March 23 – April 4, 1858 · Central India Theater
March 23 – April 4, 1858
Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi — whose state had been seized under the Doctrine of Lapse — organized the city's defense personally. General Hugh Rose besieged Jhansi in late March 1858. When the walls were breached, Lakshmibai dressed in soldier's uniform, fought at the walls, then escaped through the British lines on horseback with her adopted son tied to her back. She rode to join Tantia Tope's forces at Kalpi.
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