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Jhalkaribai

1830 - 1858

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Jhalkaribai (22 November 1830 – 5 April 1858) was a woman soldier who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She served in the women's army of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi. She eventually rose to a position of a prominent advisor to the queen, Rani of Jhansi. At the height of the Siege of Jhansi, she disguised herself as the queen and fought on her behalf, on the front, allowing the queen to escape safely out of the fort. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jhalkaribai is the 13,122nd most popular politician (down from 11,967th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from India (down from 446th in 2019) and the 168th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jhalkaribai ranks 13,122 out of 19,576. Before her are Artaxias II of Iberia, Tibor Szamuely, Ashur-nadin-ahhe II, Vitale Candiano, Vakhtang IV of Georgia, and Lucius Aurelius Cotta. After her are Wang Zhen, Nikolai Valuev, Oskari Mantere, Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine, Andrey Osterman, and George Andrew Reisner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Jhalkaribai ranks 55. Before her are Princess Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Otto Lesser, Marianne North, Nain Singh, Ivan Larionov, and Daniel Oliver. After her are Gustav Lange, John Douglas, John Moresby, Karl Klindworth, Clémence Royer, and James G. Blaine. Among people deceased in 1858, Jhalkaribai ranks 43. Before her are Johann Baptist Cramer, Julius Reubke, Joseph Paul Gaimard, Richard Bright, Ghezo, and Francisco Antonio Pinto. After her are José de la Riva Agüero, Georgios Kountouriotis, José Gregorio Monagas, Johanna Kinkel, Jane Marcet, and Adolf Ivar Arwidsson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jhalkaribai ranks 533 out of 1,861. Before her are Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), Mastani (1699), Kadambini Ganguly (1861), Bhaichung Bhutia (1976), Cerverí de Girona (1259), and Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904). After her are M. S. Swaminathan (1925), U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), Sharmila Tagore (1944), Anna Kashfi (1934), Prince Vijaya (-543), and Mahadev Govind Ranade (1842).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Jhalkaribai ranks 168. Before her are Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), Mamata Banerjee (1955), C. N. Annadurai (1909), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), Kumaragupta I (400), and Fatima Jinnah (1893). After her are M. S. Swaminathan (1925), Prince Vijaya (-543), Vichitravirya (null), Lobsang Sangay (1968), Jagjivan Ram (1908), and Hemu (1501).

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