Rani Avantibai Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow VDM Publishing, Jan 12, 2011 - 84 pages High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rani Avantibai Lodhi (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. Ramgarh famous as "Ramgarh Sethan" is a city and a municipality in Sikar district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. |
