HEROES OF THE REVOLT OF 1857.pptx

HEROES OF REVOLT

1. WELCOME TO OUR PRESENTATION MADE BY GROUP NO.-4 FROM – SAATVIK,SAANVI,SNEHA,SOUJANYA,SRIVITTHAL DAV PUBLIC SCHOOL,BERHAMPUR

2. TOPIC- HEROES OF THE REVOLT OF 1857

3. CONTENTS MANGAL PANDEY BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR NANA SAHEB RANI LAKSHMI BAI BAKHT KHAN RAO TULARAM KUNWAR SINGH BEGUM HAZRAT MAHAL

4. MANGAL PANDEY(1827-1857) A sepoy working under the British East India Company, Mangal Pandey's name got etched into the pages of the Indian history after he attacked his senior British officers in an incident, which is today remembered as the sepoy Mutiny of 1857 or the India's First War of Independence. The reason behind this is The cartridges of the new Enfield rifle had a greased paper cover which had to be bitten off before the cartridge was loaded into the rifle. It was d that the grease composed of beef and pig fat. Both the Hindus and the muslims refused to use them as the cow is sacred to the Hindus and the pig detestable to the Muslims. detestable to the Muslims. On March 29, 1857 at Barrackpore near Calcutta, Mangal Pandey , young Indian Sepoy from Bengal Regiment , refused to use the greased cartridge and shot down his sergeant . 4

5. BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR(1775-1862) Bahadur shah Zafar is known as a Indian king . As the Indian rebellion of 1857 spread most rebelling Indian kings and the Indian regiments accepted Bahadur shah Zafar as the emperor of India under whom the smaller Indian kingdoms would unite until the British were defeated. British forces surrounded the tomb and complled his surrender. The next day British shot his sons and grandson at the Khooni Darwaza (the bloody gate) near Delhi gate .[ 1775-1862]

6. 6 NANA SAHEB (1824-1857) :Nana Saheb was a Indian , Maratha aristocrat, he led the Kanpur rebellion during the Indian revolution and he is the hero of 1857 :nana sahib was born as dhondu pant. :the company ^s refusal to continue the pension after his fathers death , as well as what he percevived as high – handed policies , compelled him to revolt and seek freedom from company rule in India . As the adopted son of the exiled Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao ii, he was entitled to a pension from the English east India company . Later he forced the British garrison in Kanpur to surrender, and gained control of Kanpur for a few days . He later disappeared , after his forces were defeated by a British force that recaptured Kanpur.

7. 7 RANI LAKSHMI BAI(1828-1858) Lakshmi Bai , the Rani of Jhansi, the wife of Maharaja Gangadhar Rao . They were having a son which died and they decided to adopt a son The British were not ready to accept the adopted child as heir. The British, under this policy, ordered the merger of Jhansi into the British Empire and assured the queen of pension. Rani Laxmibai did not agree to this contract in any way. His only pledge was to protect the freedom of Jhansi . The brave queen guarded the pride of Jhansi until her last breath Rani Lakshmi bai bravely protected Jhansi for seven days. She fought the British bravely with her small armed force. She single-handedly fought with the British, riding on a horse, tying Damodar Rao behind her back. The war couldn’t go on like this for many days. Accepting the request of the chieftains, the queen left for Kalpi . After reaching there, She conquered the fort of Gwalior with the help of Tantya Tope and Nana Saheb . After few days, General Smith and Major Rules with their army marched to Gwalior, pursuing the queen with full force. After a fierce battle, Rani Lakshmi Bai died on 17 June 1858.

8. 8 BAKHT KHAN (1797-1859) Muhammad Bakht Khan, ( born-1797, died -1859 ), commander in chief of rebel forces in the early stages of the anti-British Indian Mutiny (1857–58). Related on his mother’s side to the ruling house of Oudh ( Ayodhya ), which was deposed by the British in 1856, Bakht Khan served for a number of years as a field battery commander in the army of the British East India Company. When the rebellion broke out in May 1857, he led his troops to Delhi, where he emerged as the dominant figure in the independent Indian government proclaimed by the rebels. To control the figurehead Mughal emperor, he established a court of administration, the members of which were elected by the army and the government departments. Forced out of Delhi by the British in September, he is said to have been killed in battle during the last days of the mutiny.

9. 9 RAO TULA RAM (1825-1863) Rao Tula Ram (1825-1863) of Rewari was one of the most important leaders of the uprising of 1857 in northern India. He raised the flag of revolt. against the British on 17 May 1857 and kept it fluttering, through thick and thin, till his last breath. He not only obliterated every vestige of the British rule from southwest Haryana but also helped the rebel forces fighting in the historic city of Delhi with men, money and material. He was a first rate administrator and a military commander. After the uprising petered out, he left India and met the rulers of Iran and Afghanistan and established contacts with the czar of Russia to seek their help to fight another war to free India from the British yoke. His death at Kabul, on 23 September 1863, however, shipwrecked his grand plan .

10. 10 KUNWAR SINGH(1777-1858) Kunwar Singh (1777-26 April 1858) was a notable leader during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He belonged to a royal Ujjainiya ( Panwar ) Rajput house of Jagdispur , currently a part of Bhojpur district, Bihar, India. At the age of 80, he led a select band of armed soldiers against the troops under the command of the British East India Company. He was the chief organiser of the fight against the British in Bihar. He is popularly known as Veer Kunwar Singh.In his last battle, fought on 23 April 1858, near Jagdispur , the troops under the control of the East India Company were completely routed. On 22 and 23 April being injured he fought bravely against the British Army and with the help of his army drove away the British Army, brought down the Union Jack from Jagdishpur Fort and hoisted his flag. He returned to his palace on 23 April 1858 and soon died on 26 April 1858.

11. BEGUM HAZRAT MAHAL(1820-1879) Begum Hazrat Mahal Known as Begum of Awadh , she rebelled against the British East India Company during the Revolt of 1857 and seized control over Lucknow . She raised voice against the East India Company for destroying Hindu & Muslim places of faith . With British taking over Lucknow , Begum Hazrat Mahal was forced to retreat. She finally found asylum in Nepal where she died in 1879.

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