Jhalkaribai

Jhalkaribai was a legendary woman soldier who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. As per folk narrative, she served in the women's army of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi. She eventually rose to a position of a prominent advisor to the queen, Rani of Jhansi. At the height of the Siege of Jhansi, she disguised herself as the queen and fought on her behalf, on the front, allowing the queen to escape safely out of the fort. She is however not mentioned in most contemporary records, with first written account of her coming from the 1907 Marathi language work Majha Pravas by Vishnu Rao Godse where he she is only mentioned as Lakshmibai's maid.