Site Name: Bastar
Date: ca 1900-1951 CE
Subject: Rani Profulla Kumara Devi of Bastar, two Begums of Bhopal and Mong Raja Nanoomah were the only women to rule an Indian State during the 20th century. Usually male relatives were adopted, some after the deaths of their "fathers", to succeed princes without legitimate sons. [Rani Profulla Kumara Devi of Bastar]