Nana Saheb Peshwa II, born Nana Govind Dhondu Pant, was an Indian aristocrat and fighter who led the Siege of Cawnpore (Kanpur) during Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the East India Company. As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa, Baji Rao II, Nana Saheb believed he was entitled to a pension from the Company.
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A portrait of Nana Saheb titled "Nana Sahib," published in The Illustrated London News in 1857.
Nana Saheb Memorial in Bithoor
Nana Saheb with his escort. Steel-engraved print from 1860, published in History of the Indian Mutiny
A contemporary depiction of the massacre at Satichaura Ghat
Sati Chaura Ghat (jetty)
"Futtehpore, the scene of the recent engagement between General Havelock and Nana Sahib," from the Illustrated London News, 1857.
Provenance: This sword belonged to the Nana, who was held responsible by the British for the massacre at Kanpur during the Indian mutiny in 1857. It subsequently passed into the ownership of Brigadier Major Henry Templer, who commanded the 7th Regiment Bengal Infantry.In their orbit 1
Politicians born in the 1820s 6
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Nana Saheb Peshwa II, born Nana Govind Dhondu Pant, was an Indian aristocrat and fighter who led the Siege of Cawnpore (Kanpur) during Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the East India Company. As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa, Baji Rao II, Nana Saheb believed he was entitled to a pension from the Company. However, after being denied recognition under Lord Dalhousie's doctrine of lapse, he joined the 1857 rebellion and took charge of the rebels in Kanpur. He forced the British garrison in Kanpur to surrender and subsequently ordered the killing of the survivors, briefly gaining control of the city. After the British recaptured Kanpur, Nana Saheb disappeared, and conflicting accounts surround his later life and death.
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