Tatya Tope was born in 1819 AD. He was the army chief of Nana Saheb. he fought with the British in 1857 in Kanpur. When the British controlled over Kanpur, he came to Kalpi and revolted against them with Rani Laxmibai of Jhanshi. Tatya Tope took Gwalior under his control. Then he entered Jhalawar of Rajasthan and captured it. Revolutionaries took control over weapon stock.
Due to enterance of Tatya Tope in Rajasthan, a new wave took birth in revolutionaries, Samant of Kothari Jodh Singh and Rawte Kesari Singh of Salumbar gave full support to Tatya Tope, but Man Singh, the ruler of Marwar made arrested Tantiya Tope by Britishers and he was hanged on 1859 AD. But it is not true, actually by seeing weakening revolt, he went in exile. With this, the war in Rajasthan was ended. Therefore, Tatya Tope played a very important role in First War of India’s Independence.
