RANI OF JHANSI am writing a life of the Rani
of Jhansi, Lakshmibai, the most outstanding leafier on the Indian side in the great revolt of 1857. On hearing the news of her death—she was killed in action in June, 1858—General Sir Hugh Rose said: 'The best man on the side of the enemy was the woman, the Rani of Jhansi.' A vast amount of literature on the Sepoy Mutiny has been published in the last hundred years but no biography has yet been written of the Rani.
I would very much appreciate hearing from members of the families connected with that historic event and especially with the Jhansi State. I am particularly anxious to contact the families listed in a pamphlet called Children of the Mutiny and pub- lished by Mr. A. J. Waterfield in 1935.—Yours faithfully, D. V. TAHMANKAR 85 South Hill Park, NW3
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