Nana Saheb Peshwa II | |
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14th Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (pretender) | |
In office 1 February 1851 – 30 June 1857 (unrecognized) | |
Preceded by | Baji Rao II |
Peshwa from Kanpur | |
In office 1 July – 16 July 1857 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Dhondu Pant 19 May 1824 Bithur, Cawnpore, Ceded Provinces, British India (present-day Bithoor, Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
Died | Kathmandu, Nepal | 24 September 1859 (aged 35) (disputed)
Parent(s) | Narayan Bhat (father) Ganga Bai (mother) |
Relatives | Baji Rao II (adoptive father & uncle) |
Nana Saheb Peshwa II (19 May 1824 – after 1857), born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian aristocrat and fighter, who led the rebellion in Cawnpore (Kanpur) during the 1857 rebellion against the East India Company. As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II, Nana Saheb believed that he was entitled to a pension from the company, but as he was denied recognition under Lord Dalhousie's doctrine of lapse, he initiated a rebellion. He forced the British garrison in Kanpur to surrender, then murdered the survivors, gaining control of the city for a few days. After a British force recaptured Kanpur, Nana Saheb disappeared, with multiple conflicting accounts existing of his further life and death.
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