Tatya Tope- 200th Anniversary
{As, 2014 marks his 200th birth anniversary therefore
Tatya Tope automatically most important for examinations!!!}
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Full
name: Ramchandra Pandurang Tope
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1814:
Born near Nasik
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Last
Peshwa Bajirao II=> his adopted son Nana Saheb. Nana Saheb had two trusted
generals: Tatya Tope and Azimulla.
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During
the 1857 mutiny, Nana Saheb and Tatya liberated Kanpur
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Later,
Nana Saheb sent Tatya Tope with 20,000 men to aid Jhansi
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Tatya
and Laxmibai together captured Gwalior but they
could not save Jhansi
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Tatya
was an expert in guerrilla warfare. He led attacks in Rajputana, Malwa, Panchmahal
and Banswara districts.
·
In
Panchmahal he aimed to organize the Bhils against the British.
After this, there are wo versions about Tatya’s death:
(01) Version #1: Tatya was not hanged
Ø Madhya Pradesh state school
textbook
Ø Tatya look alike was hanged
in Shivpuri, MP.
Ø The original Tatya killed in
action (KIA) in a battle.
Ø Tatya’s descendent Parag
Tope’s book “Operation Red Lotus”
Ø Tatya had died in battle in
Chhipa Baroda, near Guna.
Ø Tatya was living under
disguise, using different names like Ram Singh, Jeel Jung, Rao Singh.
Ø British officer had not seen
Tatya, but East India Company had put a big bounty on Tatya’s head.
Ø Therefore, Major Meade
captured a wrong guy and hanged him to claim the reward and applaud.
Ø After Tatya’s death, Nana
Saheb fought in Awadh, later retreated into Himalayas .
(02) Version #2: Tatya was hanged
Ø 1859, April: Tatya’s own
comrade ManSingh informed the British about his hideout. Tatya was arrested and
hanged.
Ø May 2014: Madhya Pradesh
Governor Ram Naresh Yadav says Version#2 is right i.e. Tatya was hanged.
Ø Governor Yadav aims to
publish a book “Tatya Tope: Ek Swatantrata Sangram Senani”, to correct
the error in MP school textbooks.
Ø [Tamilnadu class11 textbook
also agrees with Governor Yadav. Page 107, Tatya hanged for Kanpur
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