Azimullah Khan Yusufzai , also known as Dewan Azimullah Khan, was initially appointed Secretary, and later Prime Minister to Maratha Peshwa Nana Saheb II.
Portrait of Azimullah Khan (The Indian War Of Independence by Vinayak Damodar Sawarkar)
Nana Saheb Peshwa II, born as Dhondu Pant, was an Indian aristocrat and fighter, who led the rebellion in Cawnpore (Kanpur) during the 1857 rebellion against the East India Company. As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II, Nana Saheb believed that he was entitled to a pension from the Company, but as he was denied recognition under Lord Dalhousie's doctrine of lapse, he initiated a rebellion. He forced the British garrison in Kanpur to surrender, then murdered the survivors, gaining control of the city for a few days. After a British force recaptured Kanpur, Nana Saheb disappeared, with multiple conflicting accounts existing of his further life and death.
A picture of Nana Saheb titled "Nana Sahib" published in The Illustrated London News, 1857
Nana Saheb memorial at Bithoor, which previously controlled the fort.
Nana Saheb with his escort. Steel engraved print of 1860, published in History of the Indian Mutiny
A contemporary image of the massacre at the Satichaura Ghat
