She was educated at home and was taught to read and write, and was more independent in her childhood than others of her age her studies included shooting, horsemanship, fencing and mallakhamba with her childhood friends Nana Sahib and Tantia Tope. The Peshwa called her "Chhabili", which means "beautiful " and "lively and cheerful". Her father worked for Peshwa Baji Rao II of Bithoor district. Her father was the Commander of the war of Kalyanpranth. Her mother died when she was four years old. Her parents came from the Tambe village of the Guhagar taluka located in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. Her father was Moropant Tambe and her mother Bhagirathi Sapre (Bhagirathi Bai). She was named Manikarnika Tambe and was nicknamed Manu. Rani Lakshmibai (or Rani Lakshmi Bai) was born on 19 November 1828 (some sources say 1835) in the town of Varanasi into a Marathi Karhade Brahmin family.
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