page_title: Nana Sahib
hierarchical_section_title: Nana Sahib
caption_attribution_description: English: "Nana Sahib" (Dhundu Pant), one of the rebel Maratha chieftains; from the Illustrated London News, 1857
context_page_description: Nana Sahib, born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian Peshwa of the Maratha empire. An aristocrat and fighter, he led the rebellion in Cawnpore during the 1857 uprising.
  Nana rajguru, a teacher of Nana Sahib, who teach them youdh kala and strategy of political activities. As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II, Nana Sahib believed that he was entitled to a pension from the English East India Company, but the underlying contractual issues are rather murky. He later disappeared, after his forces were defeated by a British force that recaptured Cawnpore. He was led to the Nepal Hills in 1859, where he is thought to have died.
context_section_description: Nana Sahib (19 May 1824 – 1859), born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian Peshwa of the Maratha empire.  An aristocrat and fighter, he led the rebellion in Cawnpore (Kanpur) during the 1857 uprising. 
  Nana rajguru, a teacher of Nana Sahib, who teach them youdh kala and strategy of political activities. As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II, Nana Sahib believed that he was entitled to a pension from the English East India Company, but the underlying contractual issues are rather murky.  He later disappeared, after his forces were defeated by a British force that recaptured Cawnpore. He was led to the Nepal Hills in 1859, where he is thought to have died.
caption: A picture of "Nana Sahib" published in The Illustrated London News, 1857
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