Information freedom fighter rani lakshmi bai biography
Information freedom fighter rani lakshmi bai biography
Rani Lakshmibai Biography : Life History, Facts, Death!
Rani of Jhansi
Queen of Jhansi
"Jhansi Ki Rani" redirects here. For other uses, see Jhansi Ki Rani (disambiguation).
"Manikarnika Tambe" redirects here.
For the Indian Hindi film, see Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi.
Lakshmibai Newalkar, the Rani of Jhansi or Jhansi ki Rani widely known as Rani Lakshmibai (pronunciationⓘ; born Manikarnika Tambe; 19 November — 18 June ),[1][2] was the Maharani consort of the princely state of Jhansi in the Maratha Empire from to by marriage to Maharaja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar.
She was one of the leading figures in the Indian Rebellion of , who became a national hero and symbol of resistance to the British rule in India for Indian nationalists.[3][4]
Born into a Marathi Karhade Brahmin family in Banares, Lakshmibai married the Maharaja of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao, in When the Maharaja died in , the British East India Company under Governor-General Lord Dalhousie refused to recognize the claim of