Why did Nana Saheb Peshwa send his friend to London court?

Hello reader friends, how are you all. I hope everyone is having fun and being healthy. Today we are going to talk about Nana Saheb Peshwa, who was such a Freedom Fighter of India:

• who sent his petitioner to the London court for his rights.
• whose allies were independence fighters like Tatya Tope and Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi.
• who did not come into the hands of the British till they were alive.

So let's get information about one of the the great Freedom Fighter of Indian History

Nana Saheb Peshwa

Who was Nana Saheb Peshwa ?

Nana Saheb Peshwa was born on 19 May 1824 in the house of Bithoor resident Madhavanarayan Rao(Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh). Bajirao Peshwa himself had no children of his own, so he adopted a son from his cousin Madhavanarayan. Nana Saheb Peshwa was the adopted son of Bajirao Peshwa II. His earlier name was Govind Dhodhupanth, after adoption he changed it to Nana Saheb Peshwa.

Along with Manikarnika (Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi) and Tatya Tope, he grew up and received education together. Even after growing up, they did not leave each other's side and kept helping each other. He was very fond of elephants, horses and camels. At that time he was also fond of sculpture of India.

Why did Nana Saheb Peshwa send his friend to London court ?

The British made a law that a king who had no children should sell his kingdom to the British government. This was also called the "usurpation policy" of the British government. Bajirao Peshwa also had no children of his own, so his property was also confiscated by the British government. Bajirao Peshwa was given a pension of eight lakhs by the British government which was closed after his death.

Nana Saheb Peshwa had no shortage of wealth but he said that how the British can grab the entire property, we must get whatever pension we have. He wrote many letters to the British to get the pension started. He also sent his friend Azim Ullah to London regarding pension but his words were not heard in the London court. The British also grabbed the property of rulers like Rani Lakshmibai, Nana Saheb Peshwa in this way.

How did Nana Saheb Peshwa gained Kanpur fort ?

The British were running their arbitrary rule in the country. The rulers were fed up with things like partition of the state, policies of the British, increase in taxes. So Nana Saheb Peshwa, together with all the rulers, announced the war by letter to Major Kayun Hing Villar of Kanpur and invaded at 10 o'clock on 6 June.

Surrounding Fort

The British were fighting from inside the fort and Nana Saheb Peshwa was fighting with his allies from the bar of the fort. He surrounded the fort of Kanpur from all sides. The British could not get out of the fort and the arms, ammunition etc. of the British were also running out.

So the British had no option but to negotiate with Nana Saheb and thus they sent one of their men to him with a proposal to negotiate. He heard about the proposal sent by the British and told British to leave the fort of Kanpur and go to Allahabad by way of Satichora Ghat.

Where was Nana Saheb Peshwa going secretly from the British ?

Britishers regained the Kanpur fort and Nana Saheb Peshwa lost it again. Now the British were looking for him. No one knew where he was. Then someone brings news that he has died.

British

But the British were not ready to accept this. The British said that he was hiding somewhere. When Tatya Tope and Rani Lakshmibai invaded Gwalior and conquered Gwalior then Nana Saheb Peshwa was declared as the ruler of Gwalior.

Then the British were convinced that Nana Saheb Peshwa was alive. But when the British captured Kanpur he was secretly going to Deokhari (in Nepal) without informing anyone. There, King Jung Bahadur Rana of Nepal helped him.

Conclusion:

In this article we come to know that Nana Saheb Peshwa stayed in "Deokhari" in Nepal. It is said that he died on 6 October 1858 at the age of 34 due to a severe fever. Many also say that a letter written by him was found and from that it is known that he came back from Nepal to Gujarat.

In Gujarat, Yogendra Dayananda stayed with Maharaj, who seemed to be a relative of Nana Saheb Peshwa's Sanskrit professor and he says that he died in Gujarat in 1903. Nana Saheb Peshwa is also known as Balaji Bajirao Peshwa. He ruled Kanpur till age of 20.

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