Rani of Jhansi

Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi (About this soundpronunciation (help·info); 19 November 1828 – 18 June 1858),[1][2] was an Indian queen of the princely state of Jhansi in North India currently present in Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh, India.[3] She was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and became a symbol of resistance to the British Raj for Indian nationalists.



Maharani of Jhansi
Reign
  • 21 November 1853 – 10 March 1854
  • 4 June 1857 – April 1858
PredecessorGangadhar Rao
Successor(Kingdom abolished)
British Raj
BornManikarnika Tambe
19 November 1828
Benares, Kingdom of Kashi-Benares (present-day Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died18 June 1858 (aged 29)
Kotah-ki-Serai, Gwalior, Gwalior State, British India (present-day Madhya Pradesh, India)
Burial
Phool Bagh, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Spouse
Gangadhar Rao Newalkar
(m. 1842; died 1853)
IssueDamodar Rao
Anand Rao (adopted)
DynastyNewalkar (by marriage)
FatherMoropant Tambe
MotherBhagirathi Sapre

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