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Lakshmi Bai

When and where was Lakshmi Bai killed in battle?

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Illustration of De Kantzow defending the treasury at Mainpuri during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, showing a British officer confronting armed sepoys inside a building as tensions rise during the uprising. — Indian Rebellion of 1857 Indian sepoys (soldiers) corner a British officer amid their attack on a treasury in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh.

Lakshmi Bai, the queen of Jhansi and a prominent leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, was killed in combat on June 17 or 18, 1858. She died while fighting against British forces near Kotah-ki-Serai, close to Gwalior.1