Jhansi Ki Rani….Symbol of strength, resilience
and woman’s will
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As the India was ravaged by war and loss
of freedom
Royal thrones been captured and tension eating
them
A new wave of freedom struggle started to
spread
The thoughts of independence emerged to
fed
There appeared the courage of Queen of
Jhansi
On a horse, with the child in her tow and
will in the heart
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Swords and spears started to glitter in
her hands
Laxmibai was talented in knifes and axes
weapons too
Influenced by the valorous stories of
Chatrapathi Sivaji
Queen of Jhansi was equally a terror to
the British intruders
Her people believed that she was Durga
Devi’s incarnation
With her fearless attitude, inbuilt attitude
and power to fight evil
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Laxmi had the great wisdom to draft the
war strategy
And made her army strong and powerful to
attack the prey
She fought like a man, fierce through like a tornado
When the time demanded her raise to be a
queen
Not just showering the spirit of joy and
celebration
But the only hope that her people had against
devastation
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Queen of Jhansi, stood the test of time
Decorated the Palaces with the candles to
light
To chase away the darkness and dispel the
evil eyes
Dark clouds of misfortune engulfed the Royal
Palace
With the death of her husband, the king
and forbearing threat
She let her bangles go, to take up the
sword for the battles to fight
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Despite the fate being cruel and freedom
being expensive
It was just the time to raise above the
destiny that was unkind
To her goddess Durga, she cried grief
stricken and at loss
But the next morning, she took up the
life on her sleeves
Courage in her blood and gallantry in her
skill
She was ready to go to the battle and
enemy to kill
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The lights of the royal palace were lit
again bright
Chasing Dalhousie and his plans to usurp
the kingdom
She was ready to defend the throne and
bring down the enemy flag
British took over the rule of Jhansi self-proclaiming
as guardians of orphan land
Rani could not hold back her tears, but
raised above the fears
Took up the courage on herself to battle
it out to death to save her land
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The enemy intruders who came in disguise
of poor merchants
Queen could not take up the insults of
her National leaders
She did not mind the disguise of the maid
servant
To poison the enemy mind and confuse them
fervent
It was the moment, that India was losing
the Capital
And rheostat of each state and territory
from its control
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A piece of troubled history as Peshwa
imprisoned
And the tragedy of Nagpur, Udaipur,
Tanjore and Satara
The enemy started to capture Sindh,
Punjab and Assam
The tale of fall of Bengal, Madras shook
the Nation strong
Rani let go her royal clothes and
ornaments and wept on disaster
Yet, the next dawn, she raised above her
fear to fight the battle strong
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Royal houses insulted and cottages filled
with grief
Women and children royally maltreated and
abused
Atrocities of the British took its heads
all over and over
The titles of great warriors and weapons
have all been lost
Palaces captured, kingdoms broken, and
royal treasures stolen
Giving way for the new beginning of the holy
war of Freedom
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The sight of Queen of Jhansi awoke the
divine spirit of people of India
The sleeping courage and spirit of
freedom took its new bold head
Fire of revolt started and started to get
hot like a burning sun
Spread from royal palaces to the houses
of poor or common folk
Sparks of freedom started from inner soul
of India’s beloved
Laxmi Bai, became the symbol of hope,
fearlessness and proved
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Freedom struggle that started with Sipoy
Mutiny and Jhansi
Spread its wings to Delhi, Lucknow, Meerut,
Kanpur and Patna
Many brave lives were lost and laid to
rest from Jabalpur
As the fire of freedom spread all through
India spiking in Kolhapur
Names that were known and known as the
lives kept being lost
But the hopes of Free India were growing
wide and fast
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Shunned as rebels of those times with
their fight for freedom
The heavens took them with prides as
ancient history to come
Greatest sacrifices called as crimes
against the British Ruled India
The tales of bravery of those great men
is forever captured in history
As the battlefields of Jhansi shined with
the glitters of Jhansi’s swords
And the sounds of victory and faith
emerged from the blood poured
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Queen of Jhansi stood boldly with other
brave men in the battlefield
With the people’s army, Rani drew her
sword, with drums beating from heavens
Wounded the enemy making them astonish
with her agility
Rani’s horse raced hard journey of hundreds
of miles
Reaching Kalpi and fell to the ground,
leaving her alone
Rani sprang ahead defeating the enemy in
Gwalior and Yamuna
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British had to fear the courage of the Rani
of Jhansi
After the initial win of the freedom
fighters who battled it out
Fighting furiously and moving ahead with the
only hope
Of Mother India, emerging ahead with the Purna
Swaraj
Then came the inevitable with new British
strategy and tactic
Conquering and surrounding Queen of
Jhansi from all sides
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Wounded deeply but not giving up, she
continued to fight
Managed to get through the mighty British
army
But in the end, a drain made her horse stuck
and struggle
Giving room for enemies to surround and
attack the Queen
Rani, fought like a Lioness till the end,
succumbed to the woods
Attaining the glorious martyrdom in the
war for her motherland
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Queen of Rani, martyred in the freedom struggle
and battlefield
The light of her divine soul transcended
as light in the heavens above
Died young, laid to rest for her divine
spirit to fight for her land
She was called the Devi Durga by her
people respecting her life
As she was the spirit of light, freedom,
courage and inner strength
Yes, this is the tale of courage of the
Queen of Jhansi...Rani Laxmi Bai!
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We the People of India, will be ever indebted
to your sacrifice
The sacrifice that awakened the indestructible
soul of freedom
History will regard the greatest gallantry
of war that you fought
You are the symbol of motherhood, victory
and eternal token of courage
Queen of Rani, blessed is this country to
have given birth to you
For you are the tale of courage, forever Queen of Jhansi, Rani Laxmi Bai
Jai Hind!
