-bb9e-cc79390d4f5e/images/ae05a1d3-cedc-47a7-9f8d-cd516bafa07f.jpeg) Chhatrapati Shivaji is considered a great inspiration in Maharashtra. The Maratha King fought the cruel Adilshahi sultanate till his last breath. ![Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/10bbd6e7-8a0a-46d8-bb9e-cc79390d4f5e/images/962eafa4-1aff-4370-8b87-2b2152e7031d.jpeg) Rani Laxmibai was considered a massive threat to the British empire. With her son on her back, Laxmibai was forced to fight battle with the Britishers ![Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/10bbd6e7-8a0a-46d8-bb9e-cc79390d4f5e/images/d2d89722-5c27-41a5-8dc7-03421aee7486.jpeg) The founder of the Maurya Empire had to withstand the pressure of giving up his kingdom by the Greeks and he successfully did so with his war tactics. ![Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/10bbd6e7-8a0a-46d8-bb9e-cc79390d4f5e/images/0e52048e-4858-4b42-8ca0-4406d28ce07a.jpeg) Tipu Sultan, The ruler of Mysore strategically fought against British Colonialism. ![Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/10bbd6e7-8a0a-46d8-bb9e-cc79390d4f5e/images/d4f57ddc-bf47-4575-8f41-9cd9a905e81b.jpeg) Rani Padmavati was the main reason Allaudin Khilji decided to take over Chittor. ![Indian Kings And Queens Who Died For Their Kingdoms And Refused To Surrender](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/10bbd6e7-8a0a-46d8-bb9e-cc79390d4f5e/images/00627166-29f6-4df2-bc51-1de208db3054.jpeg) Yashwantrao Holkar, Known as the Napolean Of India, the British Empire was very cautious of every move the Indore king made.

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