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Moulvi Syed Allavuddin: Hyderabad’s unsung hero of Indian freedom struggle
Moulvi Syed Allavuddin who was a spiritual leader used to exhort the people of Nizam State, one of the strongest princely states of South India, to rebel against the British hegemony. He…
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Begum Hazrat Mahal: Prominent woman of 1857 rebellion
Begum Hazrat Mahal was born in 1830 in Faizabad of Uttar Pradesh. Her actual name was Muhammadi Khanum. Her father is Gulam Hussain of Faizabad. At a tender age itself, she showed good talent…
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Remembering Freedom fighter Mohammad Sher Ali who killed British Viceroy
Mohammad Sher Ali, an embodiment of the anti-British spirit, was born in 1842 in Peshawar, presently in Pakistan. He was inspired by the Wahabi movement that arose against the British at a…
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Bahadur Shah Zafar: Last Moghul Emperor who led first war of independence
Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last Moghul Emperor, led the First War of Independence, which was recognized in history as the symbol of anger among the people of India against the British. He…
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Meet Khan Bahadur Khan who revolted against British at 70 years
Khan Bahadur Khan, the ruler of Rohilkhand, who fought against the British to liberate the motherland, was born in 1781. Declining a very high official post offered by the East India Company,…
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Meet Bakht Khan who provided leadership during First War of Independence
Mohammad Bakht Khan was born in Sultanpur in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. He provided leadership to the heroes and heroines of The First War of Independence of India of 1857 against the forces of…
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Azimullah Khan: Strategist in First War of Independence
Azimullah Khan, who was renowned as a strategist in the First War of Independence, 1857, was born in Uttar Pradesh. At the time when native rulers, the heads of princely states were expressing…
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Sheikh Bhikhari: Indian freedom fighter who raged against ‘Doctrine of Lapse’
Sheikh Bhikhari Saheb raged against General Dalhousie’s ‘Doctrine of Lapse’ whose sole objective was to expand the British empire. He stood in support of the freedom-loving native rulers and fought against the…
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Meet Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah Faizabadi who fought against British in 1857 war
Moulvi Ahmadullah Shah Faizabadi, who created panic among the British camps, was born in 1787 in Chennai of the present Tamil Nadu State. His father was Moulvi Mohammad Ali Khan. Moulvi’s original…
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Moulana Peer Ali Khan: One of the forgotten heroes from India’s freedom struggle
Moulana Peer Ali Khan, who fought against the British military force declaring that sacrificing oneself in the cause of liberation of one’s motherland is a proof of one’s love for his country,…
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Ghulam Rasool Khan: Nawab of Kurnool who fought against East India Company
Ghulam Rasool Khan, the Nawab of Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, who created terror among the officials of the East India Company, came to power in 1823. Since his childhood, Ghulam Rasool Khan…
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Meet Haji Shariatullah who was source of inspiration for freedom fighters
Haji Shariatullah, who militantly led Farazi Movement that stood as a source of inspiration for several revolutionaries in the Indian Freedom Struggle, was born in 1780 in Bahadur / Banderlakola village, Faridpur…
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Syed Mir Nisar Ali’s role in revolt against British rule in India
The Wahabi movement enjoyed a special status in the history of revolt against British rule in India, and Titu Mir, whose real name was Syed Mir Nisar Ali, added militancy to it. …
