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involved herself with the cause of Azimullah Khan
, who visited England seeking to have an East India Company
pension restored to Nana Sahib
, the adopted son of Indian prince Baji Rao II
.
Frank, Katherine. Lucie Duff Gordon: A Passage to Egypt. Hamish Hamilton, 1994.
177-81
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Isa Craig
Nineteenth-century topics covered here include the Corn Laws, the Crimean War, and the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Nana Sahib
, leader of the siege at Cawnpore, is described as a very demon of...
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4 June 1857: The Indian Mutiny reached Cawnpore; at midnight,...
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4 June 1857
The Indian Mutiny reached Cawnpore; at midnight, the siege began that was to last several weeks and leave only five British survivors.
Hilton, Richard. The Indian Mutiny: A Centenary History. Hollis and Carter, 1957.
87, 88, 82-102
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
