Rani Karnavati of

Garhwal Kingdom Garhwal Kingdom was an independent Himalayan kingdom in the current north-western Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, India, founded in 688 CE by Kanak Pal, the progenitor of the Panwar dynasty that ruled over the kingdom uninterrupted until ...

, also known as Tehri Garhwal, was the wife of Mahipat Shah (or Mahipati Shah), the Rajput king of Garhwal who used the title Shah. The capital of

was shifted from Dewalgarh to Srinagar, Uttarakhand by him, who ascended to the throne in 1622 and further consolidated his rule over most parts of Garhwal. Though King Mahipati Shah died young in 1631, after his death his wife, Rani Karnavati, ruled the kingdom on the behalf of her very young seven-year-old son, Prithvipati Shah. She ruled over for many years to come, during which she successfully defend the kingdom against invaders and repelled an invasion of Mughal army of Shah Jahan led by Najabat Khan in 1640, in this war Rani Karnavati got the advantage of geographical location of its Small Kingdom Of Uttrakhand because Mughal army was not aware about mountains war techniques like Guirilla technique that's why Najabat Khan had to Sign peace treaty with Rani Karnavati. Monuments erected by her still exist in Dehradun district at Nawada, she is also credited with the construction of the Rajpur Canal, the earliest of all the

Dehradun canals Dehradun canals refers to the heritage network of canals that was once spread across Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India, with the earliest, Rajpur Canal, dating back to early 17th century. After the city became the state capital in 2000, rapid and un ...

, which starts from the Rispana River and brings its waters till the city of Dehradun. Rispana River is one of the tributaries of

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that drains the central and eastern part of the

Doon Valley The Doon Valley is an unusually wide, long valley within the Sivalik Hills and the Lesser Himalayas, in the Indian states of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. Within the valley lies the city of Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand st ...

. Some years later her grown up son Prithvipati came to the throne and ruled wisely under his mother's influence.

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