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Read the story of a brave warrior who fought the freedom battle against the Britishers.



             Rani Lakshmibai was born in November 1828            Her mother died when she was four years old.
             in the holy town of Varanasi into a Marathi          Her father worked for a peshwa of Bithoor
             Brahmin family to Moropant Tambe and his             district, brother of Baji Rao II, the last Maratha
             wife Bhagirathi Sapre.                               peshwa.






















              Oh, such a lovely
            little girl! We’ll name
            her Manikarnika. I’ll
                call her Manu.

              She was brought up in the household of the          Manikarnika was married to the Maharaja
              Peshwa (ruler) Baji Rao II who brought her up       of Jhansi, Raja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar, in
              like his own daughter. She had for playmates,       May 1842 and from then on she was called
              Nana Sahib (adopted son of Baji Rao II) and         Lakshmibai.
              Tantia Tope.





























                   You will learn shooting,
                                                                                    horsemanship: the art of riding,
             horsemanship and sword fighting.
                                                                                    handling or training horses

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