1. REVOLT OF 1857
Names of rebel leaders and the centres of their Activities
Centre Leader
Delhi Bahadur Shah II and General Bakth Khan,
who was an ordinary Subedar in the British
Army at Bareilly and who had led the revolt
of the sepoys at Delhi.
Kanpur Nana Saheb, the adopted son of the ex-
Peshwa, who was denied pension by Lord
Dalhousi, Rao Saheb, the nephew of Nana
Saheb, Tantia Tope and Azimullah Khan,
advisor of Nana.
Lucknow Begum Hazarat Mahal of Oudh and
Ahmadullah, advisor of the ex-Nawab of
Oudh.
Jhansi Rani Lekshmi Bhai, widow of the ruler of
Jhansi, who was denied to adopt a son as
successor to her husband by Dalhousie
according to the Doctrine of Lapse.
Bareilly Khan Bahadur, grandson of the last ruler of
Rohilkhand.
Jadishpur Kunwar Sing, the dispossessed Zamindar and
his brother Amar Singh.
Faizabad Maulavi Ahmadullah and Firuz Shah, a
relative of Mughal Emperor.
