[3] On seeing the rising anger of the Indian people with the British administration, Uda Devi reached out to the queen of that district, Begum Hazrat Mahal to enlist for the war.

[5] Uda Devi was born on 30 June 1830 in Ujariya village (nowadays known as Gomti Nagar) of Lucknow district of Uttar Pradesh into a Pasi family.

In Lucknow, a small British garrison of 2200 clung to life on the banks of the Gomti River surrounded by rebels and lacking adequate supplies.

William Forbes-Mitchell, in Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny, writes of Uda Devi: "She was armed with a pair of heavy old-pattern cavalry pistols, one of which was in her belt still loaded, and her pouch was still about half full of ammunition, while from her perch in the tree, which had been carefully prepared before the attack, she had killed more than half-a-dozen men.

[12][13] The Uttar Pradesh government announced on 20 March 2021 the establishment of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) women's battalion named after Uda Devi, a female Dait freedom fighter.