Lucknow, Aug. 16 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday paid tribute to freedom fighter Rani Avantibai Lodhi on her birth anniversary by garlanding her statue.

He also announced that a new women's PAC battalion in Badaun has been named in her honour.

The Chief Minister called Rani Avantibai Lodhi a symbol of courage and sacrifice in India's freedom struggle and said her legacy continues to inspire every Indian.

Speaking to the reporters, Yogi Adityanath said, "Today is the birth anniversary of the great warrior Rani Avantibai Lodhi. On this occasion, I pay my tributes to her memory. Warrior queen Avantibai Lodhi led a great struggle to overthrow the tyrannical rule of that time for India's independence. Her struggl...