Rani Roopmati

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Rani Roopmati was a 16th-century Hindu singer-queen of Malwa, famed for her tragic romance with Sultan Baz Bahadur and her legendary association with the hill-fort town of Mandu in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Rani Roopmati canonical 4
Queen Roopmati 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure
queen
singer
associatedWith Baz Bahadur’s Palace
Narmada River (in legend)
Roopmati Pavilion
category Indian female singers in history
People associated with Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
Queens consort of India
Women in 16th-century India
country Malwa Sultanate
culture Indian
deathCause suicide (traditional accounts)
era 16th century
ethnicGroup Hindu Rajput (traditional accounts)
genre classical music (traditional accounts)
hasLegend committed suicide to avoid capture by Mughal forces
daily darshan of the Narmada River from Mandu
demand to see the Narmada before agreeing to live in Mandu
hasRepresentationIn Rani Roopmati (1957 Hindi film)
Rani Rupmati (1960s Indian films and plays, various)
regional folk theatre of Madhya Pradesh
heritageStatus figure of regional cultural heritage in Madhya Pradesh
influenced folk songs of Malwa region
regional ballads and oral traditions
knownFor association with Mandu
romantic association with Sultan Baz Bahadur
singing
tragic love story
languageOfExpression Hindi (traditional songs)
Malwi dialect (folk tradition)
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity India
narrativeLocation Malwa region
linked to: Malwa-Nimar region

Mandu hill-fort
linked to: Mandu fort complex
narrativeRole heroine of Malwa romance
opponent Mughal Empire (in context of Baz Bahadur’s defeat)
partner Baz Bahadur
placeAssociatedWith Madhya Pradesh
Mandu
Nimar region
linked to: Nimar
positionHeld Queen of Malwa
religion Hinduism
spouse Baz Bahadur
timePeriod reign of Akbar (Mughal emperor)

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Mandu associatedWith Rani Roopmati
Baz Bahadur spouse Rani Roopmati
Baz Bahadur associatedWith Rani Roopmati
Roopmati’s Pavilion associatedWith Queen Roopmati
linked to: Rani Roopmati
Baz Bahadur’s Palace associatedWith Rani Roopmati