Avantibai

Maharani Avantibai Lodhi (16 August 1831 – 20 March 1858) was an Indian queen-regent and freedom fighter in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She was the queen of Ramgarh (present-day Dindori) in Madhya Pradesh. She is considered one of the heroic Indian women warriors in the 1857 rebellion, similar to the widely known Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi. Avantibai served as regent during her husband's illness between 1850 and 1859. An opponent of the British East India Company during the 1857 rebellion, her information is sparse and mostly comes from folklore. In the 21st century, she has been used as a political icon in the Lodhi community, which is categorized as a Hindu Other Backward Class (OBC), but also known as the "Lodhi" community.