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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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He knew he would always be associated with the world of movies - his grandfather was a Bollywood cinematographer who worked on one of India's first colour films in 1953, Jhansi Ki Rani.

From BBC Apr. 5, 2022

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

It was made doubly interesting to us by Sir Hugh Rose explaining how he attacked it, and pointing out the spot where the Rani of Jhansi was killed in a charge of the 8th Hussars.

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

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