[6] She initially studied in the Crosthwaite Girls' School in Prayagraj where she was senior to and friends with Mahadevi Verma and passed the middle-school examination in 1919.

[9] She died in 1948 in a car accident near Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, on her way back to Jabalpur from Nagpur, the then capital of Central Provinces, where she had gone to attend the assembly session.

[4][12] A couplet repeated at the end of each stanza reads thus: बुंदेले हरबोलों के मुँह हमने सुनी कहानी थी, खूब लड़ी मर्दानी वह तो झाँसी वाली रानी थी॥[13]This and her other poems, Jallianwala Bagh mein Vasant,[4] Veeron Ka Kaisa Ho Basant,[14] Rakhi Ki Chunauti, and Vida,[15] openly talk about the freedom movement.

The thrones shook and royalties scowled Old India was re-invigorated with new youth People realised the value of lost freedom Everybody was determined to throw the foreigners out The old sword glistened again in 1857 This story we heard from the mouths of Bundel bards Like a man she fought, she was the Queen of Jhansi Subhadra Kumari Chauhan wrote in the Khariboli dialect of Hindi, in a simple, clear style.

[19] Google commented: "Chauhan’s poetry remains a staple in many Indian classrooms as a symbol of historical progress, encouraging future generations to stand up against social injustice and celebrate the words that shaped a nation’s history".