* Nana Sahib

During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, ( known in the United Kingdom as the Indian Mutiny, known in India as the First War of Independence ), 900 British were besieged in the fortifications for 22 days by rebels under Nana Sahib Peshwa.

Although the East India Company later accused Nana Sahib of betrayal and murder of innocent people, no evidence has ever been found to prove that Nana Sahib had pre-planned or ordered the massacre.

Some historians believe that the Satti Chaura Ghat massacre was the result of confusion, and not of any plan implemented by Nana Sahib and his associates.

The Nana Sahib with his escort.

Bithoor is also the site of the fort to which Nana Sahib escaped following the British retaking of Kanpur.

* Nana Sahib, a major leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 ( the blackest of villains in British eyes at the time, and considered a hero to many Indians then and today ) disappeared after the failure of the rebellion and his eventual fate was never discovered.

Jules Verne in the 1879 novel The End of Nana Sahib ( also published as The Steam House ) presented a fictional account of how he met his end and why this remained a secret.

The Peshwa adopted a son, Nana Sahib, who went on to be one of the leaders of the Rebellion of 1857.

Rebel leaders such as Nana Sahib and the Rani of Jhansi belonged to this group ; the latter, for example, was prepared to accept East India Company supremacy if her adopted son was recognized as her late husband's heir.

He had relied on his own prestige, and his cordial relations with the Nana Sahib to thwart rebellion, and took comparatively few measures to prepare fortifications and lay in supplies and ammunition.

On 25 June Nana Sahib made an offer of safe passage to Allahabad.

With barely three days ' food rations remaining, the British agreed provided they could keep their small arms and that the evacuation should take place in daylight on the morning of the 27th ( the Nana Sahib wanted the evacuation to take place on the night of the 26th ).

Early in the morning of 27 June, the European party left their entrenchment and made their way to the river where boats provided by the Nana Sahib were waiting to take them to Allahabad.

Most early histories assume it was planned either by the Nana Sahib ( Kaye and Malleson ) or that Tantia Tope and Brigadier Jwala Pershad planned it without the Nana Sahib's knowledge ( G W Forrest ).

The stated reasons for the planned nature are: the speed with which the Nana Sahib agreed to the British conditions ( Mowbray Thomson ); and the firepower arranged around the ghat which was far in excess of what was necessary to guard the European troops ( most histories agree on this ).

Nana Sahib, who was staying in Savada Kothi ( Bungalow ) nearby, was informed about what was happening and immediately came to stop it.

The surviving women and children were taken to the Nana Sahib and then confined first to the Savada Kothi and then to the home of the local magistrate's clerk ( The Bibigarh ) where they were joined by refugees from Fatehgarh.

Meanwhile a Company relief force that had advanced from Allahabad defeated the Indians and by 15 July it was clear that the Nana Sahib would not be able to hold Cawnpore and a decision was made by the Nana Sahib and other leading rebels that the hostages must be killed.

His adopted son and heir Nana Saheb was one of the principal revolutionary commanders in the Indian Mutiny.

This group was once led by the chiefs Cochise ( whose name was derived from the Apache word Cheis, meaning " having the quality of oak "); Mangas Coloradas, Victorio, Nana, Juh.

It was important to Zola that no character should appear larger than life ; but the criticism that Zola ’ s characters are cardboard, is a substantially more damaging one which in view of the characterization of Gervaise Macquart ( L ' Assommoir ), Nana Coupeau ( Nana ), Jacques Lantier ( La Bête humaine ), Serge Mouret ( La Faute de l ' Abbé Mouret ), Jean Macquart ( La Terre ) and Pascal Rougon ( Le Docteur Pascal ), may seriously be doubted.

Due to illness he was forced to cancel a reunion tour with Nana Mouskouri planned for the spring and summer of 2003 following a tour in Europe.

It was directed by Mark Robson, and it stars Arthur Kennedy, Peggy Dow, Julia Adams, James Edwards, Will Geer, Nana Bryant, Jim Backus, and Rock Hudson.

Yaa Asantewaa ( c. 1840 – 17 October 1921 ) ( pronounced YAA A-san-TE-WAA ) was appointed queen mother of Ejisu of the Ashanti Empire — now part of modern-day Ghana — by her brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpese, the Ejisuhene " ruler of Ejisu ".

" Various Bajoran characters were included in several of the Star Trek series, including Ro Laren ( played by Michelle Forbes ) in The Next Generation as well as a number of others in Deep Space Nine, which was set on a space station near to Bajor, and which featured Bajoran characters such as Kira Nerys ( Nana Visitor ) and Winn Adami ( Louise Fletcher ).

Its location was excellent, being midway between the Nana Entertainment Plaza to the west and the Soi Cowboy nightlife area to the east.

Media appearances include joint performances with artists from around the world ; he was a guest at the Japan performances of Marcus Miller ( Bass ) and has performed with Larry Coryell ( Guitar ), Nana Vasconcelos ( Percussion ), Sarena Jones ( Vocals ) and others.

In 1944, she returned to Mexican films starring in an adaptation of Émile Zola's novel Nana, which was well received.

In 1996, Siddig and his co-star Nana Visitor started dating ; their son, Django El Tahir El Siddig, was born on 16 September 1996, and the couple married on 14 June 1997.

There grew up from it an almond-tree, and when its fruit was ripe, Nana who was a daughter of the river-god Sangarius picked an almond and laid it in her bosom.

Nana Visitor had just given birth to a baby boy barely a couple of months before she was called to audition for the role of Kira Nerys, and her becoming a mother actually shaped her decision process for accepting or turning down roles.

However, being in opposition later on, Nagayoshi would fight his father's cousin in Harumoto's faction, Miyoshi Masanaga, in dispute over Kawachi Jū Nana Kasho at places like Enami Castle, going on to break down Harumoto's controlled political power ; the shogun was reduced to a figurehead and along with seizing the real power of the bakufu, he transferred the stronghold from Akutagawa Mountain Castle in Settsu to Iimori Mountain Castle in Kawachi ( Shijōnawate, Osaka ).

The marble gothic screen with the famous ` mournful seraph ’ was transferred to the churchyard after independence in 1947, and in its place a bust of Tantya Tope installed at Nana Rao Park.

Barrie and was the inspiration for Nana in the book Peter Pan Others visiting included D. H. Lawrence, Lady Ottoline Morrell, Compton Mackenzie, Bertrand Russell, the historian G. M. Trevelyan, interior decorator Dora Carrington, Lytton Strachey.

Hill hosted the show as himself, and each week was joined by a number of characters, including his big brother Alan Hill ( Al Murray ), his three year-old adopted son, Alan Hill Jr. ( Matt Bradstock ), his parents, Jan and Tony Hill, and his grandmother, Nana Hill.

Takako debuted in theater when she was sixteen years old, in Ninjo Hanashi Bun Nana Motoyu ( Emotions Inscribed in Seven Hair-tying Paper Cords ) at Tokyo Kabuki-za in 1993.

Nana Osaki was in a popular punk band in her home town.

Nana and Ren have lived together as lovers since she was 16.

Between 1720 and 1730 Nana Abena Pokua, faced with many obstacles, confronted life with determination, living among the Nzima / Anyi and Safwi, She adopted their language and even cange her name from Abena Pokuaa to Abla Poku thus delinking any ties with Asante.

Much later, in July 1857 during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, after their successful re-capture of Kanpur, the British forces burnt down Bithur, including the residence of Baji Rao II ( wada ) where many members of his extended family except his adopted son, Nana Sahib, resided.

After working as secretary to several British officers, he was taken into the service of the Nana Sahib, adopted son of the late Peshwa Baji Rao II ( died 28 january 1851 ), as secretary and advisor.

The last of the Peshwas, Baji Rao II, was banished to Bithur ; his adopted son, Nana Sahib, made the town his headquarters.