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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Left with no other choice Hugh Rose brought in 700 camel - mounted troops and 700 sepoys . Twenty - third May was set as the day of the attack on Kalpi . On 20 May , 250 Indian cavalry attacked Golaoli . Four officers and 40 sepoys on ...
artillery , the troops under the Nawab of Banda were a lit- tle confused at first . Taking advantage of the temporary distraction , the British troops led a strong attack and a great number of Indians were killed and wounded .
The Sonerekha ditch , with high sides and about four feet of water even then , lay in the way of the advancing troops of Raines . Their pace was checked . The cavalry and infantry crossed the ditch care- fully , one at a time .