Nana Saheb Peshwa II

Nana Saheb Peshwa II
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 (1824-05-19)May 19, 1824 Bithur, Cawnpore, Ceded Provinces, Company India (present-day Bithoor, Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	(1859-09-24)September 24, 1859 (aged 35) (disputed) Kathmandu, Nepal
Parent(s)	Narayan Bhat (father) Ganga Bai (mother)

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.