JKR; WU 2nd Nov. '10

After the coronation ends, Laxmibai leaves for Jhansi.

Meanwhile in Jhansi, trouble brews as untouchables gather outside the palace and demand the right to wear the janevu (sacred thread). Gangadhar Rao is in a quandary because of the demands of the untouchables.

Gangadhar Rao summons Rao Dulaju from Bundelkhand to advice him on the matter.

Laxmibai reaches Jhansi. Her arrival is celebrated by the subjects.

Rao Dulaju advises Gangadhar Rao to sweet talk with the downtrodden people of Jhansi by which the arising uprising would collapse. Gangadhar Rao agrees to follow Rao Dulaju's advice.

Gangadhar Rao tries to convince the untouchables that the right to wear jannev was only granted to the Brahmins. Shankar Lohar, a leader of the untouchables, accuses Gangadhar Rao of not being impartial since he was a Brahmin too.

Nelson watches the trouble brewing in Jhansi. He decides to make Shankar a part of his conspiracy against Gangadhar Rao. Nelson visits Shankar Lohar's house and tries to enlist him in his plot to assassinate Gangadhar Rao.

Laxmibai, on the other hand, worries about Gangadhar Rao's safety.