Punyashlok Ahilyabai

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Starting on January 4th, 2021, Sony Entertainment Television will begin airing the historical television programme Punyashlok Ahilyabai in the Indian language of Hindi. The drama is based on the life of Ahilyabai Holkar, a queen who ruled the Malwa area from 1767 until 1795. The film's lead actors are Aetashaa Sansgiri, Rajesh Shringarpure, Gaurav Amlani, Shruti Panwar Ulfat, and Resham Tipnis with Snehlata Vasaikar, Aditi Jalatre. The show is produced by Dashami Creations.

Ahilya Bai took over the business of the Holkar dynasty after the passing of her husband Khande Rao Holkar and father-in-law Malhar Rao Holkar. Tukoji Rao Holkar served as her military commander as she personally led armies into war to protect the Malwa state from invaders.

Hindu architecture was greatly advanced by Ahilya Bai, who built hundreds of temples and Dharmashalas across India. She is particularly well-known for restoring and rededicating some of the holiest Hindu pilgrimage sites that the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb had desecrated and destroyed a century earlier.

She rose to fame, so the story goes, when Malhar Rao Holkar, a general in Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I's army and the ruler of Malwa, stopped at Chaundi on his route to Pune and happened to see the eight-year-old Ahilya attending a temple service there. On the Peshwas' recommendation, Malhar married Ahilya to his son Khande Rao Holkar after being moved by her moral character and piety. In 1733, she wed Khande Rao. Khande Rao had Ahilya with him on numerous campaigns. Her mother-in-law Gautama Bai, who is often credited with instilling Ahilya's morals, raised her during her marriage. She gave her administrative, financial, and political training before eventually handing over control of Khasgi Jagir in 1759.

In 1754, Khande Rao and his father Malhar Rao Holkar besieged the Kumher fort of Jat Raja Suraj Mal of Bharatpur after requesting assistance from Imad-ul-Mulk and the commander Mir Bakhshi of the Mughal emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur. Suraj Mal had sided with Safdar Jang, the Mughal emperor's dissident wazir. Khande Rao was killed by a cannonball shot by the Jat army while inspecting his men in an open palanquin during the battle. After the death of her spouse, Ahilya Bai was prevented from committing sati by her father-in-law. Malhar Rao Holkar taught her in military matters after her husband's passing.