Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi.

            As we all know that before some years we were the slaves of Britain. The British were cruel and treated our people very badly. Some people protested against it and they were also given severe punishments. To save people from these punishments great leaders and queens took birth. Amongst them one was the Rani Lakshmi Bai.

             She was born on 13^th November, 1835. Her father’s name was Moraprant and mother’s was Bhagirathi.Her childhood name was Manu. She grew up in the company of Nana Sahib, the son of Peshwa Bajirao who also liked her. That time India was the slave of the British. The farmers and the people of north India were troubled of the Britishers. They took heavy amount of land revenue from the poor farmers. If the farmers were could not pay the tax they were cruelly punished by the Britishers. Nevertheless Lakshmi Bai did not like it and revolted against it. In the first war of Independence which is sometimes simply called ‘Mutiny’ or the ‘Great upheaval’. She bravely fought for her kingdom and refused to bow her head before the Britishers. It was at an early age when she was married to Gangadhar Rai who was then the ruler of Jhansi. After some days of marriage Gangadhar became seriously ill, then they adopted a son, Damodar as they had no son of their own. Soon Gangadhar died. After his death, Lord Dalhousie who was the Governor General, following the Docto0r Lapse refused to accept Damodar as the king.

             Rani Lakshmi was brave enough, she did not stop to fight for freedom. She collected weapons and ammution. When the British invaded the fort of Jhansi, they were surprised to see the brave daughter of the motherland India, with sword in her hand answering forcefully the cruel strokes of might enemies.

            Lakshmi Bai was certainly of no match of the British power . After losing Jhansi she fought for the fort of Gwalior. She continued fighting for her country till her last breath. After her many great leaders also sacrificed their lives to grt India free. Now just because of their hard work we are free.

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