![]() Throughout India and in May of 1857, the First War of Indian Sepoy (soldier) Mutiny of India started in Meerut. In March 1854, the Rani was givenĪ pension of 60,000 rupees and ordered to leave the palace at the Jhansi fort.īut Lakshmi Bai was determined not to give Jhansi to the hand of East IndiaĬompany. Dalhousie thenĪnnexed Jhansi, saying that the throne had become "lapsed" and thus Related to the Raja, the East India Company, under Governor-General Lordĭalhousie rejected Damodar Rao's rightful claim to the throne. He died on 21 November 1853 of a broken heart.īecause Damodar Rao was adopted and not biologically It is said that her husband the Raja never recovered from his son's death, and ![]() Son, the queen and the king of Jhansi adopted a boy named Damodar Rao. This child died when he was about four months old. Rani Lakshmi Bai gave birth to a son in 1851, however She formed her own army out of herįemale friends at court and from nearby villages. Independence than most women of that time. Minister in the court of Raja Bai Gangadhar Rao.Īfter her marriage, she was given the name Lakshmi Bai.īecause of her father's influence at court, Rani Lakshmi Bai enjoyed more ![]() Her father was then given the position of a At the age of 14 she was married to Maharaja Gangadhar
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