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Rani of Jhansi

1828 - 1858

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The Rani of Jhansi (born Manikarnika Tambe; 1828 or 1835 – 18 June 1858), also known as Rani Lakshmibai, was one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The queen consort of the princely state of Jhansi from 1843 to 1853, she assumed its leadership after the outbreak of conflict and fought several battles against the British. Her life and deeds are celebrated in modern India and she remains a potent symbol of Indian nationalism. Born into a Marathi family in Varanasi, Manikarnika Tambe was married to the raja of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao, at a young age, taking the name Rani Lakshmibai. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rani of Jhansi is the 603rd most popular politician (up from 1,121st in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from India (up from 39th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Indian Politician.

Rani of Jhansi is most famous for her involvement in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rani of Jhansi ranks 603 out of 19,576. Before her are Selim III, Louis I of Hungary, Frederick I of Prussia, Ali Pasha of Ioannina, Lothair I, and Mahmud I. After her are Alaric I, Kim Dae-jung, Louis, Grand Dauphin, Zhou Enlai, Philip Noel-Baker, and Alfred Rosenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Rani of Jhansi ranks 5. Before her are Leo Tolstoy, Jules Verne, Henrik Ibsen, and Henry Dunant. After her are Randal Cremer, Saigō Takamori, Charbel Makhlouf, Hippolyte Taine, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, and Albert Marth. Among people deceased in 1858, Rani of Jhansi ranks 1. After her are Robert Brown, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Robert Owen, John Snow, Hiroshige, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johannes Peter Müller, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Karl Thomas Mozart, Matthew C. Perry, and Anton Diabelli.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rani of Jhansi ranks 33 out of 1,861. Before her are Razia Sultana (1205), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), Jamsetji Tata (1839), Vivien Leigh (1913), Ānanda (-600), and Brahmagupta (598). After her are Padmasambhava (717), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), Zakir Husain (1897), Amir Khusrow (1253), Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910), and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Rani of Jhansi ranks 14. Before her are B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), Kocheril R. Narayanan (1921), Razia Sultana (1205), and Jawaharlal Nehru (1889). After her are Zakir Husain (1897), Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910), Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Hyder Ali (1720), and Sariputta (-568).

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