Mutineers in the neighbouring areas headed toward Jhansi to offer her support. Joining the uprising against the British, she rapidly organized her troops and assumed charge of the rebels in the Bundelkhand region.
Shortly after the beginning of the mutiny in 1857, which broke out in Meerut, Lakshmi Bai was proclaimed the regent of Jhansi, and she ruled on behalf of the minor heir. The 22-year-old queen refused to cede Jhansi to the British.
An agent of the East India Company was posted in the small kingdom to look after administrative matters. Lord Dalhousie, the British governor-general of India, refused to recognize the adopted heir and annexed Jhansi in accordance with the doctrine of lapse. Following established Hindu tradition, just before his death the maharaja adopted a boy as his heir. She married the maharaja of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao, but was widowed without bearing a surviving heir to the throne. Growing up with the boys in the peshwa’s court, she was trained in martial arts and became proficient in sword fighting and riding. November 19, 1835, Kashi, India-died June 17, 1858, Kotah-ki-Serai, near Gwalior), rani (queen) of Jhansi and a leader of the Indian Mutiny of 1857–58.īrought up in the household of the peshwa (ruler) Baji Rao II, Lakshmi Bai had an unusual upbringing for a Brahman girl. Lakshmi Bai, also spelled Laxmi Bai, (born c. She was later killed in combat after having successfully assaulted Gwalior. During a siege of the fort of Jhansi, Bai offered stiff resistance to the invading forces and did not surrender even after her troops were overwhelmed. Lakshmi Bai is remembered for her valour during the Indian Mutiny of 1857–58.
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