Rani meaning

News now arrived that the rebel army under Tantia Topi and the rani of Jhansi had attacked Sindhia, whose troops had gone over to the rebels and delivered Gwalior into their hands.

Together with the Rani of Jhansi he was besieged by Sir Hugh Rose in the Jhansi fort, but escaped and collected a force of 20,000 men which Sir Hugh defeated without relaxing the siege.

Award nominated actress and writer, Rani Moorthy, has been commissioned to create Handful of Henna based on this research.

A college, founded by government in 1853, was made over in 1888 to a local committee, being mainly supported by the munificence of the rani Svarnamayi.

During the mutiny of 1857, however, many of the chiefs rose against the British, the rani of Jhansi being a notable example.