Rampyari Gurjar was a lady commander who fought against Timur

Timur

Timur , historically known as Tamerlane in English , was a 14th-century conqueror of West, South and Central Asia, and the founder of the Timurid dynasty in Central Asia, and great-great-grandfather of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Dynasty, which survived as the Mughal Empire in India until...

 (Tīmūr-e Lang "Timur the Lame") in 1398, when Timurl invaded the regions from Haridwar

Haridwar

Haridwar is an important pilgrimage city and municipality in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India...

 to ancient Dehli, leading to a later association of her name with the term "Brave Rampyari" in colloquial Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

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She is said to have trained over 40,000 women to be warriors. These women fought alongside male soldiers. Rampyari was accompanied by super general Jograj panwar (Khubed Gurjar) and Mam Chand Gurjar in her fight against Timur. She succeeded in warding off the takeover of Doaba

Doaba

Doaba is the region of Indian Punjab surrounded by the rivers Beas and Sutlej. The name "Doaba" literally translates to "land of two rivers" . It is one of the most fertile regions of the world, and was the centre of the Green Revolution in India.Scheduled castes form more than 35% of the...

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