Tarabai combines the Sanskrit tara (star) and the Marathi bai (lady). **Maharani Tarabai Bhosale (1675-1761)** was the **Maratha regent who, after her husband's death, fought Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb for seven years** during the Mughal-Maratha Wars — coordinating Maratha resistance and preserving the empire. **One of the great warrior-regents of Indian history.**
Featured in Maratha chronicles.
Tarabai reduces to four — the number of Maratha warrior-regent.