Early Resistance & Regional Powers (1757-1857) (Set 2)

He became head of the Naurangabad Dera in 1844, the religious retreat he later turned into a resistance base.

He planned to free the deposed Maharaja Duleep Singh as part of his wider resistance effort.

He was deported to Singapore and imprisoned at Outram Prison, where he died of throat cancer in 1856.

Wajid Ali Shah settled at Metiabruz, near Calcutta, where he built a ‘second Lucknow’ with his own cultural establishments.

Their proclamation predates the Revolt of 1857 by 56 years, among the earliest such calls against British rule.

His title “Yuvraj” marks him as heir to Kullu’s ruling family, not a commoner leading a spontaneous protest.

He was arrested along with his companion, Vir Singh, and both were later executed together.

He disputed unpaid taxes with collector Jackson, citing a prolonged drought, and refused to meet him.

He was captured with help from the Raja of Pudukkottai, Vijaya Raghunatha Tondaiman, a rival Poligar allied to the British.

The Commission found Collector Jackson himself at fault for the confrontation, and he was relieved of his post as a result.

Her 1780 recapture of Sivaganga made her the first Indian ruler known to defeat the East India Company in battle.

The young Marudu brothers fled with her in 1772 and later served as her generals in the 1780 campaign.

Kuyili covered herself in ghee, set herself alight, and ran into the Company’s armoury to help secure the victory.

She passed the throne to Vellacci, the daughter she had once fled with as an infant in 1772.

Tukoji Rao Holkar commanded Ahilyabai Holkar’s army for nearly three decades while she ran civil administration.

The Treaty of Yandabo ended the First Anglo-Burmese War and annexed Assam to British India, formally ending Ahom rule.

His sons were returned roughly two years later, once the full war indemnity was paid.

Fatah Muhammad, Haider Ali’s father, commanded a rocket corps of 50 men for the Nawab of Arcot at Budikote, where Haider Ali was born.

Mysorean rockets used iron tubes to hold their propellant, giving them greater thrust and range, up to about 2 kilometres, than the wood or paper-cased rockets used before them.

Fathul Mujahidin assigned 200 rocketmen to each brigade, scaling Mysore’s rocket corps up to several thousand men across the full army.