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[[Maharani]] '''Tulsi Bai Holkar''' (born c. 1788 - 20 December 1817) was a queen of Maharaja [[Yashwant Rao Holkar]]. She was a daughter of Ajiba, a priest of the Manbhoo sect.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Tulsi Bai didn't have any child. After the death of Yashwantrao Holkar, Tulsi bai became [[regent]] for 4 year old [[Malhar Rao Holkar II]], son of Yashwantrao from another of his wife. When she was on the way to join [[Baji Rao II|Baji Rao Peshwa]] to fight against the British, General [[John Malcolm]] arrived near [[Mahidpur]] and started negotiations. Tulsi Bai was in favor of British terms, but some Generals of her army refused. Tulsi Bai was not much in command of the army.<ref name="War">[https://books.google.com/books?id=zp0FbTniNaYC&pg=PA103&dq=maratha+plunder+rohilkhand&hl=en&ei=kh0tTuaaEIjsrQeo3qGyDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=maratha%20plunder%20rohilkhand&f=false War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1817]</ref> Tension escalated and in the morning of 20 December 1817, her own soldiers beheaded her on the banks of the [[Shipra River]] near Mahidpur and her body was thrown in the river.<ref>{{cite web |title= History - British Period- The Gazetteers Department - Jalgaon|url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/JALGAON/his_british%20period.html |work=[[Government of Maharashtra]] |date=March 1962 |access-date=24 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite DIB|wstitle=Indore, Jaswant Rao Holkar Maharaja of |page=216}} — husband;<br />
{{Cite DIB|wstitle=Indore, Malhar Rao Holkar, Maharaja of |page=216} |short=x}} — adopted son</ref><br />
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