१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

RANEE LAKSHMI BAI
GIVE up my Jhansi ? I will not. Let him try
to take who dares ! ” With this challenge the
heroic Ranee of Jhansi rose against the British
and as it is recorded in previous parts of this
History she assumed the leadership of the
Revolution, drove the English and began to rule at
Jhansi as the Queen of the province. The forces of
the Revolution had wreaked a bloody vengeance on the
English people and army and left not a trace of their
rule at Sagar, Naogaon, Banda, Banapur, Shahgarh
and Karki. The people everywhere hailed the Queen as
their own. She then busied herself—in restoring order
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