Kundavai Nachiyar;
She is responsible for establishing the largest contemporary empire of the world in the early 11 th century.She encouraged her younger brother Raja Raja and Rajendra chola to expand the chola empire to its great heights.She died at a ripe age of 80+
Nikki Devi;
When hindus were infighting, she single handedly destroyed Mohammed of Ghore s army and chased him away from her territory. Very brave woman
Razia Sultan :
The lone empress of the slave dynasty. Her father admiring her intelligence and interests in the governance preferred her as his successor over his sons . She was a good administrator and was the first Delhi sultan to foresee the menace of mongols and financed the fortifications of many forts in the north western India. She ruled for a short time . She attired male s dresses and rode on the elephants on the roads to give a darshan to Delhi people like his father .Her intimacy with Yakut , an Abyssinian general irked her Turk generals .She was killed along with her Abyssinian husband.
Rani Padmini or Padmavathi:
The folklore of Rajasthan narrates that the queen of Chittoor, Padmini, was the most beautiful woman in her times. A courtier has informed of her beauty to the Delhi sultan Alaudin . He invaded the fort of Chittoor and tried to defeat its king and take possession of his wife as mistress. But he had to settle for a truce due to heavy counter attacks by Rajputs. Alaudin put one condition. He has to see the beauty of the queen at least in the mirror. On seeing the mirror image Alaudin felt his courtier only told the truth. He returned to Delhi and constructed a huge army . He again invaded Chittoor successfully and killed the king. But the queen Padmini conducted Agni jatha a ritual suicide,
Rudrama Devi :
She was the most important ruler of Kakatiyas dynasty. She was a warrior queen. The Venitian traveller Marco Polo makes a praising note on her administration. Even though the Pandyas who were the most powerful South Indian dynasty of that time mention in their inscriptions that they didn’t want to fight women, the truth is entirely different. She recovered some territory from Pandyas which Kakatiyas lost earlier to Pandyas.
Lakmi bai :
She headed the first nationwide freedom war against the British.She was killed.
Velu Nachiyar :
She set an example for Lakmi bai by starting the freedom struggle in Tamilnadu against the British by inducting the battle hardened Muslim soldiers of Hyder Ali in her army. She reclaimed her kingdom from the British before death