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Nana Sahib

1824 - 1859

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Nana Saheb Peshwa II (19 May 1824 – after 1857), born Dhondu Pant, was an Indian aristocrat and fighter who led the Siege of Cawnpore (Kanpur) during the 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nana Sahib is the 4,598th most popular politician (up from 8,696th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from India (up from 299th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nana Sahib ranks 4,598 out of 19,576. Before him are Manuel Belgrano, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Vsevolod I of Kiev, Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, and Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark. After him are Boris II of Bulgaria, Dương Văn Minh, Ala ad-Din Tekish, Catherine of Bosnia, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, and Odo the Great.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Nana Sahib ranks 19. Before him are Pierre Janssen, Carl Reinecke, Wilkie Collins, Marie Duplessis, William Huggins, and Karl-Maria Kertbeny. After him are Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Ludwig Büchner, Princess Francisca of Brazil, Peter Cornelius, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, and William Walker. Among people deceased in 1859, Nana Sahib ranks 22. Before him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Archduke John of Austria, Bettina von Arnim, Leigh Hunt, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, and Walter Hunt. After him are Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Louis Poinsot, Carl Adolph Agardh, John Austin, Tatya Tope, and Robert Stephenson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nana Sahib ranks 180 out of 1,861. Before him are Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1918), Jyotirao Phule (1827), Lakshmi Mittal (1950), Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), Mata Amritanandamayi (1953), and Tukaram (1608). After him are Shantideva (685), I. I. Chundrigar (1897), Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899), Mahesh Bhatt (1948), Ahmed Deedat (1918), and Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Nana Sahib ranks 61. Before him are Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), Sher Shah Suri (1486), Bindusara (-320), Vikramaditya (-102), Jayalalithaa (1948), and Mahboob Ali Khan (1866). After him are I. I. Chundrigar (1897), Choudhry Rahmat Ali (1895), Rajaram I (1670), Pranab Mukherjee (1935), Prithviraj Chauhan (1159), and Chandragupta II (400).

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