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The Rani of Jhansi Regiment was a unit of the Indian National Army (INA), which was formed in 1942 by Indian nationalists in Southeast Asia during World War II. The regiment was named in honor of Rani Lakshmibai, the warrior queen of Jhansi who fought against British colonial rule in India in 1857.
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.
Jhansi was an independent princely state ruled by the Maratha Newalkar dynasty under suzerainty of British India from 1804 till 1853, when the British authorities took over the state under the terms of the Doctrine of Lapse, and renamed it the Jhansi State. Before the takeover, it was under the Peshwas from 1728 to 1804.
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:
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
Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi. The area known to the British at the time as Central India now consists of the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. A large part of it was included in the region of Bundelkhand named after its former Bundela rulers.
Bundelkhand (/ ˈ b ʊ n d eɪ l ˌ k h ʌ n d /, Hindi: [bʊn.d̪eːl.kʰəɳɖ]) is a geographical and cultural region and a proposed state and also a mountain range in central & North India. It corresponds to the Post-Vedic Chedi kingdom.
There is a fort of the Newalkars of Jhansi at Parola. The royal family of Jhansi, Newalkar, was the Jagirdar of Parola. Jahagirdar Sadashiv Rao Damodar Newalkar build this fort in 1726. He is great grandfather in law of Rani Lakshmibai. As Konkanstha Tambe settled here over time, this village is said to be the native of Queen Lakshmibai of Jhansi.