Today in this article we are going to tell you about the history of Revolt of 1857.
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History of the Revolt of 1857
The revolution of 1857 started in Bihar on 7-12 June, 1857 AD with the rebellion of soldiers in Rohini village of Deoghar district (now in Jharkhand). Lieutenant Normal Leslie and Assistant Surgeon Dr. Grant were killed in this rebellion.
This rebellion was ruthlessly suppressed by Major MacDonald and the three soldiers involved in the rebellion were hanged on 16 June. On July 3, 1857, a struggle against the British took place under the leadership of Pir Ali, a bookseller of Patna City. The area up to the Chowk of Patna City was captured by the rebels.
In this rebellion, the agent of the opium trade, R. Lyle was killed. But Commissioner Taylor suppressed this rebellion by force. Pir Ali's house was destroyed and 17 persons including Pir Ali were hanged.
On July 25, 1857, some British officers were killed by disgruntled soldiers in Muzaffarpur. On the same day the soldiers of the 3 regiments of Danapur revolted and after reaching Shahabad district, they started the rebellion after meeting Jagdishpur's Zamindar Babu Kunwar Singh. Kunwar Singh rejected Commissioner Taylor's Agra and started the struggle with the help of his 4000 soldiers. First they took control of Ara on 27th July.
Many British soldiers including Captain Dunbar were killed in the battle at Arrah. On July 30, 1857, the government imposed military rule in the then Saran, Tirhut, Champaran and Patna districts. Kunwar Singh had to leave Ara. After this, Kunwar Singh along with Nana Sahib defeated the British at Azamgarh on 26 March 18.
On April 23, 1858, Kunwar Singh defeated the British army led by Captain Le Grand. But in this battle while crossing the river at Shivpur Ghat, his left hand was badly injured by Brigadier Douglas' cannonball and he died 2 days later.
The sequence of struggle was carried forward by his brother Amar Singh. His control remained in Shahabad. The British could not take possession of the area till 9 November 1858. The rebels laid down arms in this area only after the Queen's declaration of clemency.
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