Rani Kamlapati was the 18th-century Gond queen of Ginnorgarh...
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Rani Kamlapati was the 18th-century Gond queen of Ginnorgarh (near Bhopal) and the region's last Hindu ruler. After her husband, Nizam Shah, was poisoned and killed by his jealous nephew Alam Shah, she fled to Bhopal with her young son. Lacking an army, she hired Afghan mercenary Dost Mohammad Khan for ₹100,000 to avenge her husband; unable to pay the full amount after he killed the nephew, she ceded part of her territory to him. However, Khan's ambitions grew, leading to a battle where the Rani's son was killed. To protect her honor from the invading forces, Rani Kamlapati committed Jal Jauhar (suicide by drowning) in Bhopal's Lower Lake in 1723, allowing Khan to seize the territory and establish the Nawab dynasty. Today, her legacy lives on through her surviving palace in Bhopal and the prominent Rani Kamalapati Railway Station, renamed in her honor in 2021. Show Less
Massive marriage fraud case unfolded in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, with 42 grooms:
In May 2026, a major mass-marriage scam was exposed in Dewas...
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In May 2026, a major mass-marriage scam was exposed in Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, where 42 grooms were left stranded at the altar. A local couple charged each family between ₹15,000 and ₹25,000, falsely promising to arrange marriages with women from an Indore orphanage using fake photos downloaded from social media. The 42 grooms and their wedding processions arrived at the designated venue for the ceremony, but after waiting from morning until midnight, neither the organizers nor the brides showed up. Following protests by the duped families, the Dewas police registered a fraud case and arrested the prime accused couple, Mukesh and Sunita Bairagi. Show Less
