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'''[[Maharani Kishori]]''' ({{fl.}} 18th century) was the wife of [[Maharaja Suraj Mal]] of [[Bharatpur, Rajasthan|Bharatpur]] in [[Rajasthan]], India. She was from [[Hodal]], a town in the modern day [[Palwal]] district of [[Haryana]], near [[Mathura]] and Bharatpur.<ref>Dr. Prakash Chandra Chandawat: Maharaja Suraj Mal aur unka yug, Jaypal Agencies Agra, 1982, Pages 110-118</ref> The house her husband built for her in Bharatpur is now a monument protected by the [[government of Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Singh |first=Chandramani |year=2002 |title=Protected Monuments of Rajasthan |publisher=Jawahar Kala Kendra |page=110 |isbn=9788186782606}}</ref><br />
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It is said the Maharaja was riding his elephant near Hodal when he saw an angry bull frightening people. Kishori was returning from the well with a pitcher on her head, and stepped onto the bull's bridle to control it. The Maharaja was impressed by her courage and beauty, and later sent his messenger to make an offer of marriage. They married in {{c.}} 1730.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phaugat |first1=Rajbala |title=Unknown antiquities of Hodal |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021109/windows/main1.htm |access-date=21 September 2022 |work=www.tribuneindia.com |date=9 November 2002}}</ref><br />
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Kishori is described as "a symbol of pride for the local populace" who "played the role of patron to the Bharatpur state for three generation[s]".<ref name=college /><br />
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The [[Maharani]] [[Kishori]] Memorial College of Education in Hodal is named after her,<ref name=college>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=http://mkmcoe.com/index.php/about-us/ |publisher=MKM College Of Education |access-date=21 September 2022 |archive-date=21 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220921075122/http://mkmcoe.com/index.php/about-us/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> as is the [[Maharani]] [[Kishori]] Devi Girls' School in [[Bikaner]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Maharani Kishori Devi Girls' School, Bikaner |url=https://mkdgsbkn.educationstack.com/ |website=mkdgsbkn.educationstack.com |access-date=21 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Maharaja Suraj Mal]]<br />
*[[Jawahar Singh]]<br />
*[[Bharatpur State]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*Kalika Ranjan Qanungo: History of the Jats : Contribution to the History of Northern India (Up to the Death of Mirza Najaf Khan, 1782). Edited and annotated by Vir Singh. Delhi, Originals, 2003, {{ISBN|81-7536-299-5}}<br />
*Dr. Prakash Chandra Chandawat: Maharaja Suraj Mal aur unka yug, Jaypal Agencies Agra, 1982<br />
*[[Kunwar Natwar Singh]]: [[Maharaja Suraj Mal]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021109/windows/main1.htm Birth place of Maharani Kishori]<br />
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