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Also Known As Ramchandra Panduranga • Tatya Tope • Tantia Topi
Born c.1813 or c.1819 • Pune • India
Died April 18, 1859 • Shivpuri • India
Role In Indian Rebellion of 1857
Mangal Pandey
Mangal Pandey
Indian soldier
Bahadur Shah II
Bahadur Shah II
Mughal emperor
Lakshmi Bai
Lakshmi Bai
queen of Jhansi
Nana Sahib
Indian rebel
Bakht Khan
Indian leader
Napier, Robert Napier, 1st Baron
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier
British field marshal
Lord Canning
Charles John Canning, Earl Canning
British official
Sir Henry Havelock
Sir Henry Havelock
British soldier
Sir Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell, Baron Clyde
British commander
Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn of Strathnairn and of Jhansi
British field marshal
William Stephen Raikes Hodson
British cavalry leader
John Nicholson, detail of a chalk drawing by William Carpenter, 1854; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Nicholson
British colonial official
Devika Rani
Indian actress
Asha Bhosle
Indian singer
Rajesh Khanna
Indian actor
Ashok Kumar
Indian actor
Mani Kaul
Indian filmmaker
Hema Malini
Indian actress
Govinda Das
Bengali poet
Kalidas Bhattacharyya
Indian philosopher [1911–1984]