'Lakshmibai' Young Queen who created history becoming icon against British Raj
'Lakshmibai' Young Queen who created history becoming icon against British Raj
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History won't have been happen created without the bravest warrior Rani Lakshmibai. When Lakshmibai entered the battlefield with a sword in both hands, a horse's rein in her mouth and a small son on her back, the British saw the form of Sakshat Chandi. Rani Lakshmibai attained valour in 1858 on this day while taking iron from the British. On November 19, 1828, a daughter was born to Moropant Tambe and Bhagirathi Bai. The parents named the daughter Manikarnika and lovingly called her Manu. Mother Bhagirathi Bai passed away in manikarnika's childhood. Father Moropant then came to Jhansi with his copper daughter.

Here Manikarnika learnt arts like horse riding and fencing. At an early age, he was married to Maratha king Gangadhar Rao and Manikarnika became Lakshmibai. Lakshmibai had a son in 1851, but passed away a few months later. Gangadhar Rao was deeply shocked by his son's death and his health began to deteriorate. On November 20, 1853, Gangadhar Rao adopted a child named Damodar Rao, but gangadhar rao passed away the very next day. Rani Lakshmibai's troubles began to increase after her husband's death. The British made a move to capture Jhansi. Lord Dalhousie refused to consider Damodar Rao as his successor and ordered Rani Lakshmibai to vacate the fort.

Lakshmibai flatly refused to obey the British order and said, "I will not give my Jhansi." Lakshmibai first tried to find a legal way out, but if things did not work out, she started planning to fight the British. When the British attacked Jhansi, the Queen fought the British bravely with her small army. The queen fought with her little son tied on her back. When the British surrounded the fort, the queen's sympathy was advised by some to go to Kalpi. On June 18, 1858, a fierce battle broke out at The Sarai in Kota near Gwalior. The queen was lying on her enemies with a sword in both her hands. She was stabbed in the chest by the British, causing him to bleed profusely. Even after that, the Queen continued to fight on horseback.

An Englishman hit Lakshmibai on the head with a sword, causing serious injuries to Rani and falling from a horse to the ground. The Queen's soldiers took her to a nearby temple where the Queen left the world forever. The Queen had promised that her body could not be handed over to the British, so the Jhansi soldiers handed over their queen's body to fire in the same temple.

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