Rudramma Devi

Rani Rudrama Devi, or Rudradeva Maharaja, sometimes spelt Rudramadevi or Rudrama-Devi, was a monarch of the Kakatiya dynasty in the Deccan Plateau from 1263 until her death. She was one of the very few women to rule as monarchs in India and promoted a male image in order to do so. Unlike her Kakatiya predecessors, she chose to recruit as warriors many people who were not aristocratic, granting them rights over land tax revenue in return for their support.