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Ahilyabai Holkar
Ahilyabai Holkar was the Maratha queen who ruled the Holkar domains of Malwa, later Indore State, from 1767 until her death in 1795. Governing from Maheshwar on the Narmada, she was known for able administration and justice, and for building and restoring temples, wells and rest houses across India, including the Kashi Vishwanath temple at Varanasi in 1780.
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