1857 A Great Rebellion

The revolt soon assumed the proportions of a country wide uprising and the British hold on the country tottered everywhere of over an year. It was on June 17, 1857 that Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi fell in the heroic deference of Gwalior, besieged by the British force and Tantia Topi, commander of the revolutionary force fled. That broke the back of the revolt. ISBN:9788186208496 Yr. of Pub.