Jhalkaribai
Jhalkaribai (22 November 1830 – 4 April 1858) was a legendary woman soldier who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. As per folk narrative, she served in the women's army of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi. She eventually rose to a position of a prominent advisor to the queen, Rani of Jhansi. At the height of the Siege of Jhansi, she disguised herself as the queen and fought on her behalf, on the front, allowing the queen to escape safely out of the fort. She is however not mentioned in most contemporary records, with first written account of her coming from the 1907 Marathi lan
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- Person.name
- Jhalkari Bai
- Person.birth_place
- Jhansi state Bundelkhand
- Person.death_place
- Jhansi, Jhansi state
- Person.death_cause
- Battle of Jhansi
- Person.spouse
- Puran Singh (an artilleryman from the artillery unit of Rani Lakshmibai)
- Person.mother
- Jamuna Devi
- Person.occupation
- Warrior/Army personnel
- Person.image
- Jhalkaribai_Statue_at_Gwalior.jpg
- Person.caption
- Statue of Jhalkaribai in Gwalior
- Person.movement
- Indian Rebellion of 1857
- Person.known_for
- Being the most prominent advisor to Rani Lakshmibai
- Person.father
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Jhalkaribai (22 November 1830 – 4 April 1858) was a legendary woman soldier who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. As per folk narrative, she served in the women's army of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi. She eventually rose to a position of a prominent advisor to the queen, Rani of Jhansi. At the height of the Siege of Jhansi, she disguised herself as the queen and fought on her behalf, on the front, allowing the queen to escape safely out of the fort. She is however not mentioned in most contemporary records, with first written account of her coming from the 1907 Marathi language work Majha Pravas by Vishnu Rao Godse where he she is only mentioned as Lakshmibai's maid.
== Personal life == Jhalakaribai was born to Sadova Singh, a farmer, and his wife Jamunadevi on 22 November 1830 in Bhojla village, near Jhansi. It has been claimed that in her youth she stood her ground when attacked by a tiger and killed it with an axe. She reportedly once killed a leopard in the forest with a stick she used to herd cattle.
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