The Queen of JhansiSeagull Books, 2010 - 325 من الصفحات Lakshmibai, the Queen of Jhansi, a legendary Indian heroine, led her troops against the British in the uprising of 1857, which is now widely described as the first Indian War of Independence. The image of the young warrior queen who died on the battlefield but not in the minds of her people captured the imagination of novelist Mahasweta Devi, who undertook extensive research that encompassed family reminiscence, oral literature, local histories, and more traditional sources. From these she wove a very personal history of a heroine--an unusual woman, widowed at an early age, who grew from a free-spirited child into an independent young leader. Devi's resulting work traces the history of the growing resistance to the British, while building a detailed picture of Lakshmibai as a complex, spirited, full-blooded woman who wears her long tresses unbound at the same time as she prefers a male attire on horseback; who is a cool-headed and far-sighted leader of men, full of warm concern for her soldiers; as well as a mother who worries about her infant son's well-being. Simultaneously a history, a biography, and an imaginative work of fiction, this book is a valuable contribution to the reclamation of history and historiography by feminist writers. |
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... Hugh Rose set off towards Kunch . The Queen had constructed a moat around the township of Kunch and the rebel sepoys from Kotah regiment were hiding there with guns in their hands . Only the north- west side of Kunch , towards Kalpi ...
... Hugh Rose , and he was to pitch his tent south of the Yamuna river and wait . Hugh Rose had run out of ammunition after the battles of Chanderi and Jhansi , so Maxwell was coming with a stock of military supplies . Through spies , Hugh Rose ...
... Hugh Rose had been planning to retire . Accordingly , Brigadier General Robert Napier came to Kalpi to take his place . Due to the new developments , Napier acted as the second commander to Hugh Rose . As a result of the insurgence ...