Which of the following statement is correct?

a- In Jhansi, Rani was forced by the popular pressure around her to assume the leadership of the uprising.

b- Before 1857 revolt, Rani of Jhansi was represented as a masculine figure chasing the enemy, slaying the British soldiers, and valiantly fighting till her last.

Only statement a is correct.

In Jhansi, Rani was forced by the popular pressure around her to assume the leadership of the uprising. So was Kunwar Singh, a local zamindar in Arrah in Bihar.

Statement 2 is incorrect. Heroic poems were written about the valour of the queen who, with a sword in one hand and the reins of her horse in the other fought for the freedom of her motherlandRani of Jhansi was represented as a masculine figure chasing the enemy, slaying the British soldiers, and valiantly fighting ill her last.