Yesha Gaikwad, son of Nathia Gaikwad, was a resident of Satara, Maharashtra. He participated in the Uprising of 1857 by joining a rebel group in Satara led by Rango Bapoojee. The group had planned to attack Satara and Mahabaleshwar, release prisoners, seize government properties, and kill British officers. However, Yesha Gaikwad was captured by the British in June 1857 and charged with treason, making war against the English East India Company, plundering government property, and releasing prisoners from jail. He was sentenced to death and executed by being blown away with a cannon on 8 September 1857.
Yesha Gaikwad
(★ – 1857) – (Maharashtra)
Yesha Gaikwad, son of Nathia Gaikwad, was a resident of Satara, Maharashtra. He participated in the Uprising of 1857 by joining a rebel group in Satara led by Rango Bapoojee. The group had planned to attack Satara and Mahabaleshwar, release prisoners, seize government properties, and kill British officers. However, Yesha Gaikwad was captured by the British in June 1857 and charged with treason, making war against the English East India Company, plundering government property, and releasing prisoners from jail. He was sentenced to death and executed by being blown away with a cannon on 8 September 1857.
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