The Queen of JhansiLakshmibai, 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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Before the nightfall of 4 June , all military and non- military officers took refuge in the fortress along with their families . They could not arrange for any military supplies other than whatever little ration , cannon balls and ...
Sagar was a military base where the 31st and 42nd B. N. Infantry and 3rd Irregular Cavalry were sta- tioned . Before the Indian soldiers showed any signs of unrest after the Jhansi event , the officer - in - charge , Brigadier Sage ...
After consulting Canning , Campbell arranged for a constant supply of military divisions via Grand Trunk Road . Both Canning and Campbell were most worried about Bundelkhand and central India and their appre- hension resulted in the ...