Explanation: At Kanpur, the natural choice was Nana Saheb, the adopted son of the last peshwa, Baji Rao II.

• He was refused the family title and banished from Poona and was living near Kanpur.
• Nana Saheb expelled the English from Kanpur, proclaimed himself the peshwa, acknowledged Bahadur Shah as the Emperor of India and declared himself to be his governor.
• Sir Hugh Wheeler, commanding the station, surrendered on June 27, 1857, and was killed on the same day.

Source: Spectrum