General Sir Hugh Rose (later Lord Strathnairn) was the British commander who led the Central India Field Force against the rebels during the 1857 Revolt. He fought against Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi and is famously reported to have remarked about her courage after she was killed fighting in Gwalior: "Here lay the woman who was the only man among the rebels."
Who remarked, about Rani Lakshmi Bai as 'Here lay the women who was the only man among the rebels', during the Revolt of 1857?
Asked in TNPSC CS Prelims 2024 · Topic: Revolt of 1857 (Key Centres and Leaders of the Revolt (Delhi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Jhansi, Arrah, Faizabad, Bareilly))
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