Dhan Singh

For other people named Dhan Singh, see Dhan Singh (name).
Dhan Singh Gurjar
Statue of Dhan Singh Gurjar in Meerut
Born1820
Panchali, Meerut, Ceded and Conquered Provinces, Company India
Died4 July 1857(1857-07-04) (aged 36–37)
Meerut, North-Western Provinces, Company India
MovementRevolt of 1857

Dhan Singh Gurjar, also known as Dhunna Singh, was the Indian Kotwal (police chief) of Meerut, who participated in the 1857 rebellion and led initial actions against the British East India Company in that city.[1][2]

  1. ^ Crispin Bates (26 March 2013). Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857: Volume I: Anticipations and Experiences in the Locality. SAGE Publications. pp. 236–. ISBN 978-81-321-1336-2.
  2. ^ Uday Rana (9 May 2015). "Farmers, cops and sadhus who aided sepoys in 1857". The Times of India.