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प्रश्न
Who was Nana Saheb?
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उत्तर
- Nana Saheb was an Indian leader and prominent figure in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II.
- Nana Saheb is best known for leading the rebellion in Kanpur against the British East India Company. He sought to restore Maratha rule and avenge the loss of his family's pension rights, which the British had denied.
- Nana Saheb played a key role in the revolt but later disappeared, and his fate remains unknown.
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पाठ 1: The First War of Independence, 1857 - EXERCISES [पृष्ठ २३]
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Lord Dalhousie annexed a number of Indian states to the East India Company using ______.
Jhansi was annexed by applying which of the following?
Seventy-five thousand of the Company’s sepoys belonged to which of the following states?
After the initial success of the Uprising of 1857, the objective of the leaders of the Uprising included ______.
Name two ways in which the British expanded their territorial power in India.
Explain the term doctrine of lapse.
What was Nana Saheb's main grievance against the British?
Which policy was used by Lord Dalhousie against Rani Laxmi Bai?
Give the meaning of Absentee Sovereignty.
Why was absentee sovereignty resented by the Indians?
