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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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Instead, she took her elder son to Jhansi - over 130km away - without clear reason, according to the driver, and returned the same evening.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 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 Nineteeth century Indian general Rani leads her people in rebellion against the British Empire.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 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

Sir Hugh Rose paid her a well-deserved tribute when he wrote: "The best man upon the side of the enemy was the woman found dead, the Ranee of Jhansi."

From A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) by Emerson, Edwin