Nana Saheb Peshwa II
- Nana Saheb Peshwa II (19 May 1824 – after 1857 ), born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian aristocrat.
- He was a prominent figure in the 1857 rebellion against the British East India Company.
- He was the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II and believed he was entitled to a pension from the Company.
- However, under the Doctrine of Lapse, he was denied recognition, which led him to initiate a rebellion.
- Nana Saheb played a key role in the events at Cawnpore (now Kanpur), including the attack on Wheeler’s entrenchment and the subsequent massacres at Satichaura Ghat and Bibighar.
- After the British recaptured Kanpur, Nana Saheb’s whereabouts became a mystery, with various accounts of his life and death.
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