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Skinner's Horse at Exercise, 1840 (c) Unemployed Muslim horsemen joined the East India Company's army after the end of Muslim rule under irregular cavalry units that preserved Mughal cavalry traditions and were raised under the silladar system, primarily recruiting Hindustani Musalman biradaris such as the Sayyids, Ranghar Rajputs, Shaikhs, Khanzadas and Hindustani Pathans who made up three ...
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the company's army in the garrison town of Meerut , 40 miles (64 km ...
He was one of the leaders in the revolt against the British in 1857, in what is now known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857. [1] [2] [3] As one of the most prominent leaders, Maulvi Liaqat Ali belonged to Village Mahgaon in Pargana Chail of District Prayagraj. He was a religious teacher, an upright pious Muslim, and a man of great courage and valour.
Portrait of Azimullah Khan (The Indian War Of Independence by Vinayak Damodar Sawarkar)Azimullah Khan Yusufzai (17 September 1830 — 18 March 1859) also known as Dewan Azimullah Khan and Krantidoot [a], was the ideological leader of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
On 10 May 1857, just five days after the beginning of the Indian rebellion of 1857, a Parsi named Bejonji Sheriaiji Bharuch was accused of disrespecting a mosque by some Muslims and the riots broke out. After five days, 200 Muslims gathered near Bawa Rahan shrine in the north of the town. The police approached but were unable to stop the mob.
Muslim chronicles of Indian history are chronicles regarding history of the Indian subcontinent written from Muslim perspective. The chronicles written in Arabic or Persian are valuable sources for Indian history. This is a chronological list of major chronicles, authors and the region they cover. #
Moulvi Muhammad Baqir (1780–1857) was a scholar, an Indian independence activist and journalist based in Delhi. [1] He was the first journalist to be executed following rebellion in 1857. [ 2 ] He was arrested on 16 September 1857 and executed by gunshot two days later without trial.
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