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On 10 May 1857 the Indian Rebellion started in Meerut. When news of thefighting reached Jhansi. the Rani asked the British political Officer. Captain AlexdanderSkene, for permission to raise a body of armed men for her own protection: Skene agreed to this. The city was relatively calm in the midst of the regional unrest, but the Ram conducted a Haldi Kumkum ceremony with pomp in front of all the women of Jhansi to provide assurance to her subjects, in the summer of 1857 and to convince them that the British were cowards and not to be afraid of them.
Until this point. Lakshmibai was reluctant to rebel against the British. In June1857. rebels of the 12th Bengal Native Infantry seized the Star Fort of Jhansi containingthe treasure and magazine, and after persuading the British to lay down their aims bypromising them no harm, broke their word and massacred 40 to 60 European officers ofthe garrison along with their wives and children. The Rani's involvement in this massacre is still a subject of debate. An army doctor. Thomas Lowe, wrote after the rebellion characterizing her as the "Jezebel of India...the young Rani upon whose head rested the blood of the slain".
On 10 May 1857 the Indian Rebellion started in Meerut. When news of thefighting reached Jhansi. the Rani asked the British political Officer. Captain AlexdanderSkene, for permission to raise a body of armed men for her own protection: Skene agreed to this. The city was relatively calm in the midst of the regional unrest, but the Ram conducted a Haldi Kumkum ceremony with pomp in front of all the women of Jhansi to provide assurance to her subjects, in the summer of 1857 and to convince them that the British were cowards and not to be afraid of them.
Until this point. Lakshmibai was reluctant to rebel against the British. In June1857. rebels of the 12th Bengal Native Infantry seized the Star Fort of Jhansi containingthe treasure and magazine, and after persuading the British to lay down their aims bypromising them no harm, broke their word and massacred 40 to 60 European officers ofthe garrison along with their wives and children. The Rani's involvement in this massacre is still a subject of debate. An army doctor. Thomas Lowe, wrote after the rebellion characterizing her as the "Jezebel of India...the young Rani upon whose head rested the blood of the slain".
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