![]() ![]() Her father worked for Peshwa Baji Rao II of Bithoor district. Her father was a Commander during the war of Kalyanpranth. ![]() Her mother died when she was four years old. Her parents came from the Tambe village of the Guhagar taluka located in the Ratnagiri district of modern-day Maharashtra. Her father was Moropant Tambe and her mother Bhagirathi Sapre (Bhagirathi Bai). ![]() She was named Manikarnika Tambe and was nicknamed Manu. Rani Lakshmibai (or Rani Lakshmi Bai) was born on 19 November 1828 (some sources say 1835) in the town of Banares (now Varanasi) into a Karhada Brahmin family. ![]() She died in June 1858 after being mortally wounded during the British counterattack at Gwalior.Įarly life A miniature portrait of Rani Lakshmibai The Rani managed to escape on horseback and joined the rebels in capturing Gwalior, where they proclaimed Nana Saheb as Peshwa of the revived Maratha Empire. She led the successful defense of Jhansi against Company allies, but in early 1858 Jhansi fell to British forces under the command of Hugh Rose. The Rani was unwilling to cede control and joined the rebellion against the British in 1857. When the Maharaja died in 1853, the British East India Company under Governor-General Lord Dalhousie refused to recognize the claim of his adopted heir and annexed Jhansi under the Doctrine of Lapse. She was one of the leading figures in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, who became a national hero and symbol of resistance to the British rule in India for Indian nationalists.īorn into a Karhada Brahmin family in Banares, Lakshmibai married the Maharaja of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao, in 1842. Rani Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi ( pronunciation ⓘ 19 November 1828 - 18 June 1858), was the Maharani consort of the princely state of Jhansi in Maratha Empire from 1843 to 1853 by marriage to Maharaja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar. ![]()
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