Central Indian campaign of 1858
The Central India Campaign was one of the last series of actions in the Indian rebellion of 1857. The British Army and Bombay Army overcame a disunited collection of states in a single rapid campaign, although determined rebels continued a guerrilla campaign until the spring of 1859.
Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi.
Tatya Tope's army
Jhansi Fort
Part of Gwalior Fort
Jhansi was an independent princely state ruled by the Maratha Newalkar dynasty under suzerainty of British India from 1804 till 1853, when the British authorities took over the state under the terms of the Doctrine of Lapse, and renamed it the Jhansi State. Before the takeover, it was under the Peshwas from 1728 to 1804. The fortified town of Jhansi served as its capital.
A drawing of the necropolis of the Rajahs of Jhansi, 1872
Rani Laxmibai portrayed as sowar
The storming of Jhansi