Note 188 — DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW. 29th. June to 25th. September, 1857.

This miscreant’s real name was Doondoo Punt, and he was the adopted son of Bajee Kao, the ex-Peishwah of Poona. After the death of the latter, in 1852, he made claim to the pension which had been allowed to that chief by the treaty of 1818, when he gave himself up to Sir John Malcolm. The refusal of the Indian authorities to recognise his right made him commence his vindictive course. He had been permitted to keep up a retinue of two hundred soldiers, and had a fortified place of residence at Bithoor, ten miles from Cawnpore.