Dec 10, 2007 · The Rani of Jhansi, an Indian queen, who fought against the East India Company in 1857 is only known for her valour. But Jaishree Mishra's portrayal of her as a child, pushed into royalty, touches your heart.

7 books based on 2 votes: Rebel Queen by Michelle Moran, The Rani of Jhansi: Gender, History, and Fable in India by Harleen Singh, Rani by Jaishree Misra...

When the British annex Jhansi after the tragic death of her infant son and husband, she turns for help to Robert Ellis, an officer in the East India company, and Jhansi's political agent.

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Oct 1, 2009 · (Originally published in the Indian Blog World in their October 2009 edition) What is the image that comes to your mind when you hear the name Jhansi Rani? A woman with a sword in hand and a baby tied to her back, on a rearing horse? A spotless heroine of the National Movement of 1857…

Jan 1, 2014 · A nationally celebrated novel by Hindi literature’s primary historical novelist Vrindavanlal Varma, ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’ (1946), published at the cusp of India’s independence, is complicated by the incongruous concepts of Indian womanhood to which nationalism must stick so as to present the Rani’s fight as a textbook pledge to the ...