Phool Bai Rathore (lit. 'Flower'), was the queen of Mewar and the fifth wife of Maharana Pratap. Phool Bai was born into the Rathore family of Marwar. Phool Bai was the mother of Chanda Singh and Shekha Singh.[1]
| Phool Bai Rathore | |||||
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| Queen of Mewar | |||||
| Born | Jodhpur, Marwar | ||||
| Spouse | Maharana Pratap | ||||
| Issue | Chanda Singh Shekha Singh | ||||
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| Dynasty | Rathore of Marwar (by birth) Sisodias of Mewar (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Ramchandra Rathore | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||
Early life
editPhool Bai Rathore was born into the Rathore family of Marwar. She was the granddaughter of Marwar's ruler Maldeo Rathore and the daughter of Ramchandra Rathore.[2][3]
Marriage and children
editPhool Bai was married to Maharana Pratap, as a result of a political alliance between Marwar and Mewar, and became his fifth wife.[4] She gave birth to his two sons, Chanda Singh and Shekha Singh. Chanda was given the jagir of Anjana, Shekha was given the jagir of Bera and Nana.[5]
In popular culture
edit- In the 2015 series, Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap, Phool Bai was portrayed by Jannat Zubair Rahmani and Heena Parmar.[6]
References
edit- ^ Agarwal, B.D. (1979). Rajasthan District Gazetteers: Jodhpur. Gazetteer of India. Directorate of District Gazetteers, Government of Rajasthan. p. 31. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ History of Rajasthan by Rima Hooja Section: The State of Marwar/Jodhpur, pp. 520–522. ISBN 9788129108906.
- ^ "Ajabde Punwar to Phool Bai Rathore: Known all about the powerful queens of Maharana Pratap". Her Zindagi. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ Sharma, Sri Ram (2002). Maharana Pratap: A Biography. Hope India Publ. ISBN 978-81-7871-005-1.
- ^ Ram Vallabh Somani (1976). History of Mewar, from Earliest Times to 1751 A.D. Mateshwari. OCLC 2929852.
- ^ "'Bharat Ka Veer Putra - Maharana Pratap' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 April 2022.