Historical person
Nana Sahib
1824–c. 1859
Nana Sahib, born Dhondu Pant, was the adopted son of the exiled Maratha peshwa Baji Rao II and lived at Bithoor near Cawnpore. After the East India Company refused to continue his adoptive father’s pension, he became one of the most prominent Indian leaders to join the uprising of 1857.
During the rebellion Nana Sahib assumed leadership of the forces besieging the British entrenchment at Cawnpore. His name became inseparable from the killings that followed the British surrender, though responsibility for individual decisions remains contested. He disappeared during the later stages of the uprising; reports placed his death around 1859, but his final fate is uncertain.
In G. A. Henty’s In Times of Peril, Historical figures including Nana Sahib connect the fictional action directly to the documented events. In G. A. Henty’s Rujub, the Juggler, Historical figures including Nana Sahib connect the fictional action directly to the documented events. For broader historical treatment of Nana Sahib, see Julian Spilsbury’s The Indian Mutiny.
Standalone books
Standalone books featuring Nana Sahib (2 books)
Non Fiction
Non Fiction featuring Nana Sahib (1 book)
Biographies, histories and other non-fiction are listed separately from the historical novels above.
