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Gangadhar Rao

Gangadhar Rao Newalkar (4 April 1797 – 21 November 1853) was the 5th Raja of Jhansi situated in northern India (formerly a vassal kingdom of Maratha Empire however, the British East India Company became its overlord in 1804 during the Second Anglo Maratha War). He was a Marathi Karhade bhatt Brahmin. He was the son of Shiv Rao Bhau and a descendant of Raghunath Hari Newalkar, the first governor of Jhansi under Maratha rule. He was the husband of Rani Lakshmibai, who became a symbol of resistance to the Company's rule during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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Rani Lakshmibai

Rani Lakshmibai

Rani Lakshmibai, född Manikarnika 19 november 1828 i Varanasi, död 18 juni 1858, var en indisk upprorsledare, känd för sin roll i Sepoysupproret i Indien mot Storbritannien 1857-1858. Hon var drottning och regent i Maratha-staten Jhansi och blev ledare för upproret och en symbol för motståndet mot britterna.

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