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The Last Queen: How a Dog Trainer's Daughter Defied the British Empire
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's historical novel 'The Last Queen' uncovers the true story of Rani Jindan Kaur, the last regent queen of the Sikh Empire. Born the daughter of a royal dog trainer, she rose to become the youngest wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. After his death, she shattered centuries of tradition by stepping out of the zenana to lead her army against the British. Betrayed by her own generals, imprisoned, and forced to watch her son be brainwashed into a Christian English gentleman, she refused to break. This book reveals how one mother's courage and resistance became the ultimate act of defiance against colonial erasure. Discover the woman the British called a 'she-devil' but who was actually a fearless political genius.
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