Lakshmibai Newalkar, the Rani of Jhansi, 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.
Lakshmibai dressed as a sowar
The Rani of Jhansi's seal
The storming of Jhansi – Lieutenant Bonus
The place from where Rani Lakshmibai jumped on her horse
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