Tantia Tope (born February 16, 1814, Pune, India—died April 18, 1859, Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, India) was a leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also called Sepoy Mutiny). Although he had no formal military training, he was one of the most effective of the rebels’ generals. After some time, they lose Gwalior to British and Tatya Tope had to fled to the Rajputana while Rani Laxmibai died while fighting the British. In Rajputana, he was able to induce the army of Tonk and Bhil Tribe to join him against the British. But he failed here too. Till April 1859, British forces followed him but he still outsmarted them. Tatya Tope alias Ramchandra Pandurang Tope was born around 1813 in an orthodox Deshasth Brahmin family in Pune. His father, Pandurang Rao Tope , was an important noble at the court of the Peshwa Baji Rao II. He shifted his family with the ill-fated Peshwa to Bithur where his son became the most ... Tatya Tope was a notable commander in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. The Madhya Pradesh government has named the new university of Guna as Krantivir Tatya Tope Vishwavidyalay.
