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Rani Lakshmibai (pronunciation ⓘ; born Manikarnika Tambe; 19 November 1828 — 18 June 1858), [1] [2] also known as Jhansi ki Rani, was the Maharani consort of the princely state of Jhansi in the Maratha Empire from 1843 to 1853 by marriage to Maharaja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar.
The Rani escaped in the night with her son, surrounded by guards. [13] The majority of the population in April 1858 (estimated at 5,000 killed) died in the massacre which followed the storming of the city. [14] Rani Lakshmibai died of wounds received in the battle at Kotah ki Serai near the city of Gwalior on 17/18 June. It was not until ...
Lakshmibai or the Rani of Jhansi was the queen of the princely state of Jhansi in North India [1] She was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. [ 2 ] Early life
The Archaeological Survey of India is setting up a museum at Panch Mahal, a five-storey building located inside the Jhansi Fort in remembrance of Jhalkaribai. [14] She is referred to in the novel Jhansi ki Rani written in 1951 by B. L. Varma, who created a subplot in his novel about Jhalkaribai. He addressed Jhalkaribai as Korin and an ...
On the death of Raghunath Rao III son of Shiv Rao Bhau in 1838, the British rulers accepted his brother Gangadhar Rao as the Raja of Jhansi in 1843. [6] Cenotaph of Raja Gangadhar Rao or Gangadhar Rao ki Chhatri. He was an able administrator and he improved the financial condition of Jhansi, which had deteriorated during his predecessor's rule.
A number of patriotic songs have been written about the Rani. The most famous composition about Rani Lakshmi Bai is the Hindi poem Jhansi ki Rani written by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. An emotionally charged description of the life of Rani Lakshmibai, it is often taught in schools in India. [28] A popular stanza from it reads:
The point from where Rani Lakshmibai jumped with her horse, Sarangi and young Damodar Rao, according to legend, marked at Jhansi Fort. After the death of Rani Lakshmibai at Kotah ki Sarai in Gwalior on 18 June 1858, he survived that battle and, lived with his mentors in the jungle, in dire poverty.
The Rani of Jhansi Regiment was the women's regiment of the Indian National Army, the armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia with the aim of overthrowing the British Raj in colonial India, with Japanese assistance. It was one of the all-female combat regiments of the Second World War on all sides.