The last queen of the Punjab Empire, Maharani Jind Kaur (or Jindan, as she was also called) waged two wars against British rule in India. Her campaign against colonial rule began when she was still in her 20s — her husband, the last Maharaja of the Punjab, had died of a stroke in 1839, and the British were trying to wrest the kingdom from her infant son and heir, Duleep Singh. One of the most remarkable characters of 19th-century India, the feisty queen led the court, discarded the prevalent cus