Siege of Cawnpore
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The siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The besieged East India Company forces and civilians in Cawnpore were duped into a false assurance of a safe passage to Allahab
A contemporary engraving of the massacre at the Satichura Ghat
Photograph entitled, "The Hospital in General Wheeler's entrenchment, Cawnpore." (1858) The hospital was the site of the first major loss of British lives in Cawnpore
Up to 1,000 British troops, their families and loyal sepoys were holed up in Gen Wheeler's entrenchment in Kanpur for three weeks in June 1857 where they were constantly bombarded by the army of a local prince, Nana Sahib.
Savada Kothi became a base headquarters for the rebel sepoys
Nana Saheb Peshwa II
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Nana Saheb Peshwa II, born Nana Govind Dhondu Pant, was an Indian aristocrat and fighter who led the Siege of Cawnpore during Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the East India Company. As the adopted so
A portrait of Nana Saheb titled "Nana Sahib," published in The Illustrated London News in 1857.
Nana Saheb Memorial in Bithoor
Nana Saheb with his escort. Steel-engraved print from 1860, published in History of the Indian Mutiny