Write the names of two women who led the revolt of 1857.
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Answer:
Begum Hazrat Mahal and Rani Lakshmi Bai
Explanation:
Revolt of 1857
The Revolt of 1857 shook the British. It began as a mutiny of sepoys of the East India Company in Meerut and soon spread across India. Among the leaders of this revolt were women such as Begum Hazrat Mahal and Rani Lakshmi Bai who led the people of Awadh and Jhansi against the British.
Rani Lakshmi Bai was martyred and Begum Hazrat Mahal had to flee to Nepal.
Historian C. A. Kinkaid writes about the Rani of Jhansi, “I prefer to think of her as a young and gallant lady, who, forced by events beyond her control, joined Nana Sahib and fell on the field of honour, fighting for a lost cause.”
Even before the revolt there were voices of dissent that had risen and one that emerged from Karnataka was of Kittur Rani Chennamma, who fought to save the state of Kittur from British after the death of her husband.
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