Pradeep Bhandari, the Chief Editor at Jan Ki Baat and with over 3.28 lakh followers on Twitter, recently shared an image showing himself prostrating in front of a statue of Ahilyabai Holkar. Bhandari tweeted the photo claiming that Holkar defeated Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
The image shows Bhandari prostrating in front of a statue of Ahilyabai Holkar. The photo is captioned, "The city that I come from is Indore, the city of the maternal figure, Ahilyabai Holkar ji. Today, I received the blessings of mother Ahilya, who defeated Aurangzeb in Varanasi."
मैं जहां से आता हूँ वो नगरी माँ अहिलयाबाई होलकर जी की इंदौर नगरी है।
— Pradeep Bhandari(परदीप भंडारी) (@pradip103) December 26, 2022
औरंगजेब को लोहे के चने चबवाने वाली माँ अहिलया का आशीरवाद आज वाराणसी में परापत किया। #Kashi pic.twitter.com/wgwHQfHl9d
The Logical Indian Fact-Check team verified the viral claim and found it to be false. Mughal ruler Aurangzeb died in 1707, before
Ahilyabai Holkar was born.
To verify this information, we conducted a keyword search for the birth of Ahilyabai Holkar. We came across a report by Hindustan Times published on May 31, 2020, titled, 'Ahilyabai Holkar 295th birth anniversary: The untold story of the brave queen of Malwa'. The report notes her date of birth as May 31, 1725, in the village of Chondi in Jamkhed, Ahmednagar.
We also came across a video report by the Quint on Ahilyabai's life, titled, 'Ahilyabai Holkar: The Pride Of Madhya Pradesh,' published on March...
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