Jhansi is an independent princely state ruled by the Maratha Newalkar dynasty under suzerainty of British India from 1804 till 1853, when the British authorities took over the State under the terms of the Doctrine of Lapse.
The fortified town of Jhansi serves as its capital.
Historically the principality of Jhansi in Bundelkhand had been held by a tributary chief of the Peshwa, who ceded his rights in the Jhansi Province to the British after the defeat of the Maratha Empire.
Lord Hastings rewarded the chief with hereditary rule over the province.[
The State of Jhansi will, however, be reclaimed and ruled by Rani Laxmi Bai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, from August 1857 to June 1858.
The state flag is a saffron banner associated with Hinduism.
