Bapuji Bhangare

Bapujirao Bhangare
Bandkari
Bapuji Bhangare Tombstone
Born
Bapujirao Bhangare

Cause of deathHanged
Other namesBapuji Patil
OccupationJagirdar
Years active1844 - 1848
EraBritish era
OrganizationBandkari
MovementIndian independence movement
Criminal chargesMurders, Gang Robberys, Blackmailing, Plundering
PartnerRaghoji Bhangare (brother)
ParentRamjirao Bhangare (father)
RelativesJavji Bamble (cousin)

Bapuji Bhangare[1] was a Koli Patil of Deogaon and Indian freedom fighter who challenged the British government in Maharashtra state of British India.[2] Bapuji Bhangare breakdown the British government strongly in Pune, Ahmadnagar and Nashik districts of Maharashtra.[3]

When he was captured by British troops, he was only 26 years old.[4] The young Jyotirao Phule may have been inspired by Bapuji Bhangare, among others.[5]

  1. ^ Gāre, Govinda (2003). Sahyādrītīla ādivāsī, Mahādevakoḷī (in Marathi). New Delhi, India: Ādima Sāhitya. pp. 76–127.
  2. ^ Kulkarni-Pathare, Dr Ravindra Thakur Translated From MARATHI to ENGLISH by Reshma (17 February 2020). MAHATMA JYOTIRAO PHULE- english. New Delhi, India: Mehta Publishing House. ISBN 978-93-5317-404-0.
  3. ^ Itihas. New Delhi, India. 1973. p. 139. ISBN 9789854420769.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Hardiman, David; Hardiman, Professor of History David (1996). Feeding the Baniya: Peasants and Usurers in Western India. New Delhi, India, Asia: Oxford University Press. p. 226. ISBN 978-0-19-563956-8.
  5. ^ O'Hanlon, Rosalind (22 August 2002). Caste, Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India. New Delhi, India: Cambridge University Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-521-52308-0.