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- Recently, the Prime Minister of India has paid tributes to Rani Lakshmibai on her Jayanti.
About Rani Lakshmi Bai
- Lakshmi Bai was born on November 19, 1835, in Kashi, India.
- Early Life: Brought up in the household of the Peshwa (ruler) Baji Rao II.
- She grew up with the boys in the Peshwa’s court and was trained in martial arts and became proficient in sword fighting and riding.
- Marriage: She married the Maharaja of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao, but was widowed without bearing a surviving heir to the throne.
- The Maharaja adopted a boy as his heir just before his death,
- Lord Dalhousie, the British governor-general of India, refused to recognize the adopted heir and annexed Jhansi in accordance with the Doctrine of Lapse.
Doctrine of Lapse
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- Uprising against the British:
- She refused to cede Jhansi to the British. Shortly after the beginning of the mutiny in 1857, which broke out in Meerut.
- She was proclaimed the regent of Jhansi, and she ruled on behalf of the minor heir.
- Under Gen. Hugh Rose, the East India Company’s forces had begun their counteroffensive in Bundelkhand by January 1858.
- Advancing from Mhow, Rose captured Saugor (now Sagar) in February and then turned toward Jhansi in March.
- She offered stiff resistance to the invading forces and the rescuing army of Tantia Tope, another rebel leader, was defeated at the Battle of Betwa.
- Tantia Tope and Lakshmi Bai then mounted a successful assault on the city-fortress of Gwalior.
- The treasury and the arsenal were seized, and Nana Sahib, a prominent leader, was proclaimed as the Peshwa (ruler).
- Death: After taking Gwalior, Lakshmi Bai marched east to Morar to confront a British counterattack led by Rose.
- She fought a fierce battle and was killed in combat on June 17, 1858, near Gwalior.
Source: PIB
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