Nana Sahib

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Indian independence activist aristocrat human rebel leader

Nana Sahib was a prominent Indian aristocrat and leader who played a key role in directing rebel forces against British rule during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Nana Saheb 2
Nana Sahib of Bithoor 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian independence activist ⓘ
aristocrat ⓘ
human ⓘ
rebel leader ⓘ
adoptiveFather Baji Rao II ⓘ
Baji Rao II ⓘ
surface form: Peshwa Baji Rao II
alsoKnownAs Nana Sahib ⓘ
surface form: Nana Saheb

Nana Sahib ⓘ
surface form: Nana Sahib of Bithoor
associatedWithEvent Siege of Cawnpore ⓘ
surface form: Bibighar massacre

Siege of Cawnpore ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Azimullah Khan ⓘ
Man Singh ⓘ
Tatya Tope ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Kanpur ⓘ
surface form: Cawnpore

Kanpur ⓘ
birthPlace Allahabad ⓘ
surface form: Bithoor

Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
near Kanpur ⓘ
birthYear 1824 ⓘ
causeOfRebellion annulment of his pension by the British ⓘ
doctrine of lapse policy ⓘ
commanded rebel forces at Kanpur ⓘ
conflict Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
ethnicGroup Maratha ⓘ
family Peshwa ⓘ
surface form: Peshwa family
fate death date unknown ⓘ
disappeared after the fall of Kanpur ⓘ
fullName Dhondu Pant ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
languageSpoken Hindi ⓘ
Marathi language ⓘ
surface form: Marathi
legacy considered a hero by many Indian nationalists ⓘ
considered a villain in many British accounts of 1857 ⓘ
movement Indian independence movement precursors ⓘ
notableFor leadership in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ⓘ
leading rebel forces in Kanpur ⓘ
role in the Cawnpore massacre ⓘ
role in the Siege of Cawnpore ⓘ
opponent British East India Company ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
residence Allahabad ⓘ
surface form: Bithoor
title Peshwa ⓘ
yearOfDisappearance 1857 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Azimullah Khan → advisorTo → Nana Sahib ⓘ
Tatya Tope → allyOf → Nana Sahib ⓘ
Dhondu Pant → alsoKnownAs → Nana Sahib ⓘ
Dhondu Pant → alsoKnownAs → Nana Sahib ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nana Saheb
Nana Sahib → alsoKnownAs → Nana Sahib ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nana Saheb
Nana Sahib → alsoKnownAs → Nana Sahib ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nana Sahib of Bithoor
Man Singh → associatedWith → Nana Sahib ⓘ
Man Singh → closeAssociateOf → Nana Sahib ⓘ
Siege of Cawnpore → commander → Nana Sahib ⓘ
Azimullah Khan → employer → Nana Sahib ⓘ