Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar
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Kotwal
Dhan Singh Gurjar was one of the freedom fighters of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
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of Meerut, was the leader of this initial battle.
On 10 May 1857 Dhan Singh Gurjar opened the gate of the prison in Meerut; this act launche dthe rebellion. People took up weapons and marched to kill the British. Important places in Meerut were captured. After completing the task at Meerut, the revolutionaries marched towards Delhi
, with the slogan "Dilli Chalo".
In memory of this martyr of the 1857 rebellion, the newly-built campus community centre of Meerut University is named after him.
Kotwal
Kotwal was a title used in medieval India for the leader of a Kot or fort. Kotwals often controlled the fort of a major town or an area of smaller towns on behalf of another ruler. It was similar in function to a British India Zaildar From Mughal times the title was given to the local ruler of a...
Dhan Singh Gurjar was one of the freedom fighters of the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to...
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Revolt of 1857 in Meerut
The freedom movement, which started in 1822 from Kunja Bahadurpur, came to shape in 1857. In the Indian mutiny of 1857, the mutineers had the support of the army. Dhan Singh Gurjar, at this time the KotwalKotwal
Kotwal was a title used in medieval India for the leader of a Kot or fort. Kotwals often controlled the fort of a major town or an area of smaller towns on behalf of another ruler. It was similar in function to a British India Zaildar From Mughal times the title was given to the local ruler of a...
of Meerut, was the leader of this initial battle.
On 10 May 1857 Dhan Singh Gurjar opened the gate of the prison in Meerut; this act launche dthe rebellion. People took up weapons and marched to kill the British. Important places in Meerut were captured. After completing the task at Meerut, the revolutionaries marched towards Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, with the slogan "Dilli Chalo".
In memory of this martyr of the 1857 rebellion, the newly-built campus community centre of Meerut University is named after him.