***LODHI KSHATRIYA SAMAJ***

***{New Changorabhata, Shiv nagar, Raipur (C.G.)}*** ***{Akhil Bhartiya Lodheshwar Kalyan Mandal, Balaghat(M.P.)}***

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*VIRANGANA RANI AVANTIBAI*

Rani Avantibai was born on 16/08/1831.When Vikramaditya Singh, the ruler of Ramgarh State died leaving behind his wife Avantibai and no heir to the throne, the British put the state under court administration. Avantibai vowed to win back her land from the British. She raised an army of four thousand men and led it herself against the British in 1857. A fierce battle ensured and Avantibai fought most valiantly but could not hold out for long against the superior strength of the British army. When her defeat become imminent she killed herself with her own sword and English army couldn’t defeat her in her life.LaterRani Avantibia’s sacrifice became a example to the Lodhian kingdom and became history of the fight for freedom on 20-03-1858. She was a great freedom fighter.-----By Lodhi Rajiv Thakrele.