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Nilamber and Pitamber were tribal brothers and freedom fighters from Jharkhand, eastern India, who led a revolt against the East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. [1] They were born into a family of Bhogta clan of Kharwar tribe in the village Chemo-Senya in Latehar district, a Chotanagpur plateau region of Jharkhand.
A military and civilian decoration of British India, the Indian Order of Merit was first introduced by the East India Company in 1837, and was taken over by the Crown in 1858, following the Indian Mutiny of 1857. The Indian Order of Merit was the only gallantry medal available to Native soldiers between 1837 and 1907. [187]
2 August: Queen Victoria approves bill transferring administration of India from the East India Company to the Crown: 1 November: Royal Proclamation replacing East India Company with the British Indian government and offering unconditional pardon to all not involved in murder or the protection of murderers Source: www.britishempire.co.uk
British officers like George Bruce Malleson and Thomas Seaton made mentions about the courage, valour, personal and organizational capabilities of Ahmadullah. G. B. Malleson mentions Ahmadullah repeatedly in the History of Indian Mutiny, a book written in 6 volumes covering Indian revolt of 1857. [2] [3] Thomas Seaton describes Ahmadullah Shah as:
The siege of Delhi was a decisive conflict of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.The rebellion against the authority of the East India Company was widespread through much of Northern India, but was essentially sparked by the mass uprising by the sepoys of the Bengal Army, which the company had itself raised in its Bengal Presidency (which actually covered a vast area from Assam to borders of Delhi).
In 1857, the Bengal Army contained 10 regular regiments of Indian cavalry and 74 of infantry. All of the Bengal Native Cavalry regiments and 45 of the infantry units rebelled at some point. Following the disarming and disbandment of an additional seventeen Bengal Native Infantry regiments, which were suspected of planning mutiny, only twelve ...
1857-1858: The Bhil revolted between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges under the leadership of Bhagoji Naik and Kajar Singh as part of the 1857 rebellion. 1859: The Andamanese in the Battle of Aberdeen. 1860: The Mizo raided Tripura state and killed 186 British subjects. 1860-1862: The Synteng revolt in the Jaintia Hills in Eastern Bengal and Assam.
Raja Shahmal Singh Tomar (also known as Shah Mal) (1797 — 18 July 1857) born in a Hindu Jat family in Bijrol village was a rebel at the time of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, based out of the village of Baraut , Uttar Pradesh. [1] [2]: 209 He led the people of Baraut in rebellion against the East India Company. [3]