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Civil Uprisings Before 1857

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Civil Uprisings Before 1857

  • Sanyasi Revolt (1763-1800)—Bihar and Bengal; Manju Shah, Musa Shah, Bhawani Pathak and Debi Chaudhurani were some important leaders.
  • Revolt of Moamarias (1769-99)—Assam and parts of present Bangladesh; Krishnanarayan was important leader.
  • Revolt in Bednur (1797-1800)—Karnataka; Dhundia Wagh.
  • Civil Rebellion of Awadh (1799)—Eastern Uttar Pradesh; Wazir Ali Khan (Vizier Ali).
  • Uprising in Ganjam and Gumsur (1800, 1935-37)—Eastern Orissa; Strikara Bhanj, Dhananjaya Bhanj and Doora Bisayi.
  • Uprisings in Palamau (1800-02)—Chhotanagpur of Jharkhand; Bhukhan Singh was the leader of the revolt.
  • Poligars’s Revolt (1795-1805)—Tinnevelly, Ramnathapuram, Sivagiri, Madurai and North Arcot of Tamil Nadu; Kattabomman Nayakan was an important leader.
  • Revolt of Diwan Velu Thampi (1808-09)—Travancore; led by Diwan of State, Velu Thampi.
  • Parlakimedi Outbreak (1813-34)—Orissa; Narayan Deo and Gajapathi Deo.
  • Kutch Rebellion (1819)—Gujarat; Rao Bharamal.
  • Rising at Bareilly (1816)—Uttar Pradesh; Mufti Muhammad Aiwaz,a religious leader; a resistance against municipal tax turned into a religious jehad.
  • Upsurge in Hathras (1817)—Aligarh and Agra in Uttar Pradesh; Dayaram and Bhagwant Singh were the important insurgents.
  • Paika Rebellion (1817)—Orissa; Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar, Mukunda Deva and Dinabandhu Santra were important leaders.
  • Waghera Rising (1818-20)—Baroda region of Gujarat; led by Waghera chiefs of Okha Mandal.
  • Ahom Revolt (1828)—Assam; led by Gomdhar Konwar and Maharaja Purandhar Singh. Narendra Gadadhar Singh and Kumar Rupchand were other leaders.
  • Revolt of Savantavadi (1844-59)—North Konkan Coast; Phond Savant, Subana Nikam, Daji Lakshman and Har Savant Dingnekar were important insurrectionists.
  • Wahabi Movement (1830-61)—Bihar, Bengal, North West Frontier Province, Punjab, etc., an Islamist revivalist movement started by Syed Ahmed of Rai Bareilly.
  • Kuka Movement (1840-1872)—Punjab; A religious movement started by Bhagat Jawahar Mal transformed into political one. Ram Singh, a noted leader, deported to Rangoon.