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.