Rahimullah of Baraikhali

Shahid
Rahimullah
রহিমুল্লাহ
Born18th-century
Baraikhali, Khulna, Bengal Presidency
Died25 November 1861
Morrelganj, Khulna, Bengal Presidency
MovementPeasant rebellion
FatherJahangir

Shahīd Raḥīmullāh of Bāraikhālī (Bengali: বারইখালীর রহিমুল্লাহ; died 25 November 1861) was the leader of native resistance in the Sundarbans of Bengal, against the colonial officers and indigo cultivators of the British Raj.[1] As the Bengali chief of Baraikhali, Rahimullah formed a resistance force and is considered a symbol of resistance in South Bengal. After several conflicts, the colonial forces managed to defeat Rahimullah in 1861 after he refused to surrender.[2]

  1. ^ Roy, Suprakash (1972). সুন্দরবন অঞ্চলের বিদ্রোহ. DNBA Brothers. p. 341.
  2. ^ Sengupta, Subodh Chandra; Basu, Anjali, eds. (2002) [First published 1994]. Saṃsada Bāṅālī caritābhidhāna সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান (in Bengali). Vol. 1. Sāhitya Saṃsada. p. 463. OCLC 18245961.