Durjan Singh was a great leader of Chuar Rebellion of Bengal. Singh was a zamindar of Raipur in the Bishnupur district of Bengal.[1] He led the Chuar Rebellion in 1798–99 in Midnapore district against the British East India Company, but it was brutally crushed at its peak..[2][3]
Rebellion
In Bengal, the Bhumijs of Jungle Mahals were called chuars . Some of them became zamindars, and called themselves Rajas or Sardars. Their rebellions during the Company rule were called Chuar Rebellion.[4]
Raja Durjan Singh was the Bhumij zamindar of Raipur, from where he was dispossessed by the British. To get back his Raipur estate, Durjan Singh joined the Chuar Rebellion started by Jagannath Singh, zamindar of Dhalbhum and attacked the British with around 15,000 of his companions and caused havoc in Raipur and surrounding areas.[5][6] He was also supported by other dispossessed Bhumij zamindars, Rajas and Bagri leaders of Midnapore, Dhalbhum, Bankura[when?] including Mohan Singh, Lal Singh, Govardhan.[7] He established his rule over 30 villages and attacked the East India Company establishments. The Chuars (Bhumijs) spread the rebellion in Raipur, Bankura, Phulkusma, Bhalaidiha, Shyamsunderpur and Simlapal.[8][9][10][11]
References
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- ^ Chatterjee, Gouripada (1986). Midnapore, the Forerunner of India's Freedom Struggle. Mittal Publications.
- ^ "Civil Disturbances During the British Rule in India (1765 - 1857)". INDIAN CULTURE.
- ^ Journal of the Asiatic Society. The Society. 1973.
- ^ Das, Binod Sankar (1984). Changing Profile of the Frontier Bengal, 1751-1833. Mittal Publications.
- ^ Bengal (India), West (1968). West Bengal District Gazetteers: Bānkurā. State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers.
- ^ Saraf, R. P. (1974). The Indian Society: A Process of Peoples' Revolutionary Struggle Through the Ages. Progressive Studies, Kashmir.
- ^ Hundred Years of Freedom Struggle, 1847-1947. Biplabi Niketan. 1989.
- ^ Saha, Sheela; Saha, D. N. (2004). The Company Rule in India: Some Regional Aspects. Kalpaz Publications. ISBN 978-81-7835-251-0.
- ^ Sen, Suchibrata (1984). The Santals of Jungle Mahals: An Agrarian History, 1793-1861. Ratna Prakashan.
- ^ The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies. Institute of Historical Studies. 2002.
Further reading
- Das, Binod Sankar (1984). Changing Profile of the Frontier Bengal, 1751-1833. Mittal Publications.