KOTA RANI

Feb. 13, 2020

Among several other reasons why the government believed Mehbooba Mufti, the former chief minister of J&K, should be detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA) was a reference to her being likened to Kota Rani for her “dangerous and insidious machination and usurping nature”.

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  • Kota Rani (died 1339), was the last ruler of the Hindu Lohara dynasty in Kashmir.

  • She was the daughter of Ramchandra, the commander-in-chief of Suhadev, who was the king of Kashmir belonging to the Lohara dynasty.

  • She was regent during the minority of her son, and ruled as monarch until 1339.

  • She was deposed by Shah Mir, who became the first Muslim ruler of Kashmir. 

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