Manikarnika

Since India will be completing 75 years of independence and taking the ‘’Har ghar tiranga “movement into consideration. I am proud to share the glorious story about a brave freedom fighter of India who contributed in the first step towards our independence even sacrificing her life.

And the first step towards our independence was the Revolt of 1857. Started by Mangal Pandey many leaders from different regions of the nation revolted like Nana Saheb from Kanpur, Meerut, Delhi, Hazrat Mahal from Lucknow among them was the great queen of Jhansi. Anything for such freedom fighters is less but still I would like people and the younger generations to know about such freedom fighters because of them today we are a democratic and an independent country.

" Khub ladi Mardani thi woh toh Jhansi wali Rani thi" this is a famous couplet I had always heard and thought why not write a poem in English about Rani Lakshmi Bai because I doubt that there only might be few. Title of the poem is Marnikarnika and here goes the poem!!

King of Jhansi's bride

later became Jhansi's pride

She was Jhansi's queen

with courage and nationalism

She was always seen

Rani Lakshmi Bai fought with

the British cheats

who had stepped on her soil,

on her streets

With British she didn't join hands

she decided to fight with

those who stepped on her lands

Rani of Jhansi who was a lioness-heart

She became 1857's revolt an important part

Along with Tantiya Tope she went

to British’s old friend

to Sindhias’ of Gwalior she showed

a dead end

She rode on a horse with her adopted son

with her courage, hearts of all the queen had won

The British & Rani Lakshmi Bai had a severe fight

but the time for the young queen

was not right

The British tried to kill

the queen shouted her will

"Let them not touch my body", She said

where on the battlefield she lay cold and dead

This was the queen's story

who for her country attained

Eternal glory

Jai Hind Jai Bharat