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

THE VOLCANO
yet dead ! This vain hope was at last destroyed, but not
until she had tried the immensely expensive remedy of
feeing English barristers with lakhs of Rupees. And what
did Ranee Banka do then ? She spent the rest of her life
in "loyalty" to the Feringhi ! While the Lightning was
working destruction at Jhansi, Banka, seeing that her
sons were ready to unsheath their swords for Swaraj,
threatened them that, if they did unsheath their swords,
she would herself inform the Feringhis of their designs
and advise the Feringhis to behead them ! ⁶
6. Banka, thy name shall go down to History as Banka the
treacherous.
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