What is John Nicholson?
Brigadier-General '''John Nicholson''' (1822-1857) was a [[British]] officer of the East India Company, who served and died in [[British India]]. He is especially famous today and remembered as the 'Saviour of Delhi' who gave his life and died at [[Delhi]], in September 1857 during the [[Indian Mutiny]] (or [[First Indian War of Independence]]), so that the British empire might be saved. [[Image: General John Nicholson - Project Gutenberg eText 16528.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Portrait of John Nicholson]] Nicholson was a very strict and honest administrator, and always took stern action to check crime and dishonesty. Because of this, he was [[Idol|deified]] (made into a deity, or god) by some Indian people in his lifetime. The people who worshiped him were called ''Nikal Saynis''. Nicholson was buried near Delhi when he died but there is a famous monument, the [[Nicholson Memorial]] (also called Nicholson's [[Obelisk]]) near [[Taxila]] in [[Pakistan]]. This was made here by the [[British Raj|British people]] ruling here many years ago, because Nicholson had spent a lot of time in that area. ==Related pages== * [[East India Company]] * [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] * [[Nawab Muhammad Hayat Khan]] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholson, John}} [[Category:1822 births]] [[Category:1857 deaths]] [[Category:Colonial officials of British India]]