John Nicholson

Nicholson was a very strict and honest administrator, and always took stern action to check crime and dishonesty. Because of this, he was deified (made into  a deity, or god) by some Indian people in his lifetime. The people who worshiped him were called Nikal Saynis. 

Nicholson was buried near Delhi when he died but there is a famous monument, the Nicholson Memorial (also called Nicholson's Obelisk) near Taxila in Pakistan. This was made here by the British people ruling here many years ago, because Nicholson had spent a lot of time in that area. 

Related pages
 East India Company
 Indian Rebellion of 1857
 Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan

Category:1822 births
Category:1857 deaths
Category:Colonial officials of British India