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Amba
Ambika was the eldest daughter of King of Kashi.
Along with her sisters Ambika and Ambalika, she was taken by force by Bhishma from their Swayamvara. (Bhishma challenged the assembled Kings and Princes and defeated them.) He presented them to Satyavati for marriage to Vichitravirya, the king of Hastinapura.
Vichitravirya married only her sisters,Since Amba had already given her heart to some other. Amba then demanded that Bhishma marry her, since he was the one to have won her in swayamvara. But he too declined since he had already taken a vow of bachelorhood. Enraged, she swore to kill him at least in her next life, and died.
She was re-born as Shikhandi the son of Drupada. In the battle of Kurukshetra, Shikhandi was instrumental in Bhishma's death.
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