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The Hunting of Tantia Tope
The Hunting of Tantia Tope
Chapter 10
The Last Stand

The Hunting of Tantia Tope

तांत्या टोपे की खोज

For nine months and nineteen days after the Rani's death, the last Maratha general of the war keeps the column moving — three thousand kilometres, twenty-seven actions, six British columns in pursuit and none catching him. Betrayed in his sleep in April 1859 by a chief he had trusted. Hanged at Sipri before a silent crowd.
Invoking the sacred fire...