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Also Known As Ramchandra Panduranga • Tatya Tope • Tantia Topi
Born c.1813 or c.1819 • Pune • India
Died April 18, 1859 • Shivpuri • India
Role In Indian Rebellion of 1857
Nana Sahib
Indian rebel
Mangal Pandey
Mangal Pandey
Indian soldier
Lakshmi Bai
Lakshmi Bai
queen of Jhansi
Bakht Khan
Indian leader
Bahādur Shāh II
Bahādur Shāh II
Mughal emperor
Napier, Robert Napier, 1st Baron
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier
British field marshal
Lord Canning
Charles John Canning, Earl Canning
British official
Havelock, detail of an engraving
Sir Henry Havelock
British soldier
Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn of Strathnairn and of Jhansi
British field marshal
Clyde, Colin Campbell, Baron
Colin Campbell, Baron Clyde
British commander
William Stephen Raikes Hodson
British cavalry leader
John Nicholson, detail of a chalk drawing by William Carpenter, 1854; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Nicholson
British colonial official
Devika Rani
Indian actress
Candidus
Greek theologian
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Indian scholar
Antal
Indian poet
Balak Singh
Indian religious leader
Govinda Das
Bengali poet
Kalidas Bhattacharyya
Indian philosopher [1911–1984]
N. V. Banerjee
Indian philosopher