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The Mutiny of the Heroine Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi
| Content Provider | The Heritage Lab |
|---|---|
| Artist | Anonymous |
| Organization | Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Spatial Coverage | Kolkata West Bengal |
| Temporal Coverage | 1800s |
| Description | Rani Lakshmi Bai was a widow of Raja Gangadhar Rao, the Maharaja of Jhansi, whose state had been annexed by the British. On June 10, 1857, following a massacre of Europeans by local Indian troops, she was proclaimed ruler. One of the first freedom fighters, she resisted the British and was killed in June 1858. She later became a legendary mutiny heroine and an icon for the Indian independence movement. In this image she wears a British crown and has her sword raised. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication |
| Use Rights URL | http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed |
| Subject Keyword | Heroine Jhansi Kalighat Kolkata Martyr Queen West Bengal Kalighat Painting Painting Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Painting |
