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Nana Sahib (nä`nä sä`hĭb), b. c.1821, leader in the Indian Mutiny Indian Mutiny, 1857–58, revolt that began with Indian soldiers in the Bengal army of the British East India Company but developed into a widespread uprising against British rule in India. It is also known as the Sepoy Rebellion, sepoys being the native soldiers. ..... Click the link for more information. , his real name was Dhundu Pant. The adopted son of the last peshwa (hereditary prime minister) of the Marathas, his request (1853) to the British to grant him the peshwa's title and pension was refused. In the outbreak (June, 1857) of the mutiny at Cawnpore (Kanpur Kanpur (kän`p  r), city (1991 pop...... Click the link for more information. ) his men massacred the British garrison and colony. After suppression of the rebellion, he escaped to Nepal, where he probably died. BibliographySee P. C. Gupta, Nana Sahib and the Rising at Cawnpore (1963). |
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