Value 1 Rupee Currency Rupee Composition Silver Weight 11.00 g Diameter 20.72mm Shape Round Number N#111588 References KM# 65
Comments
Baiza Bai (1784-1863) was born in Kagal, Kolhapur, Maharashtra in 1784. In February 1798 in Poona, at the age of 14, she was married to Daulat Rao Scindia, the ruler of Gwalior. She was known as a superb horsewoman and had been trained to fight with a sword and spear. She accompanied her husband during the Maratha wars with the British, and she fought against Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, at the Battle of Assaye. During the British campaign against the Pindaris, she had urged her husband to support the Peshwa Baji Rao II against them. When Daulat Rao submitted to British demands, she even left him briefly, accusing him of cowardice. She was also fiercely opposed to the Scindia surrender of Ajmer to the British. Baiza Bai died in Gwalior in 1863. The regnal year 23 becomes frozen with this issue on all size coins of this mint (identified by five-flowered symbol) and of Lashkar Mint.
Description
Obverse
Inscription: Muhammad Akbar II
Five-flowered symbolReverse
Nagari \"Shri\" (श्री) for Baija Bai and five-flowered symbol
Regnal Year 23
Exquisite
Value 1 Rupee Currency Rupee Composition Silver Weight 11.00 g Diameter 20.72mm Shape Round Number N#111588 References KM# 65
Comments
Baiza Bai (1784-1863) was born in Kagal, Kolhapur, Maharashtra in 1784. In February 1798 in Poona, at the age of 14, she was married to Daulat Rao Scindia, the ruler of Gwalior. She was known as a superb horsewoman and had been trained to fight with a sword and spear. She accompanied her husband during the Maratha wars with the British, and she fought against Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, at the Battle of Assaye. During the British campaign against the Pindaris, she had urged her husband to support the Peshwa Baji Rao II against them. When Daulat Rao submitted to British demands, she even left him briefly, accusing him of cowardice. She was also fiercely opposed to the Scindia surrender of Ajmer to the British. Baiza Bai died in Gwalior in 1863. The regnal year 23 becomes frozen with this issue on all size coins of this mint (identified by five-flowered symbol) and of Lashkar Mint.