Rani Laxmibai Biography - Birth date, Achievements, Career, Family, Awards

Rani Lakshmibai was born on 19 November 1828 in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. His childhood name was Manikarnika but he was affectionately called Manu. His mother's name was Bhagirathibai and his father's name was Moropant Tambe. His father served for Peshwa Baji Rao II of Bithur district.

Rani Laxmibai died on 18 June 1858 (age 29 years) while fighting the British Army at Kotah-ki-Serai, Gwalior, Gwalior State, British India (present Madhya Pradesh, India).

Her childhood name was Manikarnika but affectionately called Manu. Everyone used to call Manu the playful and beautiful Manu by calling him "Chhabili". In his childhood, Manu took up the education of scriptures as well as weapons.

Rani Lakshmibai's childhood name was Manikarnika, but the family affectionately called her Manu. Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was the heroine of the first Indian freedom struggle of 1857. He had just returned from the British Empire army at the age of 23. Lakshmibai was married to Gangadhar Rao Niwalkar, the King of Jhansi in 1842. Rani Lakshmibai started the formation of a volunteer army. Women were also recruited in this army and were given war training. Jhansi became a major center of the 1857 war where violence erupted. In the months of September and October of 1857, the kings of the neighboring states of Orchha and Datia attacked Jhansi. The queen successfully thwarted it. In January of 1858, the British army started marching towards Jhansi and surrounded the city in the month of March. After two weeks of fighting, the British army captured the city. But the queen succeeded in escaping from the British with Damodar Rao. The queen escaped from Jhansi and reached Kalpi and met Tatya Tope. The combined forces of Tatya Tope and Rani captured a fort in Gwalior with the help of rebel soldiers of Gwalior. Ali Bahadur II, a descendant of Bajirao I, also supported Rani Laxmibai and Rani Lakshmibai sent him a rakhi, so he too joined her in this war.

Many patriotic songs have been written about the queen. The most famous composition about Rani Laxmi Bai is the Rani of Jhansi, a Hindi poem written by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. An emotionally charged description of the life of Rani Lakshmibai, it is often taught in schools in India. A popular verse from this reads: The story we heard was the mouth of the Bundela Harbolon, the man who fought a lot was a queen of Jhansi.