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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... Nana to save the district of Kunch from anarchy during the rebellion of the guards in Jalaun in case Nana Pandit raided Bharatpur and Kalpi . Bhikhaji Nana sent two cannons , 400 cavalry- men and 1,000 infantrymen and established peace ...
... Nana , Kamdar of Jhansi : Thank you for suppressing the rebellion in Kunch district led by Minna Pandit of Parashan . Signed : M. Ainslie , Viceroy , Bundelkhand , 16-1-1825 IV M. Ainslie to Ramchandra Rao : My sincere gratitude and ...
... Nana Saheb , Ajimullah , Tatia Topi , the Rani of Jhansi , Kunwar Singh and Feroz Shah should be mentioned as the leaders of this rebellion . There is a popular impression that the Queen of Jhansi and Nana Saheb plotted along with the ...