Rani Lakshmi Bai
The
queen of Jhansi, Rani Lakshmi Bai was born on 19th November 1828. She
was one of the strong, courageous and prominent personas of the first
war of India's independence that started in 1857. She set an example for
the rest.
Childhood
Rani
Laxmi Bai was born to Moropant Tambe and Bhagirathi Sapre (Bhagirathi
Bai) in a Marathi Brahmin family in Varanasi. Her real name was
Manikarnika. Her pet name was Manu. Her mother, Bhagirathi Bai died when
she was only four years old. As a result, her father took the
responsibility of her a as a child.
Education and Marriage
She
was educated at home only by a tutor. Along with that, he was given
training in martial arts also. That included horse riding, shooting and
fencing. At the age of fourteen, she got married to the Maharaja of
Jhansi, Raja Gangadhar Rao Niwalkar. After marriage, she was called
Lakshmi Bai. After three years of marriage, she gave birth to a baby
boy. But the infant did not survive more than four months. After
sometime, Raja got ill and they adopted a child.
War
“Khoob
ladi mardani wo to Jhansi waali rani thi” used for Jhansi ki Rani only
because a women who is so strong and brave that without any support and
carrying her infant at her back during the war is a symbol of courage,
fighting spirit and her love for the state. She formed a volunteer army
on her own which was a mix of men and women both, those brave women.
Women along with men got military training to face and fight in the war,
in the battle. Rani constantly defended Jhansi from being invaded by
the armies of the neighboring rajas of Orchha and Datia. However, in the
fight of two indigenous parties, one outside party i.e. Britishers
managed and succeeded in entering the country.
At the end
However,
even in such a mess, Lakshmi Bai managed to escape along with the
infant and to her luck, she met Tatya Tope, the then Great warrior. She
went unconscious while fighting for Gwalior and there and then she died
on 17th June 1858.
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