Matadin Bhangi

Matadin Valmiki
Born
Meerut, Company India
Died
Company India
OccupationBritish East India Company
Known forIndian independence fighter[1]

Matadin Valmiki was an Indian freedom fighter who played a key part in the events immediately preceding the outbreak of the Indian rebellion of 1857.[2][3][4] He was a Valmiki worker in a cartridge manufacturing unit of British East India Company. He was the first person who sowed seeds of the 1857 revolt.[5]

  1. ^ Narayan, Badri (14 November 2006). Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India: Culture, Identity and Politics. SAGE Publications. ISBN 9780761935377.
  2. ^ "UNWRITING HISTORY". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Dalits took part in 1857 revolt: Study". Rediff. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  4. ^ "A good time to mourn?". DNA India. 30 September 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  5. ^ Bates, Crispin (30 October 2013). Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857: Volume V: Muslim, Dalit and Subaltern Narratives. SAGE Publishing India. ISBN 9788132119029.