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Jhansi Ki Rani
Great Indian Personalities
Rani Jhansi on 17th June 1858
"Khoob Ladi Mardani Vah to Jhansi Wali Rani thi.."Jhansi ki Rani, the Hindi poem, is the most famous composition of Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, an emotionally charged description of the life of Rani Lakshmi Bai.
Manikarnika Tambe (Rani Jhansi) was born on 19 November 1828 into a Marathi Brahmin family in the holy town of Varanasi . She name was Manikarnika and she was given nickname Manu. Her father was Moropant Tambe and her mother Bhagirathi Sapre or Bhagirathi Bai. Her parents were came from Maharashtra. She lost her mother when she was four. Her father had worked for a court Peshwa of Bithoor district. The Pehwa brought Manikarnika up like his own daughter. The Peshwa called her "Chhabili", which means "playful". She was educated at home and was more independent in her childhood than others of her age; her studies included archery, horsemanship, and self-defense.
In 1842 She married the Maharaja of Jhansi Raja Gangadhar Rao and became the Rani of Jhansi. After her marriage to the Raja Manu-bai became Lakshmibai Newalkar. Before her marriage, Rani Lakshmibai gave birth to a son, Damodar Rao, in 1851, but he died after four months. On the day before the raja's death in November 1853 he adopted a son and given him name Damodar, after their actual son, His actual name was Anand. After the death of her husband the head of the British government of India refused to allow her adopted son to become raja and Jhansi was then ruled by the British.
The great Mutiny broke in May 1857 then the British in Jhansi had been killed by mutinous Indian troops in June 1857 the Rani took over the administration until the British returned. However she formed an army to defeat the invading forces of Orchha and Datia. British believed she had been responsible for the earlier British deaths. In March 1858 Sir Hugh Rose led the British forces and came to Jhansi to take back the city from Rani who wanted complete independence now. Jhansi was besieged by British and finally taken after strong resistance. Many of the people of Jhansi were killed in the war afterwards. The Rani manage to escape to Kalpi and joint with the Maratha general Tatya Tope and then seized Gwalior. In the battle which was British forces commanded by Sir Hugh Rose had conquered Gwalior, In this Battle finally Rani died. on 17 June 1858,
