The first women, so far as we know, to ascend the throne was
Razia sultan.She succeeded her father Iltutmish in 1236 before the court's nobles plotted to overthrow and possibly kill her.Though she ruled for a brief four years, her memory lives on.she become the subject of a Bollywood blockbuster directed by Kamal Amrohi where Hema Malini played Razia..Just two decades after Raziz,
Rani Rudrama Devi become the first queen of the Kaktiya dynasty in south India. she had no brothers and her father, King Ganapathideva, designated her a 'son' in a religious ceremony and named her his heir. she ruled from 1262 to 1289.
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