Rani Lakshmibai Memorial

Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh


The samadhi (resting place of ashes) and equestrian monument of Lakshmibai, the Rani (Queen) of Jhansi, a heroine of the First War of Independence (Indian Uprising) who is believed to have died, shot by a British soldier, on this spot on 18 June 1858.


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