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Historical Fiction Chronicles Queen Tarabai’s Resistance To Aurangzeb

Historical Fiction Chronicles Queen Tarabai’s Resistance To Aurangzeb
Book Review | Chronicle Of The Queen Who Outwitted Aurangzeb · deccanchronicle.com

The book tells a fictionalized story about Tarabai, a brave Maratha queen.

It begins when she is a six-year-old girl named Tara.

Her father teaches her to ride horses and use weapons like her brothers.

She later marries Ram Raja, who becomes a Maratha ruler.

After difficult events, Tara becomes a widowed queen.

She works to protect her two children and her people.

The story shows her using clever plans against Aurangzeb’s army.

The reviewer liked the research and vivid scenes but thought some descriptions were slow and focused too much on Aurangzeb.

Key facts

Book
Queen Tara: Kali of the Deccan
Author
Medha Deshmukh Bhaskaran
Publisher
Penguin
Length
289 pages
Price
Rs 499
Historical setting
The Maratha-Mughal conflict from 1680 through the period of Aurangzeb’s death
Reviewer
Rachna Chhabria

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