 Her mahout advised her to leave the battlefield but she refused and took out her dagger and killed herself on 24 June 1564.Her martyrdom day (24 June 1564) is even today commemorated as "Balidan Diwas".In the year 1983, the Government of Madhya Pradesh renamed the University of Jabalpur as Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya in her memory.