“Commemorating Rani Lakshmibai: Honouring the fearless queen of Jhansi on her Death Anniversary”, Organiser, June 18, 2024:
“Rani Lakshmi Bai, also spelled as Laxmi Bai was born on November 19, 1835 in Kashi (Varanasi) in a Brahmin family of Moropant Tambe who was an employee of Peshwa Baji Rao II and she died on June 18, 1858, Kotah-ki-Serai, near Gwalior during her valour fight against British East India Company Raj.
She was a Bharatiya queen of the Maratha princely state of Jhansi, currently situated in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh, Bharat. She was one of the leading figures of the Indian war of Independence 1857 and emerged as a symbol of resistance against the British Raj for Indian nationalists.
Rani Lakshmibai was born on November 19, 1828, in Varanasi to a Marathi Karhade Brahmin couple, Moropant Tambe and Bhagirathi Sapre. Named Manikarnika Tambe and nicknamed Manu, her mother died when she was four years old. Her father worked for Peshwa Baji Rao II of Bithoor district, who affectionately called her “Chhabili,” meaning “playful……”
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