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Ek Veer Stree ki Kahaani... Jhansi Ki Rani is the story of an ordinary girl who went on to become an extraordinary ruler. Her defiance against the British is exemplary even today. The fervor... Ek Veer Stree ki Kahaani... Jhansi Ki Rani is the story of an ordinary girl who went on to become an extraordinary ruler. Her defiance against the British is exemplary even today. The fervor that she aroused gave birth to various leaders and revolutionaries who finally freed our ... Ek Veer Stree ki Kahaani... Jhansi Ki Rani is the story of an ordinary girl who went on to become an extraordinary ruler. Her defiance against the British is exemplary even today. The fervor that she aroused gave birth to various leaders and revolutionaries who finally freed our nation from the British. The show attempts to bring forth the various facets of this remar...

Yhe story of fierce warrior Manikarnika who was later given the name of Rani Laxmibai , Queen of Jhansi. Yhe story of fierce warrior Manikarnika who was later given the name of Rani Laxmibai , Queen of Jhansi. Yhe story of fierce warrior Manikarnika who was later given the name of Rani Laxmibai , Queen of Jhansi.

Few Indians may know that the British, who fought the plucky Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi during the Great Indian Mutiny of 1857-58, also admired her greatly. Her enemies on the battlefield and the political bigwigs of that time, openly acknowledged that she was a rare combination of bravery, intelligence and administrative ability. And interestingly, many were in raptures over her personal charm and beauty. She was a "man among mutineers," wrote Sir Hugh Rose, who led the British forces against her. "She used to dress like a man (with a turban) and rode like one. Not pretty and pock marked with small pox, but beautiful eyes and figure," noted Lord Canning, India's first Viceroy, in his private papers. "She was a good looking woman, rather stout but not too stout," wrote John Lang in Wanderings in India (1859). "Her face must have been very handsome when she was younger. Even now it has many charms," Long, who knew her, said. According to him, the expression was very intelligent, the eyes were particularly fine, and the nose very delicately shaped. She was not fair though she was far from dark. "Her dress was plain white muslin, so fine in texture and drawn about her in such a way that the outline of her figure was plainly discernible – a remarkably fine figure she had. What spoilt her was her voice(!)," Lang noted. There is some doubt about Lakshmi Bai's age at the time of the mutiny. Christopher Hibbert in his Great Mutiny (Penguin, 1978) says that she was in her early thi...

He was an able administrator and he improved the financial condition of Jhansi, which had deteriorated during his predecessor's rule. He took corrective steps to ensure the growth and development of the town of Jhansi. He controlled an army of around 5,000 men. He possessed wisdom, diplomacy, and was a lover of art and culture; He was first married to Ramabai, who died soon after. She never became queen consort of Jhansi as Gangadhar started to hold the title of Raja (King) in 1843, after Ramabai's death. In May 1842, Gangadhar Rao married a young girl named Manikarnika Tambe, later renamed as In September 1851, she gave birth to a boy, named Damodar Rao, who died four months after birth. Raja Gangadhar Rao adopted a child called Anand Rao, the son of his cousin Vasudev Newalkar, who was renamed See also [ ] • • • • References [ ] • ^ a b Rana, Bhawan Singh (2005). Rani of Jhansi. 9788128808753 . Retrieved 23 August 2015. • ^ a b c Rana, Bhawan Singh (2005). Rani of Jhansi. 9788128808753 . Retrieved 23 August 2015. • ^ a b c Agarwal, Deepa (8 September 2009). Rani Lakshmibai. 9788184758061 . Retrieved 23 August 2015. • Tapti Roy (2006). Raj of the Rani. Penguin Books India. p.32. 9780143062219. • Homans, Margaret; Munich, Adrienne; Beer, Gillian (2 October 1997). Remaking Queen Victoria - Google Books. 9780521574853 . Retrieved 27 September 2018. • Rana, Bhawan Singh (2005). Rani of Jhansi. Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. 978-81-288-0875-3. • Edwardes Red Year (1975), p. 113...