Nana Sahib

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| image = "Nana Sahib" (Dhundu Pant).jpg
| caption = A picture of "Nana Sahib" published in ''[[The Illustrated London News]]'', 1857
| birth_date = {{birth date|1824|5|19}}
| birth_place = [[Bithoor]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1859|9|24|1824|5|19|}}
| death_cause = [[Killed in action]]
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| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| title = [[Peshwa]]
| predecessor = [[Baji Rao II]]
| successor = Devi Maina
| parents = Narayan Bhat and Ganga Bai; Baji Rao II (adopted)
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'''Nana Sahib''' (19 May 1824 – 24 September 1859), born as '''Dhondu Pant''', was an Indian [[Peshwa]] of the [[Maratha Empire|Maratha]] empire. An aristocrat and fighter, he led the [[Siege of Cawnpore|rebellion in Cawnpore]] ([[Kanpur]]) during the [[1857 uprising]].

Nana rajguru, a teacher of Nana Sahib, who teach them youdh kala and strategy of political activities. As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II, Nana Sahib believed that he was entitled to a pension from the English East India Company, but the underlying contractual issues are rather murky. He later disappeared, after his forces were defeated by a British force that recaptured Cawnpore. He was led to the Nepal Hills where he died on 24 September 1859.

==Role in the 1857 uprising==

Nana Sahib won the confidence of Charles Hillersdon, the Collector of Kanpur. It was planned that Nana Sahib would assemble a force of 1,500 soldiers to support the British, in case the rebellion spread to Cawnpore.

On 6 June 1857, at the time of the rebellion by forces of the East India Company at Cawnpore, the British contingent had taken refuge at an entrenchment in the northern part of the town. Amid the prevailing chaos in Cawnpore, Nana and his forces entered the British magazine situated in the northern part of the town. However, once he entered the magazine, Nana Sahib announced that he was a participant in the rebellion against the Company, and intended to be a vassal of Bahadur Shah II.

After taking possession of the Company treasury, Nana advanced up the Grand Trunk Road stating that he wanted to restore the Maratha confederacy under the Peshwa tradition, and decided to capture Cawnpore. On his way, Nana met the rebel Company soldiers at Kalyanpur. The soldiers were on their way to Delhi, to meet Bahadur Shah II. Nana wanted them to go back to Cawnpore, and help him defeat the British. The soldiers were reluctant at first, but decided to join Nana when he promised to double their pay and reward them with gold, if they were to destroy the British entrenchment.

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Bhupendra Nath Bose

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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bhupendra Nath Bose
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|caption = First President of Mohun Bagan AC
|birth_date = 13 January 1859
|birth_place = [[Radhanagore|Radhanagar]], [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]], [[West Bengal]]
|office = Vice-Chancellor of University of Calcutta, B.N.Basu and Company (Law Firm) (Founder)
|party = President of the Indian National Congress in 1914 at Madras session
|death_date = 13 September 1924
}}

'''Bhupendra Nath Bose''' (13 January 1859 – 13 September 1924) was an [[India]]n politician and President of the [[Indian National Congress]] in 1914.

Bose was born in [[Radhanagore|Radhanagar]], [[West Bengal]] in 1859. He graduated from the [[Presidency College, Calcutta]] in 1880. He completed his master's degree in 1881 and his law degree in 1883. He founded the law firm B.N. Basu and Company, whose office is still located at Temple Chambers in [[Kolkata]].

From 1904 to 1910, Bose was a member of the [[Bengal Legislature]]. During this period, he was involved in the nationalist movement. In 1905 he presided over the [[Bengal Provincial Conference]] held at [[Mymensingh]]. He joined the anti-partition agitation and campaign against British goods throughout Bengal. In 1907 and again later he was arrested and detained by British at [[Calcutta]] for his nationalist activities.<ref>Raja Subodh Chandra Mallik and his times by [[Amalendu De]], National Council of Education, Bengal - Page 96, 1996</ref> He opposed the passing of the [[Press Act]] in 1910. He became the President of the Indian National Congress in 1914.

Bose was a member and under-secretary in the Council of the [[Secretary of State for India]] from 1917 to 1923. In 1923 he was made a member of the Executive Council of the [[Governor of Bengal]]. He then became the Vice-Chancellor of the [[University of Calcutta]]. He was the first president of [[Mohun Bagan AC]], Calcutta.<ref>[http://www.mohunbaganac.com/MBAC_UPD/History/History-1889-1909.html Mohun Bagan History] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224015256/http://www.mohunbaganac.com/MBAC_UPD/History/History-1889-1909.html |date=24 February 2008 }}</ref> He died in 1924.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716145830/http://www.congresssandesh.com/AICC/history/presidents/bhupendra_nath_bose.htm Bhupendra Nath Bose]

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