No functions to observe Laxmi Bai’s death anniversary

Jyeshtha Shuklapaksha 14, Kaliyug Varsha 5115

Such irresponsible and traitor officials should be punished immediately ! – Editor


Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) : The authorities seem to be disinterested even in the ritual of remembering the freedom fighters on their birth and death anniversaries. The memories of these warriors ought to be preserved so that the present and future generations can understand the supreme sacrifices they made for the cause of the motherland.

One such martyr in the Indian freedom struggle is the Rani of Jhansi, Laxmi Bai, who was born in Kashi and her birth memorial is situated in Bhadaini area of the city. The memorial is a property of the Varanasi municipal corporation (VMC) but at present it is taken over by the department of tourism for renovation and development. Regional tourism officer (RTO), Ravindra Mishra said: "Under the district plan 2012-2013, a fund of Rs 5 lakh has been released for different works at the memorial like installation of solar lights and foot overbridge. We are planning to complete the work by July after that it will be handed over to VMC again.''

Sensitivities of the authorities towards the memories of Laxmi Bai can be understood by the fact that neither Municipal Corporation and tourism department, nor the department of culture would organise any activity at her memorial to mark the death anniversary on Tuesday. In-charge, Regional culture centre, Varanasi, Ratnesh Verma feels that because it is the death anniversary, it is apt that it is being observed at Gwalior, the place where she died. The municipal commissioner says that even if it is a VMC property but at present it is looked after by the department of tourism so whatever has to be done to observe the occasion should be done by the tourism department. Mishra said that the tourism department has no such plans.

The archival section of the regional cultural centre under Prabhakar Jauhari is planning to include the telegram sent by General R Hamilton to Governor General Lord Canning on June 19, 1858, informing about death of Rani of Jhansi, into an exhibition to be organised in July.

The district gazetteers of Varanasi recorded that in the city of Varanasi, Manu Bai, who later came to be known as Laxmi Bai, was born to Moropant Tambe (a Maratha scholar) and his wife Bhagirathi in 1835. In 1844, she was married to Ganga Dhar, the Rajah of Jhansi and on his death in 1853, she took the throne of Jhansi and became one of the most gallant warrior of the freedom struggle against the British during 1857. She lived in Varanasi for four years before leaving for Bithoor with her father after the death of Peshwa Chimmaji Appa in 1839.

Source : TOI

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