In the political history of Maratha Empire, Rani Lakshmibai is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists Rani Lakshmibai as queen of a princely state in India.
Rani Lakshmibai was born at Varanasi in 1828. Her recorded nationality is Maratha Empire.
The nineteenth century produced mass politics - parties, newspapers, franchises that widened by inches - and empire on a scale never seen before.
The offices held were Queen of Jhansi (1853–1858).
She is described as activist, warrior and revolutionary.
What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
That the career was made in Maratha Empire is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Rani Lakshmibai died in 1858, aged 30. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Queen of Jhansi (1853–1858)
