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Rani LakshmibaiRani of Jhansi

She defended Jhansi against Sir Hugh Rose in March–April 1858, broke out, and fell fighting at Kotah-ki-Serai near Gwalior on 18 June 1858.

19 November 1828 – 18 June 1858

The full life
1Birth year is given as 1828 by most historians; some accounts give 1835.Rani Lakshmibai
2Married Raja Gangadhar Rao of Jhansi in 1842.Rani Lakshmibai · Raja Gangadhar Rao
3Jhansi annexed under the Doctrine of Lapse in March 1854.Rani Lakshmibai · The British
4Jhansi stormed by Hugh Rose on 3–4 April 1858.Rani Lakshmibai · The British
5Took Gwalior with Tatya Tope on 1 June 1858.Rani Lakshmibai

Sources for these facts

  • Vishnubhat Godse, Majha Pravas (1907)
  • Sir Hugh Rose’s despatches on the Central India campaign (1858)
  • S. N. Sen, Eighteen Fifty-Seven (1957)

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