Leaders in the Revolt of 1857

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Leaders in the Revolt of 1857

Barrackpore  :
Mangal Pandey

Delhi :
Bahadur Shah II, General Bakht Khan

Delhi  :Hakim Ahsanullah (Chief advisor to Bahadur Shah II)

Lucknow :
Begum Hazrat Mahal, Birjis Qadir, Ahmadullah (advisor of the ex-Nawab of Awadh)

Kanpur :
Nana Sahib, Rao Sahib (nephew of Nana), Tantia Tope, Azimullah Khan (advisor of Nana Sahib)

Jhansi :
Rani Laxmibai

Bihar (Jagdishpur) :
Kunwar Singh, Amar Singh

Allahabad and Banaras :
Maulvi Liyakat Ali

Faizabad :
Maulvi Ahmadullah (He declared the Revolt as Jihad against English)

Farrukhabad :
Tufzal Hasan Khan

Bijnaur :
Mohammad Khan

Muradabad :
Abdul Ali Khan

Bareilly :
Khan Bahadur Khan

Mandsor :
Firoz Shah

Gwalior/Kanpur Tantia Tope

Assam :
Kandapareshwar Singh, Manirama Datta

Orissa  :
Surendra Shahi, Ujjwal Shahi

Kullu :
Raja Pratap Singh
Rajasthan Jaidayal Singh and Hardayal Singh.

Gorakhpur :
Gajadhar Singh

Mathura  :
Sevi Singh, Kadam Singh