Khan Bahadur Khan Rohilla

Khan Bahadur Khan Rohilla was the grandson of Hafiz Rahmat Khan. He formed his own government in Bareilly in 1857 Indian revolt against British. When the Indian Rebellion of 1857 failed Bareilly, too, was subjugated. He escaped to Nepal where the Nepalese captured him and turned him over to the British. Khan Bahadur Khan was sentenced to death and hanged in the Kotwali on February 24, 1860.

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