Write a short note on the following revolutionaries:
(a) Queen of Jhansi, Rani Laxmibai.
(b) Nana Sahib, the adopted son of Peshwa.
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Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi (About this soundpronunciation (help·info); 19 November 1828 – 18 June 1858),[1][2] 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.
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 then again 4 June 1857 - 4/5 April 1858
Predecessor
Gangadhar Rao
Successor
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
Nana Saheb (19 May 1824 – 1859), born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian Peshwa of the Maratha empire, aristocrat and fighter, who led the rebellion in Cawnpore (Kanpur) during the 1857 uprising. As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II, Nana Saheb believed that he was entitled to a pension from the East India Company, but the underlying contractual issues are rather murky. The Company's refusal to continue the pension after his father's death, as well as what he perceived as high-handed policies, compelled him to revolt and seek independence from company rule in India. He forced the British garrison in Cawnpore to surrender, then executed the survivors, gaining control of Cawnpore for a few days. He later disappeared, after his forces were defeated by a British force that recaptured Cawnpore. He went to the Nepal Hills in 1859, where he is thought to have died.
Nana Saheb
"Nana Sahib" (Dhundu Pant).jpg
A picture of Nana Saheb titled "Nana Sahib" published in The Illustrated London News, 1857
Born
May 19, 1824
Venu, Maharashtra
Disappeared
July 1857 (aged 33)
Cawnpore (now Kanpur), British India
Nationality
Indian
Title
Peshwa
Predecessor
Baji Rao II
Successor
Devi Maina
Parent(s)
Narayan Bhat and Ganga Bai; Baji Rao II (adopted)
The queen of Jhansi, Rani Lakshmibai, who died fighting the British during the 1857 revolt and became a supreme symbol of Indian nationalism, was born on November 19, 1828, in Varanasi (in present day Uttar Pradesh) in a Maharashtrian Brahmin family. She was named Manikarnika (or Manu, informally).