MAINA KUMARI
THE DAUGHTER
OF PESHWA NANASAHEB
इतिहास की एक अनसुनी कहानी
SARASIJ MAJUMDER
British East India Company won in the third Anglo-Maratha
war in 1818, defeating Bajirao Peshwa II.
With this, British took over political
supremacy, and they destroyed the Maratha confederacy. Defeated Baji Rao signed
the surrender treaty, accepting the British Government's pension. Far away from
Maharashtra, he was required to reside in Bithoor located close to Kanpur, as
per the provisions of the agreement. Nana Saheb, the adopted son of Bajirao II,
succeeded as the next Peshwa. But, the
British did not recognize Nana Saheb as a Peshwa and rejected his pension
Mainavati, the daughter of Nana Saheb, lost her mother at a
young age and was raised by her father with a lot of affection and care. By the
time she turned 14, Mainavati had already learned the traditions and
customs of her family. Living in the Peshwa family's residence at Bithoor, located
within the British camp area, she was brought up alongside the daughters of
British officers. As a result, she became proficient in the English language, and
was speaking it fluently.
In 1857, the uprising began, and the Peshwa took control of
Kanpur. As part of the rebellion, soldiers took control of the rest of the area from the British, setting
fire to places such as Bibika Ghar and Satichaura. In the heat of the struggle,
some British women and children were also captured along with officers, and imprisoned, with the intent of using them
as leverage. However, Nana Saheb Peshwa rejected such a move; adhering to the
Maratha tradition of honouring women in war rather than harming them. He
entertained the captive British officers and their families for two days, and
then entrusted his daughter, Mainavati, with the responsibility of
ensuring safe passage of women, and children to the British camp.
Unfortunately, circumstances took an adverse turn at this
juncture.
The uprising of 1857 was finally suppressed by the British
army with a decisive victory in Kanpur and Bithoor became their next target. Nana
Saheb Peshwa was forced to flee.
Maina refused to go
with his father because she feared that she might be a burden to her father in
the absconding stage, and considered it appropriate to stay in the Bithoor
palace.
The British government had announced a reward on Nana Saheb
and as soon as they came to know that Nana Saheb was out of the palace, the
British government surrounded the palace, where they found only Maina Kumari
along with some soldiers.
On seeing the British soldiers, Maina Kumari hid herself in
the secret place of the palace. The British officer Outram ordered the palace
to be blown up with a cannon and after doing so he went away from there but
left some of his soldiers on guard. He thought all residents of the Palace may
be dead.
At night, when Maina felt that everyone had left, she came
out, and tried to escape. However-- two soldiers on guard, saw her, caught, captivated and presented her before Outram.
Mainavati was subjected to torture in an attempt to extract
Nana Saheb’s whereabouts. But she refused tom tell.
Outram first tied Maina to a tree, tortured her, and then wanted to know from Maina the secret
information about Nana Saheb and the revolution but she did not open her mouth.
Outram even threatened to burn Maina Kumari alive, but she
said that she is the daughter of a revolutionary and is not afraid of death.
Seeing and hearing this, Outram became furious and he ordered
Maina Kumari to be burnt alive. Fire were set on the tree, and it’s dry
branches caught fire. Maina burned to death
so that the torch of revolution never gets extinguished.
It was the day of 11th ( date is disputed ) September 1857, when Maina Kumari
sacrificed her to keep the TORCH OF
INCILAB ALIGHT.
NEHRUVIAN ISLAMIST SECULAR CABALS BURIED SIMILAR SACRIFICES
IN THEIR ‘KABRE’.
MY SALUTE TO THAT SOUL. JAY HIND!
Sources:-
1.0 https://hindi.scoopwhoop.com/artandculture/maina-kumari-the-brave-daughter-of-nana-saheb-who-sacrificed-for-the-country-at-the-age-of-13/
2.0 https://www.breakinguttarakhand.com/maina-kumari-daughter-of-nana-saheb-peshwa-who-was-burnt-alive-by-the-british-army-at-the-age-of-13-tied-to-a-tree-in-bithoor-on-3-september-1857/
3.0
https://cmsadmin.amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?15626
4.0 Images:-- Google: The authors are acknowledged.
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