The defeat of Tantya Tope by the British at Cawnpore, India during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Ramachandra Pandurang Tope, aka Tatya Tope, Tantya Tope or Tantia Topi, 1814 – 1859. Indian leader in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable generals. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.