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Lakshmibai was born probably on 19 November 1828[1][3][4][5][6] in the holy town of aranasi into
a !arathi "rahman #$arha%e "rahmin&[citation needed ] family'[(][8] )he was name% !anikarnika an% was
ni*kname% !an+'[9] ,er father was !oropant -ambe an% her mother "ha.irathi )apre #"ha.irathi
"ai&' ,er parents *ame from !aharashtra' ,er mother %ie% when she was fo+r' ,er father
worke% for a *o+rt /eshwa of "ithoor %istri*t who bro+.ht !anikarnika +p like his own %a+.hter'
[10] -he /eshwa *alle% her hhabili whi*h means playf+l' )he was e%+*ate% at home an% was
more in%epen%ent in her *hil%hoo% than others of her a.e her st+%ies in*l+%e% shootin.
horsemanship an% fen*in.'[11][12]
!anikarnika was marrie% to the !aharaa of hansi 7aa an.a%har 7ao Newalkar in !ay
1842[4][13] an% was afterwar%s *alle% Lakshmibai #or Lamibai& in hono+r of the ,in%+
.o%%ess Lakshmi'[14] )he .ave birth to a boy later name% :amo%ar 7ao in 1851 who %ie% when
fo+r months ol%' -he !aharaa a%opte% a *hil% *alle% ;nan% 7ao the son of an.a%har 7ao<s
*o+sin who was rename% :amo%ar 7ao on the %ay before the !aharaa %ie%' -he a%optionwas in the presen*e of the "ritish politi*al offi*er who was .iven a letter from the !aharaa
instr+*tin. that the *hil% be treate% with respe*t an% that the .overnment of hansi sho+l% be
.iven to his wi%ow for her lifetime' ;fter the %eath of the !aharaa in November 1853 be*a+se
:amo%ar 7ao was a%opte% the"ritish =ast >n%ia ompany +n%er overnor?eneral Lor%
:alho+sie applie% the :o*trine of Lapse ree*tin. :amo%ar 7ao<s *laim to the throne an%
annein. the state to its territories' >n !ar*h 1854 Lakshmibai was .iven a pension of 7s'
60000 an% or%ere% to leave the pala*e an% the fort' [15][16]
7ani Lakshmibai was a**+stome% to ri%in. on horseba*k a**ompanie% by a small es*ort
between the pala*e an% the temple altho+.h sometimes she was *arrie% bypalan@+in'[1(] ,er
horses in*l+%e% )aran.i /avan an% "a%al a**or%in. to tra%ition she ro%e "a%al when es*apin.
from the fort in 1858' -he 7ani !ahal the pala*e of 7ani Lakshmibai has now been *onverte%
into a m+se+m' >t ho+ses a *olle*tion of ar*haeolo.i*al remains of the perio% between the 9th
an% 12th *ent+ries ;:'
;**or%in. to a memoir p+rportin. to be by :amo%ar 7ao he was amon. his mother<s troops an%
ho+sehol% at the battle of walior to.ether with others who ha% s+rvive% the battle #some 60
retainers with 60 *amels an% 22 horses& he fle% from the *amp of 7ao )ahib of "ith+r an% as the
villa.e people of "+n%elkhan% %are% not ai% them for fear of reprisals from the "ritish they were
for*e% to live in the forest an% s+ffer many privations' ;fter two years there were abo+t 12
s+rvivors an% these to.ether with another .ro+p of 24 they en*o+ntere% so+.ht the *ity
of halrapatan where there were yet more ref+.ees from hansi' :amo%ar 7ao s+rren%ere%
himself to a "ritish offi*ial an% his memoir en%s in !ay 1860 when he has been allowe% a
pension of 7s' 10000 seven retainers only an% is in the .+ar%ianship of !+nshi
:harmanarayan'[18]
Indian Rebellion of 1857[e%it]
May – July 1857[e%it]
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; r+mo+r that the *artri%.es s+pplie% by the =ast >n%ia ompany to the sol%iers in its army
*ontaine% pork or beef fat be.an to sprea% thro+.ho+t >n%ia in the early months of 185(' [19] An 10
!ay 185( the >n%ian 7ebellion starte% in !eer+t when news of this rea*he% hansi the 7ani
aske% the "ritish politi*al offi*er aptain ;lean%er )kene for permission to raise a bo%y of
arme% men for her own prote*tion an% )kene a.ree% to this' [20] -he *ity was relatively *alm in the
mi%st of +nrest in the re.ion b+t the 7ani *on%+*te% a ,al%i $+mk+m *eremony with pomp in
front of all the women of hansi to provi%e ass+ran*e to her s+be*ts [when?] an% to *onvin*e them
that the "ritish were *owar%s an% not to be afrai% of them' [21][22]
-ill this point Lakshmibai was rel+*tant to rebel a.ainst the "ritish' >n +ne 185( a few men of
the 12th "en.al Native >nfantry seiBe% the fort *ontainin. the treas+re an% ma.aBine an%
massa*re% the =+ropean offi*ers of the .arrison alon. with their wives an% *hil%ren' ,er
involvement in this massa*re is still a s+be*t of %ebate' [23][24] ;n army %o*tor -homas Lowe wrote
after the rebellion *hara*terisin. her as the eBebel of >n%ia ''' the yo+n. rani +pon whose hea%
reste% the bloo% of the slain' [25] Co+r %ays after the massa*re the sepoys left hansi havin.
obtaine% a lar.e s+m of money from the 7ani an% havin. threatene% to blow +p the pala*e
where she live%' Collowin. this as the only so+r*e of a+thority in the *ity the 7ani felt obli.e% to
ass+me the a%ministration an% wrote to !aor =rskine *ommissioner of the )a+.or %ivision
eplainin. the events whi*h ha% le% her to %o so' [26] An 2 +ly =rskine wrote in reply that he
re@+este% her to mana.e the :istri*t for the "ritish overnment +ntil the arrival of a "ritish
)+perinten%ent'[2(] -he 7ani<s for*es %efeate% an attempt by the m+tineers to assert the *laim to
the throne of a rival prin*e who was *apt+re% an% imprisone%' -here was then an invasion of
hansi by the for*es of ompany allies Ar*hha an% :atia their intention however was to %ivi%ehansi between themselves' -he 7ani appeale% to the "ritish for ai% b+t it was now believe% by
the .overnor?.eneral that she was responsible for the massa*re an% no reply was re*eive%' )he
set +p a fo+n%ry to *ast *annon to be +se% on the walls of the fort an% assemble% for*es
in*l+%in. some from former fe+%atories of hansi an% elements of the m+tineers whi*h were able
to %efeat the inva%ers in ;+.+st 185(' ,er intention at this time was still to hol% hansi on behalf
of the "ritish'[28]
August 1857 – June 1858[e%it]
Crom ;+.+st 185( to an+ary 1858 hansi +n%er the 7ani<s r+le was at pea*e' -he "ritish ha%
anno+n*e% that troops wo+l% be sent there to maintain *ontrol b+t the fa*t that none arrive%
stren.thene% the position of a party of her a%visers who wante% in%epen%en*e from "ritish r+le'
Dhen the "ritish for*es finally arrive% in !ar*h they fo+n% it well %efen%e% an% the fort ha%
heavy .+ns whi*h *o+l% fire over the town an% nearby *o+ntrysi%e' )ir ,+.h 7ose *omman%in.
the "ritish for*es %eman%e% the s+rren%er of the *ity if this was ref+se% it wo+l% be %estroye%'
[29] ;fter %+e %eliberation the 7ani iss+e% a pro*lamationE De fi.ht for in%epen%en*e' >n the
wor%s of Lor% $rishna we will if we are vi*torio+s enoy the fr+its of vi*tory if %efeate% an% kille%
on the fiel% of battle we shall s+rely earn eternal .lory an% salvation' [30] )he %efen%e% hansi
a.ainst "ritish troops when )ir ,+.h 7ose besie.e% hansi on 23 !ar*h 1858'
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hansi Cort 1882
-he bombar%ment be.an on 24 !ar*h b+t was met by heavy ret+rn fire an% the %ama.e%
%efen*es were repaire%' -he %efen%ers sent appeals for help to -atya -ope[2(] an army of more
than 20000 hea%e% by -antiatope was sent to relieve hansi b+t they faile% to %o so when they
fo+.ht the "ritish on 31 !ar*h' :+rin. the battle with -antia -ope<s for*es part of the "ritish
for*es *ontin+e% the sie.e an% by 2 ;pril it was %e*i%e% to la+n*h an assa+lt by a brea*h in the
walls' Co+r *ol+mns assa+lte% the %efen*es at %ifferent points an% those attemptin. to s*ale the
walls *ame +n%er heavy fire' -wo other *ol+mns ha% alrea%y entere% the *
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
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a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
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Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National ;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
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wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
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Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
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rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
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-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44]
)he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%aniwo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
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• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
•La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
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I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to womenan% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
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*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
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7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ralJniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
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• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
•
'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%yat :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31]
-he7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
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-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
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,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
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Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
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• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
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.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
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Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National ;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
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wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
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Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
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rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
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-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44]
)he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%aniwo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
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• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
•La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
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I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to womenan% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
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*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
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7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ralJniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
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• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
•
'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%yat :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31]
-he7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
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-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
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,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
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Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
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• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
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.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
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Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National ;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
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wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
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Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
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rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
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-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44]
)he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%aniwo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
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• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
•La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
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I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to womenan% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
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*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
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7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ralJniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
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• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
•
'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%yat :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31]
-he7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
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-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
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,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
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Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
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• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
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.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
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Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National ;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
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wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
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Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
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rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
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-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44]
)he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%aniwo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
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• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
•La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
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I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to womenan% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31] -he
7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
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*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
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7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ralJniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to
*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E
,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
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• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
•
'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%yat :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
to.ether' :etermine% resistan*e was en*o+ntere% in every street an% in every room of the
pala*e' )treet fi.htin. *ontin+e% into the followin. %ay an% no @+arter was .iven even to women
an% *hil%ren' No ma+%lin *lemen*y was to mark the fall of the *ity wrote -homas Lowe'[31]
-he7ani with%rew from the pala*e to the fort an% after takin. *o+nsel %e*i%e% that sin*e resistan*e
in the *ity was +seless she m+st leave an% oin either -antia -ope or 7ao )ahib #Nana )ahib<s
nephew&'[32]
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-he pla*e from where 7ani Lakshmibai +mpe% on her horse "a%al [33]
;**or%in. to tra%ition with :amo%ar 7ao on her ba*k she +mpe% on her horse "a%al from the
fort they s+rvive% b+t the horse %ie%' [34]-he 7ani es*ape% in the ni.ht with her son s+rro+n%e%
by .+ar%s'[35] -he es*ort in*l+%e% the warriors $h+%a "akhsh "asharat ;li #*omman%ant& +lam
a+s $han :ost $han Lala "ha+ "akshi !oti "ai )+n%er?!+n%ar $ashi "ai :eewan
7a.h+nath )in.h an% :eewan awahar )in.h' [citation needed ] ;lon. with all these warriors the lo*al
pop+lation of hansi irrespe*tive of their reli.ion or *aste were always %etermine% to fi.ht an%
.ive their lives with pleas+re for the *a+se of in%epen%en*e an% their belove% 7ani' [citation needed ] )he
%e*ampe% to $alpi with a few .+ar%s where she oine% a%%itional rebel for*es in*l+%in. -atya
-ope'[32] -hey o**+pie% the town of $alpi an% prepare% to %efen% it' An 22 !ay "ritish for*es
atta*ke% $alpi the >n%ian for*es were *omman%e% by the 7ani herself an% were a.ain %efeate%'
-he lea%ers #the 7ani of hansi -antia -ope the Nawab of "an%a an% 7ao )ahib& fle% on*e
more' -hey *ame to walior an% oine% the >n%ian for*es who now hel% the *ity #!aharaa
)*in%ia havin. fle% to ;.ra from the battlefiel% at !orar&' -hey move% on to walior inten%in. to
o**+py the strate.i* walior Cort an% the rebel for*es o**+pie% the *ity witho+t opposition' -he
rebels pro*laime% Nana )ahib as /eshwa of a revive% !aratha %ominion with 7ao )ahib as his
.overnor #s+be%ar& in walior' -he 7ani was +ns+**essf+l in tryin. to pers+a%e the other rebel
lea%ers to prepare to %efen% walior a.ainst a "ritish atta*k whi*h she epe*te% wo+l% *ome
soon' eneral 7ose<s for*es took!orar on 16 +ne an% then ma%e a s+**essf+l atta*k on the
*ity'[36]
An 1( +ne in $otah?ki?)erai 26F12G44'26HN (8F10G24'(6H= near the /hool "a.h of walior a
s@+a%ron of the 8th #$in.<s 7oyal >rish& ,+ssars +n%er aptain ,enea.e fo+.ht the lar.e >n%ian
for*e *omman%e% by 7ani Lakshmibai whi*h was tryin. to leave the area' -he 8th ,+ssars
*har.e% into the >n%ian for*e killin. many >n%ian sol%iers takin. two .+ns an% *ontin+in. the
*har.e ri.ht thro+.h the /hool "a.h en*ampment' >n this en.a.ement a**or%in. to an
eyewitness a**o+nt 7ani Lakshmibai p+t on a sowar<s +niform an% atta*ke% one of the h+ssars
she was +nhorse% an% also wo+n%e% probably by his sabre' )hortly afterwar%s as she sat
blee%in. by the roa%si%e she re*o.nise% the sol%ier an% fire% at him with a pistol where+pon he
%ispat*he% the yo+n. la%y with his *arbine'[3(][38] ;**or%in. to another tra%ition 7ani Lakshmibai
the I+een of hansi %resse% as a *avalry lea%er was ba%ly wo+n%e% not wishin. the "ritish to
*apt+re her bo%y she tol% a hermit to b+rn it' ;fter her %eath a few lo*al people *remate% her
bo%y' -he "ritish *apt+re% the *ity of walior after three %ays' >n the "ritish report of this battle
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,+.h 7ose *ommente% that 7ani Lakshmibai is personable *lever an% bea+tif+l an% she is
the most %an.ero+s of all >n%ian lea%ers' [39][40] 7ose reporte% that she ha% been b+rie% with
.reat *eremony +n%er a tamarin% tree +n%er the 7o*k of walior where > saw her bones an%
ashes'[41][42] ,er tomb is in the /hool "a.h area of walior' -wenty years after her %eath olonel
!alleson wrote in the History of the Indian Mutiny vol' 3 Lon%on 18(8 <Dhatever her fa+lts in
"ritish eyes may have been her *o+ntrymen will ever remember that she was %riven by ill?
treatment into rebellion an% that she live% an% %ie% for her *o+ntry'<[43]
Cultural depictions & memorials[edit]
;n e@+estrian stat+e of Lakshmibai in )olap+r !aharashtra
-he sama%hi of 7ani Lakshmibai
7ani Lakshmi "ai /ark hansi
=@+estrian stat+es of Lakshmibai are seen in many pla*es of >n%ia whi*h show her an% her son
tie% to her ba*k' Lamibai National Jniversity of /hysi*al =%+*ation in walior an% !aharani
Lami "ai !e%i*al olle.e in hansi are name% after her' 7ani Lami "ai National ;.ri*+lt+ral
Jniversity in hansi was fo+n%e% in 2013' -he 7ani hansi !arine National /ark is lo*ate% in
the ;n%aman an% Ni*obar >slan%s in the "ay of "en.al' ; women<s +nit of the >n%ian National
;rmy was name% the 7ani of hansi 7e.iment' >n 195( two posta.e stamps were iss+e% to*ommemorate the *entenary of the rebellionE the 15 n'p' stamp portraye% the 7ani on horseba*k'
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Literat+re film K television[e%it]
Songs and poems
/atrioti* son.s have been written abo+t the 7ani one of them in*l+%es these lines #translate%&E,ow valiantly like a man fo+.ht she -he 7ani of hansi An every parapet a .+n she set
7ainin. fire of hell ,ow well like a man fo+.ht the 7ani of hansi ,ow valiantly an%
wellM[44] )he is a symbol of woman manhoo% as the line says in her respe*t $hoob la%i mar%ani
wo to hansi wali rani thi #"ravely an% relentlessly she fo+.ht like men&'
-he most famo+s *omposition of )+bha%ra $+mari ha+han is the ,in%i poem Jhansi ki Rani
an emotionally *har.e% %es*ription of the life of 7ani Lakshmibai'
Noels
• Flashman in the Great Game by eor.e !a*:onal% Craser a histori*al fi*tion novel
abo+t the >n%ian 7evolt %es*ribin. several meetin.s between Clashman an% the 7ani'
• La femme sacrée in Cren*h by !i*hel %e r*e' ; novel base% on the 7ani of hansi<s
life in whi*h the a+thor ima.ines an affair between the 7ani an% an =n.lish lawyer' /o*ket
1988 >)"N 9(8?2?266?02361?0
• La Reine des cipayes in Cren*h by atherine lOment /arisE )e+il 2012 >)"N 9(8?2?
021?02651?1
• Rani a 200( novel in =n.lish by aishree !isra'
• Nihtrunners of !enal a 1951 novel in =n.lish by ohn !asters'
• Manu #>)"N 0(2(880(3P& an% "ueen of Glory #>)"N 0(2(881213& #2011 K 2012&
by hristopher Ni*ole two novels abo+t Lakshmibai from the time of her marria.e +ntil her
%eath %+rin. the <>n%ian 7evolt< as seen an% eperien*e% by an =n.lish woman *ompanion'
• Re#el "ueen$ % No&el by !i*helle !oran ; -o+*hstone "ook New QorkE )imon an%
)*h+ster !ar*h 2015[citation needed ]
!ilm and teleision
• 'he 'ier and the Flame #1953& one of the first te*hni*olor films release% in >n%ia was
%ire*te% an% pro%+*e% by >n%ian filmmaker )ohrab !o%i'
• Jhansi (i Rani )'* series+ an >n%ian histori*al %rama television series aire% on Ree -'
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• 'he Re#el a new film by $etan !ehta a *ompanion pie*e to his film Manal ,andey$
'he Risin ' -he s*reenplay is by Carr+kh :hon%y from a story by han%ra /rakash :wive%i'
"ideo game
• 'he -rder$ .//0 is a sin.le?player thir%?person shooter vi%eo .ame %evelope% by 7ea%y
at :awn an% )= )anta !oni*a )t+%io an% p+blishe% by )ony omp+ter =ntertainment' >t
was release% e*l+sively for the /lay)tation 4 on Cebr+ary 20 2015' ; fi*tional version of
7ani Lakshmi "ai is a pivotal *hara*ter in the .ame an% is referre% to as LamiLakshmi
Lakshmi "ai I+een of hansi an% 7ani in the .ame by prota.onist alaha% an% the rani<s
%a+.hter :evi' >n the .ame she is the rebel lea%er fi.htin. the Jnite% >n%ia ompany
plottin. to r+le the worl% with +nethi*al for*e as ha% the =ast >n%ia ompany in reality'[citation
needed ]
#t$e% &o%'s
• 'he "ueen of Jhansi by !ahasweta :evi #translate% by )a.aree an% !an%ira
)en.+pta&' -his book is a re*onstr+*tion of the life of 7ani Lakshmi "ai from etensive
resear*h of both histori*al %o*+ments #*olle*te% mostly by ' ' -ambe .ran%son of the
I+een& an% folk tales poetry an% oral tra%ition the ori.inal in "en.ali was p+blishe% in 1956
the =n.lish translation by )ea.+ll "ooks al*+tta 2000 >)"N 81(0461(58'
