on the Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi is a fitting tribute to a young and extremely brave queen, one of India's many heroines. I learnt the following bracing refrain from the above poem in Hindi when I was studying in the 5th Standard in the Harcourt Butler Higher Secondary School in Shimla, 59 years ago in 1951.Budele harbolon ke munh hamney suni kahani thi
Khoob ladi mardani woh to Jhansi wali rani thi
"From the mouths of the Bundelas and the Harbolas we have heard the story. Bravely she fought as a man, she was the Queen of Jhansi"
from V Sundaram: Ennapadam Panchajanya: Warrior-Durga, Rani Laxmi Baiof Jhansi
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