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Give an detailed account on Queen Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi and her role in the freedom.

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Answer 1

Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi (19 November 1828 – 18 June 1858),was the queen of the princely state of Jhansi in North India currently present in Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh, India.[3] She was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and became a symbol of resistance to the British Raj for Indian nationalists.On 10 May 1857 the Indian Rebellion started in Meerut. When news of the fighting reached Jhansi, the Rani asked the British political officer, Captain Alexander Skene, for permission to raise a body of armed men for her own protection; Skene agreed to this.[19]The city was relatively calm in the midst of the regional unrest, but the Rani conducted aHaldi Kumkum ceremony with pomp in front of all the women of Jhansi to provide assurance to her subjects, in the summer of 1857 and to convince them that the British were cowards and not to be afraid of them.[20][21]

Until this point, Lakshmibai was reluctant to rebel against the British. In June 1857, rebels of the 12th Bengal Native Infantry seized the Star Fort of Jhansi containing the treasure and magazine,[22] and after persuading the British to lay down their arms by promising them no harm, broke their word and massacred 40 to 60 European officers of the garrison along with their wives and children. The Rani's involvement in this massacre is still a subject of debate.[23][24] An army doctor, Thomas Lowe, wrote after the rebellion characterising her as the "Jezebel of India ... the young rani upon whose head rested the blood of the slain".[25]

Four days after the massacre the sepoys left Jhansi, having obtained a large sum of money from the Rani, and having threatened to blow up the palace where she lived. Following this, as the only source of authority in the city the Rani felt obliged to assume the administration and wrote to Major Erskine, commissioner of the Saugor division explaining the events which had led her to do so.[26] On 2nd July, Erskine wrote in reply, requesting her to "manage the District for the British Government" until the arrival of a British Superintendent.[27] The Rani's forces defeated an attempt by the mutineers to assert the claim to the throne of a rival prince Sadashiv Rao (nephew of Maharaja Gangadhar Rao) who was captured and imprisoned. There was then an invasion of Jhansi by the forces of Company allies Orchha and Datia; their intention however was to divide Jhansi between themselves. The Rani appealed to the British for aid but it was now believed by the governor-general that she was responsible for the massacre and no reply was received. She set up a foundry to cast cannon to be used on the walls of the fort and assembled forces including some from former feudatories of Jhansi and elements of the mutineers which were able to defeat the invaders in August 1857. Her intention at this time was still to hold Jhansi on behalf of the British.[28]

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Answer 2

Answer:

Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi (About this soundpronunciation (help·info); 19 November 1828 – 18 June 1858),[1][2] was an Indian queen of the Maratha princely state of Jhansi in North India currently present in Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh, India.[3] She was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and became a symbol of resistance to the British Raj for Indian nationalists.

Lakshmibai

Maharani of Jhansi

Rani of jhansi.jpg

Portrait of Lakshmibai, Queen of Jhansi, dressed as a sowar

Maharani of Jhansi

Reign

21 November 1853 – 10 March 1854

4 June 1857 – April 1858

Predecessor

Gangadhar Rao

Successor

(Kingdom abolished)

British Raj

Born

Manikarnika Tambe

19 November 1828

Benares, Kingdom of Kashi-Benares (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)

Died

18 June 1858 (aged 29)

Kotah-ki-Serai, Gwalior, Gwalior State, British India (present-day Madhya Pradesh, India)

Burial

Phool Bagh, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Spouse

Gangadhar Rao Newalkar

(m. 1842; died 1853)

Issue

Damodar Rao

Anand Rao (adopted)

Dynasty

Newalkar (by marriage)

Father

Moropant Tambe

Mother

Bhagirathi Sapre

Explanation:

In the year 1851, when the entire country was already fighting the first war for Independence, Rani Laxmi Bai joined the wagon after Sir Hugh Rose demanded the complete surrender of Jhansi. To strengthen her defence, Rani also had an army of women.

The fearless queen of Jhansi, Rani Laxmi Bai was one of the leading figures of the 1857 war of independence.

Born on 19 November 1828, in Varanasi as Manikarnika Tambe, she grew up to become an icon for the freedom struggle against the British rule for citizens.

She married the Maharaja of Jhansi in 1842 following which she was rechristened as Rani Laxmibai in honour of Goddess Laxmi on her wedding day.

After giving a tough fight to the Britishers, she was killed on 17 June 1988. Her troops whisked away her body so that her last wish of not being captured by the British could be fulfilled.

The fearless queen of Jhansi, Rani Laxmi Bai was one of the leading figures of the 1857 war of independence. Born on 19 November 1828 in Varanasi as Manikarnika Tambe, she grew up to become an icon for the freedom struggle against the British rule in India.

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