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These 85 soldiers started the 1857 Revolt

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On 24 April, 1857, Colonel G.M.C Smith of 3rd Regiment, Light Cavalry, at Meerut asked his troops to load the cartridges in Enfield rifles. 85 out of the 90 Indian troops of the Regiment declined receiving the cartridges on account of usage of beef or pig fat in those. All the 85 Indians were sentenced to prison and their case was forwarded to Major General Hewit.

We are publishing the name of all these 85 Indian sepoys who defied the English command and thus triggered the first national war of Independence from Meerut.

  1. Mataa-Deen (Havildar)

Naiks:

  1. Sheikh Peer Ali
  2. Ameer Qudrat Ali
  3. Sheikh Hasan ud-Deen
  4. Sheikh Noor Muhammad 

Sepoys:

  1. Sheetal Singh
  2. Jehangir Khan 
  3. Meer Mosim Ali
  4. Ali Noor Khan
  5. Meer Husain Bakhsh
  6. Muttra Singh
  7. Narain Singh
  8. Lal Singh
  9. Sewdeen Singh
  10. Sheikh Husain Bakhsh
  11. Sahibdad Khan
  12. Bishan Singh
  13. Baldeo Singh
  14. Sheikh Nandoo
  15. Nawab Khan
  16. Sheikh Ramzan Ali
  17. Ali Mohammad Khan
  18. Makhan Singh 
  19. Durga Singh 
  20. Nasurullah Begh
  21. Meerahib Khan 
  22. Durga Singh (2nd)
  23. Nabi Bakhsh Khan
  24. Jurakhan Singh 
  25. Nadju Khan
  26. Jurakhan Singh (2nd)
  27. Abdullah Khan
  28. Ehsan Khan
  29. Zabardast Khan
  30. Murtaza Khan 
  31. Burjuar Singh
  32. Azimullah Khan 
  33. Azimullah Khan (2nd)
  34. Kalla Khan 
  35. Sheikh Sadullah
  36. Salar Bakhsh Khan
  37. Sheikh Rahat Ali
  38. Dwarka Singh 
  39. Kalka Singh 
  40. Raghubir Singh
  41. Baldeo Singh 
  42. Darshan Singh 
  43. Imdad Husain 
  44. Peer Khan 
  45. Moti Singh 
  46. Sheikh Fazal Imam
  47. Sewa Singh 
  48. Heera Singh 
  49. Murad Sher Khan
  50. Sheikh Aram Ali
  51. Kashi Singh 
  52. Ashraf Ali Khan 
  53. Qadardad Khan
  54. Sheikh Rustam
  55. Bhagwan Singh 
  56. Meer Imdad Ali
  57. Shiv Baksh Singh 
  58. Lakshman Singh
  59. Sheikh Imam Bakhsh
  60. Usman Khan 
  61. Maqsood Ali Khan
  62. Sheikh Ghazi Bakhsh
  63. Sheikh Ommaid Ali
  64. Abdul Wahab Khan
  65. Ram Sahai Singh
  66. Parna Ali Khan 
  67. Lakshman Dubey
  68. Ramswaran Singh
  69. Sheikh Azad Ali
  70. Shiv Singh
  71. Sheetal Singh
  72. Mohan Singh 
  73. Vilayat Ali Khan 
  74. Sheikh Muhammad Ewaz
  75. Indar Singh 
  76. Fateh Khan 
  77. Maiku Singh 
  78. Sheikh Qasim Ali
  79. Ramcharan Singh 
  80. Daryao Singh 
  • The list is an indication of Hindu Muslim unity during the war of Independence. 

source: http://www.heritagetimes.in /Heritage Times / Home> Featured Posts> Freedom Movement / by Mahino Fatima / July 30th, 2021

A Burqa Clad Woman Commander of Indians in 1857

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DELHI (British India ):

“Come! God has called you into paradise.”

An old woman wearing green clothes, which fully covered her body (Burqa), carrying sword and gun, and riding a horse used to exhort the residents of Delhi to fight against the British forces during the summers of 1857. This old woman used to gather civilians behind her and attack the British forces stationed at ridge and Kashmiri Gate. People could never know her whereabouts. Out of nowhere, she used to appear on a horse and after the attack would disappear.

In a letter dated, 29th July, 1857, Lieutenant Hudson wrote to Deputy Commissioner of Ambala that this Muslim woman was very dangerous. The woman was weird and incited the Delhites to revolt against the British. She led the people into the skirmishes and was an able commander, who could manage untrained civilians into war against the trained British army. Hudson further noticed that she was excellent at fighting with swords and shooting with guns. She killed many British soldiers during the different skirmishes. 

Hudson paid a tribute to the bravery of this woman by comparing her with Joan of Arc of France. He contended that the courage, leadership and valour of this green wearing Muslim woman was no less than Joan of Arc. 

During one of the battles at the ridge in Delhi she fell from the horseback and was captured. Army General, looking at an old Muslim woman, felt unthreatened and ordered her release when Hudson intervened. Hudson told the General that this woman was the actual commander of the Indians and hence really dangerous. Afterwards, it was decided that the old woman would be shifted to a prison in Ambala.

This brave old woman was shifted to Ambala in July, 1857. Neither we know her name  nor we have any idea of what happened to her in Ambala but surely this old Muslim woman clad in a green burqa is one of those unsung heroes of the 1857 who ignited a flame which later liberated India from the foreign rule. 

source: http://www.heritagetimes.com / Heritage Times / Home> / by Saqib Salim / October 07th, 2020