Question

Indicate which of the following is not correct.

विकल्प

• Nana Saheb was the adopted son of Tantya Tope.

• Tantya Tope was the general of Nana Saheb.

• Wajid Ali Shah was exiled to Calcutta.

• Lord Dalhousie captured 7 states with the Doctrine of Lapse.

Answer 1

Nana Saheb was the adopted son of Tantya Tope.

Explanation:

Nana Sahib was adopted in 1827 by Baji Rao II, the last Maratha peshwa (ruler), and educated as a Hindu nobleman. When the exiled Baji Rao died in 1852, he inherited the peshwa's home in Bithur (now in Uttar Pradesh state).