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Jhansi

American  
[jahn-see] / ˈdʒɑn si /

noun

  1. a city in SW Uttar Pradesh, in central India.


Jhansi British  
/ ˈdʒɑːnsɪ /

noun

  1. a city in central India, in SW Uttar Pradesh: scene of a mutiny against the British in 1857. Pop: 383 248 (2001)

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Anita Devi, from the central city of Jhansi, said she had spent the entire morning looking for her husband.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2025

Garg said the factory was in a residential area in central Delhi near Rani Jhansi Road and had no provisions for fire safety.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2019

The Warrior Queen of Jhansi A ruler in 19th-century India leads her people in rebellion against the British East India Company.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2019

Dalhousie wished to seize the state of Jhansi, Rani Lakshmibai was firm in wanting to protect her people and lands, and trouble was on the rise.

From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2015

The enemy's reinforcements, however, were out of all proportion to ours—mutineers from Jullundur, Nasirabad, Nimach, Kotah, Gwalior, Jhansi, and Rohilkand arrived about this time.

From Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief by Roberts, Frederick Sleigh

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