Kunwar Singh

Kunwar Singh
An imaginary illustration of Kunwar Singh in The History of the Indian Empire, c. 1858[1]
Raja of Jagdishpur
PredecessorSahabzada Singh
SuccessorBabu Amar Singh
Born(1777-11-13)13 November 1777
Jagdishpur, Jagdishpur estate
Died26 April 1858(1858-04-26) (aged 80)
Jagdishpur, Shahabad district, Bengal Presidency, Company India
DynastyUjjainiya
FatherRaja Sahabzada Singh
MotherPanchratan Kunwar Devi

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.[3]

  1. ^ Martin, Robert Montgomery; Roberts, Emma (1858). The Indian empire : its history, topography, government, finance, commerce, and staple products : with a full account of the mutiny of the native troops ... Vol. 1. London; New York : London Print. and Pub. Co.
  2. ^ Hartwell, Nicole (2021). "Framing colonial war loot: The 'captured' spolia opima of Kunwar Singh". Journal of the History of Collections. doi:10.1093/jhc/fhab042.
  3. ^ Kumar, Purushottam (1983). "Kunwar Singh's failure in 1857". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 44: 360–369. JSTOR 44139859.