POLITICIAN

Rani of Jhansi

1828 - 1858

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Lakshmibai Newalkar, the Rani of Jhansi (; born Manikarnika Tambe; 19 November 1828 — 18 June 1858), was the Maharani consort of the princely state of Jhansi in the Maratha Empire from 1843 to 1853 by marriage to Maharaja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar. She was one of the leading figures in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, who became a national hero and symbol of resistance to the British rule in India for Indian nationalists. Born into a Marathi Karhade Brahmin family in Banares, Lakshmibai married the Maharaja of Jhansi, Gangadhar Rao, in 1842. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rani of Jhansi has received more than 12,542,268 page views. Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Rani of Jhansi is the 1,121st most popular politician (down from 1,093rd in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from India (down from 37th 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 1,121 out of 19,576. Before her are Halfdan Ragnarsson, Gaius Gracchus, John McCain, Samuel of Bulgaria, Christian VI of Denmark, and Louis, Duke of Burgundy. After her are Simeon I of Bulgaria, Baldwin V of Jerusalem, Marie Walewska, Hussein of Jordan, Yeongjo of Joseon, and Maximilian II of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Rani of Jhansi ranks 6. Before her are Leo Tolstoy, Jules Verne, Henry Dunant, Henrik Ibsen, and Saigō Takamori. After her are Hippolyte Taine, Charbel Makhlouf, Randal Cremer, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, and Ferdinand Cohn. Among people deceased in 1858, Rani of Jhansi ranks 5. Before her are Robert Owen, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Robert Brown, and Hiroshige. After her are Matthew C. Perry, Johannes Peter Müller, Karl Thomas Mozart, Anton Diabelli, John Snow, Ary Scheffer, and Aimé Bonpland.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rani of Jhansi ranks 39 out of 1,861. Before her are Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Salman Khan (1965), Brahmagupta (598), Kabir (1440), Sathya Sai Baba (1926), and Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895). After her are Amir Khusrow (1253), Sita (null), Alauddin Khalji (1266), Bhāskara II (1114), Tulsidas (1532), and Amartya Sen (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Rani of Jhansi ranks 14. Before her are Chandragupta Maurya (-340), Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Sariputta (-568), Jahangir (1569), Aurangzeb (1618), and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888). After her are Alauddin Khalji (1266), Tipu Sultan (1750), Vallabhbhai Patel (1875), Harsha (590), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), and Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775).

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