Rani of Jhansi

Lakshmibai Newalkar, the Rani of Jhansi (pronunciationⓘ; born Manikarnika Tambe; 19 November 1828 — 18 June 1858),[1][2] was the Maharani consort of the princely state of Jhansi in Maratha Empire from 1843 to 1853 by marriage to Maharaja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar. She was one of the leading figures in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, who became a national hero and symbol of resistance to the British rule in India for Indian nationalists.

Quotes

 * She inspires us till today and shall continue to inspire future generations till eternity. None would have imagined that Manikarnika Tambe, as Lakshmi Bai was known before marriage, belonging to a simple Marathi Brahmin family from Varanasi, could weave a chronicle of valor, courage, queenship, and sacriﬁce.
 * Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.


 * [Rani Lakshmibai is] "personable, clever and beautiful"... "the most dangerous of all Indian leaders".
 * Hugh Rose in David, Saul (2003), The Indian Mutiny: 1857, London: Penguin; p. 367 Ashcroft, Nigel (2009), Queen of Jhansi, Mumbai: Hollywood Publishing;


 * Whatever her faults in British eyes may have been, her countrymen will ever remember that she was driven by ill-treatment into rebellion and that she lived and died for her country, we cannot forget her contribution to India.'
 * — Colonel Malleson in Edwardes Red Year: one of two quotations to begin pt. 5, ch. 1 (p. 111); History of the Indian Mutiny was begun by John Kaye but Malleson both rewrote parts of it and completed the work.