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Kunwar Singh, also known as Babu Kunwar Singh was a chief organiser of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 from the Bhojpur region of Bihar. He was originally the ruler of Jagdishpur estate . [ 2 ] He led a selected band of armed soldiers against the troops under the command of the British East India Company .
Kunwar Indrajit Singh (Nepali: कुँवर इन्द्रजीत सिंह; 1906 – 4 October 1982), popularly known as Dr. K.I. Singh or just K.I. Singh was a Nepali politician and revolutionary who served as the 20th Prime Minister of Nepal in 1957. [1]
During the rule of Kunwar Singh, the estate took part in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. [4] [2] Kunwar Singh was motivated to rebel after having financial difficulties due to the high revenue demanded by the British authorities and family litigation. [5] The British also attempted to take over the management of the estate. [6]
The siege of Arrah (27 July – 3 August 1857) took place during the Indian Mutiny (also known as the Indian Rebellion of 1857). It was the eight-day defence of a fortified outbuilding, occupied by a combination of 18 civilians and 50 members of the Bengal Military Police Battalion, against 2,500 to 3,000 mutinying Bengal Native Infantry sepoys from three regiments and an estimated 8,000 men ...
Kunwar Pratap Singh Barhath (24 May 1893 – 24 May 1918), also known as ‘Kunwar Ji’, was an Indian anti-British activist known for his role in the revolutionary plot to assassinate the Viceroy of India, Charles Hardinge, in 1912. He was a prominent member of the Revolutionary Party [clarification needed] led by Rash Behari Bose.
Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh (also known as Rakesh Singh, 22 December 1952 – 20 April 2024), was an Indian businessman who served as the Member of Parliament from Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, from Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a veteran politician from Western Uttar Pradesh who belonged to Thakur caste.
Kunwar Amar (Kunwar Amarjeet Singh; born 1985), Indian dancer and television actor Kunwar Indrajit Singh (1906–1982), Prime Minister of Nepal (1957) Kunwar Manvendra Singh (born 1947), member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, for Mathura
Veer Kunwar Singh Museum is museum in Jagdishpur near Arrah in Bhojpur district of Bihar. It is named after freedom fighter Kunwar Singh who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. It has a good collection of artifacts related to India's struggle for independence. [1] [2]