Life and Personality of Queen Esther and Rani Lakshmibai: A Research

Tommy Tenney in the book, Hadassah The girl who became Queen Esther describes about the life history of Queen Esther and her struggle to win over the cruel plot of Haman. Shahana Dasgupta in her book, Rani Lakshmibai the Indian heroine describes Rani Lakshmibai as a freedom fighter for Jhansi against the British rule. The Queen of Persia, Esther reigned over 127 provinces starting from Ethiopia to India. She is a brave woman who took a stand for Jews in a crucial time. Through her fasting and spiritual warfare she could able won the favour of King Xerxes. Because of her leading nature the Jews killed the Agagites. Lakshmibai, The Rani of Jhansi was the queen of the Maratha-ruled princely state of Jhansi in India. She was one of the leading personality of the Indian rebellion of 1857, and a symbol of resistance to British rule in India. The name of Rani Lakshmibai in Indian History is synonymous with heroism and courage. In extremely adverse circumstance she staunchly refused to give in to the demands of the formidable opponents, the Britishers; fought them bravely with only a handful of allies and finally sacrificed her life in the battlefield. Esther and Lakshmibai’s biography is similar in many ways like the change of namebefore marriage and after marriage. Hadassah as Esther and Manu as Lakshmibai. Both of them lost their mother in the childhood and raise up by their father. In the case of Esther she was brought up by Mordecai While Lakshmibai was brought up by Moropant. Esther fought for Jews to live in Persia and Lakshmibai fought for Marathas to live in Jhansi. This paper intends to do a comparative study on Queen Esther of Persia and Rani Lakshmibhai of Jhansi in India. The paper also portrays how both the women took a strong decision to save their tribe or people from the enemies.