Who is Rani Jhansi ki bai and what she did
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ani Lakshmibai or Jhansi ki Rani, the queen of Jhansi was one of the leading figures of the Rebellion of 1857. For Indian nationalists, she became an icon for the freedom struggle against the British Raj for Indian.
November 19, the birth anniversary of Rani Lakshmibai, is celebrated as Martyr's Day in Jhansi to honor the lives lost in the Rebellion of 1857.
Who was Rani Lakshmibai?
A handsome miniature of Rani of Jhansi found during the capture of the Nawab of Farrukhabad's palace in 1857.
Rani Lakshmibai, one of the warriors of India's struggle for Independence, was born as Manikarnika Tambe in 1828 in Varanasi
She lost her mother at the age of four and was raised in an unconventional way by her father who worked as an advisor in the court of Peshwa
He supported her in learning horsemanship, archery, self-defense, and shooting
In 1842, Lakshmibai got married to Gangadhar Rao Newalkar, the Maharaja of Jhansi and got the name of Rani Lakshmibai. Few years after marriage, in 1851, Manikarnika gave birth to a boy but he couldn't survive and died after four months
Then Lakshmibai and Gangadhar Rao adopted Rao's cousin's son, Anand Rao, who was later renamed as Damodar
Soon after they adopted Anand, Maharaja died due to an illness in 1853. Rani Lakshmibai was just 18 at that time.
The East India Company took advantage of the Maharaja's death and applied the Doctrine of Lapse.