Rani Avantibai

Rani Avantibai

Rani Avantibai (died March 20, 1858) was the wife of Vikramaditya Singh, the ruler of the Indian state of Ramgarh. When he died, leaving his wife with no heir, the British placed Ramgarh under their administration. Avantibai vowed to fight the British to regain her land and her throne. She raised an army of four thousand and personally led it against the British in 1857. When, after a few months' struggle, she saw that her defeat was imminent, she killed herself with her own sword.

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* [http://www.geocities.com/dakshina_kan_pa/art31/women1.htm Great Women of India]


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