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Nana Sahib (1820–c. 1859)

The adopted son of a former peshwa (chief minister) of the Maratha people of central India, he joined the rebels in the Indian Mutiny 1857–58, and was responsible for the massacre at Kanpur when safe conducts given to British civilians were broken and many women and children massacred. After the failure of the mutiny he took refuge in Nepal.
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