Wondering who is Nana Saheb Peshwa?
The adopted son of Peshwa Baji Rao II, was a key player in the war against the English in 1857. Remembered, like the Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar II, to have embraced the 'mutiny' unwillingly, this 'reluctant' figure has been assigned to the margins of official history for being a dissatisfied feudal leader with the agenda of getting back at the English for having denied his pension.
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