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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... rebellion flared up . Despite the intense efforts of Naro Bhikaji and Ramchandra Rao , their 12,000 - strong army was defeat- ed . The whole principality slipped out of their hands except for Mauranipur and Jhansi . The English Resident ...
... rebellion in Barasat under the lead- ership of Syed Ahmad's disciple Titu Mir in 1831 , the Faridpur rebellion of 1847 led by Dudu Mian , the Mopla uprisings of 1849 , 1851-52 and 1855 and the Santhal Revolt of 1855-56 . Bengal was ...
... rebellion in Rathgarh . Out of the two regiments stationed in Sagar , Sheikh Ramjan of the 42nd B. N. I. rose in rebellion with his entire regiment on 31 July 1857. It is worth noting that the English inside the fort were not attacked ...