The brave queen of Garhwal, Karnavati, the "nose-cut queen"
Have you heard the name of "Nak Kati Rani" of Garhwal region?
Wouldn't have heard...
Because secretly hiding all the works of such brave Hindu queens was the work of "fellowship-khau" historians ...
The state of Garhwal could never be conquered by the Mughals....
This fact pertains to that state.
There used to be a queen here , whose name was " Nak Kati Rani " , because she cut off the noses of many Mughals who attacked her kingdom .
Yes !!! The nose was literally cut off.
The Maharaja of this place was Mahipal Singh, and the name of his queen was Karnavati.
The Maharaja moved the capital of his kingdom from Devalgarh to Srinagar in 1622.
Maharaja Mahipal Singh was famous as a tough, self-respecting and brave ruler.
His queen Karnavati was also like that.
He did not allow any outside invader to enter his kingdom. When Shah Jahan took over the throne at Agra on February 14, 1628, the kings of many other small and small states of North India had come to pay a courtesy visit to Shah Jahan.
But the king of Garhwal did this to Shah Jahan.
The coronation ceremony was boycotted.
Obviously Shah Jahan was very angry.
Then someone told Shahjahan that there are many gold mines in the area of Garhwal and Mahipal Singh has a lot of wealth...
What was it then, following the "loot tradition", Shah Jahan immediately planned an attack on Garhwal.
Shah Jahan made many attacks on Garhwal, but could not succeed.
Meanwhile, Mahipal Singh died in 1631 due to being seriously injured in a battle in Kumaon.
His seven year old son Prithvipati Shah was appointed as the king, naturally the responsibility of all the affairs of the state fell on Queen Karnavati.
But her trusted Garhwali generals Lodi Rikhola, Madho Singh, Banwari Das Tanwar were present to support the Queen.
When Shah Jahan came to know of Mahipal Singh's death, he once again planned an attack on Srinagar in 1640.
Shah Jahan's general, Najabat Khan, took thirty thousand soldiers and went to trample Kumaon Garhwal.
Queen Karnavati, moving, allowed her to come deep inside the kingdom and at the place where Lakshman Jhula is located at present, the Queen surrounded Shah Jahan's army on both sides.
Being ignorant of the mountainous area and being badly surrounded, Najabat Khan's army started dying of hunger, then he sent a message of peace and agreement in front of Queen Karnavati, which the queen immediately rejected.
The Queen put a strange condition that whoever wants to go back to Agra alive from Shah Jahan's army will be able to go only after having his nose cut off,
If you agree, say so.
The queen also sent this message to Agra that if she wanted, she could also cut everyone's neck.
But for now , showing generosity , she only wants to cut her nose .
The sultan was very embarrassed,
humiliated and angry,
But what doesn't die?
Due to being surrounded on all sides and due to hunger, there was a rebellion in the army too.
Then the queen first cut the nose of Najabat Khan herself with her own sword and then, insulting her, cut off the noses of hundreds of soldiers and sent them back to Agra.
Since then her name was "Nak Kati Rani".
He did the same feat of cutting his nose again with another Mughal invader Ariz Khan and his army.
After that the Mughals did not dare to look up to Kumaon-Garhwal.
The queen was also considered an efficient administrator. Tales of Maharani Karnavati's bravery are common (but missing from courses) in Dehradun.
The credit for the construction of the canals of the Doon region can also be given to Karnavati.
It was he who got the Rajpur canal constructed which starts from the Ripsna river and carries water to the city of Dehradun.
Although many changes and development work have taken place in it now, but the contribution of "Nak Kati Rani" i.e. Queen Karnavati in the area of Doon Valley and Kumaon-Garhwal is indelible.
He literally followed the proverb " don't stick your nose in my case , or you will get cut " and kept the entire hilly area safe from Muslim invaders .
Now this Garhwal district is uttarakhand state in India I feel proud I belong this land .
Hope you will pass this fact to more people... so that people can get correct information about the heroism of Hindu queens.
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