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The Last Queen (2021) is the tenth novel by India-born American novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, a feminist retelling of the life of Rani Jindan Kaur (1817–1863), the last queen of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Punjab. Divakaruni re-creates the tempestuous political condition of the mid-nineteenth century Punjab after the demise of Ranjit Singh, to explore the complexities of Jindan’s character, valorizing her determination to protect Punjab from the imperialist greed of the British.

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Last Queen, The, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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    2025年

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  • Amit Bhattacharya

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The Last Queen (2021) is the tenth novel by India-born American novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, a feminist retelling of the life of Rani Jindan Kaur (1817–1863), the last queen of Maharaja Ranjit Singh of Punjab. Divakaruni re-creates the tempestuous political condition of the mid-nineteenth century Punjab after the demise of Ranjit Singh, to explore the complexities of Jindan’s character, valorizing her determination to protect Punjab from the imperialist greed of the British.