Maharani Jind Kaur

Maharani Jind Kaur (1817 -- 1 August 1863) was the youngest wife of the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and the mother of the last Maharaja, Maharaja Daleep Singh. She was renowned for her beauty, energy and strength of purpose and was popularly known as Rani Jindan, but her fame is derived chiefly from the fear she engendered in the British in India, who described her as "the Messalina of the Punjab".