Battle of Shamli
Battle of Shamli or Battle of Thana Bhawan was fought on 10 May 1857 between the forces of Imdadullah Muhajir Makki and the East India Company, in the series of Rebellion of 1857.
| Battle of Shamli | |||||||
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| Part of Indian War of Independence | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ulama | East India Company | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Imdadullah Muhajir Makki Rashid Ahmed Gangohi Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi Najib Ali Choudhury[2][3] Muhammad Zamin † Muhammad Munir Nanautavi | unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| unknown | unknown | ||||||
On 10 May 1857, local Muslims under the leadership of Imdadullah Muhajir Makki gathered at Thana Bhawan, a small town in Shamli district in current-day Uttar Pradesh, around 120-km from Delhi, to stage a violent protest against Company Raj. The clergy won the day in what came to be known as the Battle of Shamli[4][5] and established a government mostly in the Shamli district. Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi was the Commander-in-Chief and Rashid Ahmad Gangohi was the Qadi of the State but soon after the killing of Muhammad Zamin situation turned in favour of Company and the Arrest of Bahadur Shah Zafar, one of the main leaders of Indian War of Independence and Shamli fell to British and Thana Bhawan was largely destroyed by Company Army.[6]
Bibliography
- Najmul Hasan Thanwi. Maidan-e-Shamli-o-Thana Bhawan awr Sarfaroshan-e-Islam (in Urdu). Thana Bhawan: Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia.
References
- ^ Wali Rahmani (September 2007). "کیا ۱۸۵۷/ کی جدوجہد "پہلی "جنگ آزادی تھی ؟" [Was the 1857 first war of Independence?]. Darul Uloom. Darul Uloom Deoband. 1 (9). Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ Rahman, Md. Matiur; Bhuiya, Abdul Musabbir (2009). Teaching of Arabic language in Barak Valley: a historical study (14th to 20th century) (PDF). Silchar: Assam University. pp. 59–60.
- ^ Thanwi, Ashraf Ali (1982). "Imdad al-Mushtaq ila Ashraf al-Akhlaq". Islamic Culture. Islamic Culture Board. LVI (I): 321.
- ^ Who led 1857's Battle of Shamli?, retrieved 17 March 2021
- ^ Tablighi Jamaat : Faith vs Frenzy, retrieved 17 March 2021
- ^ "جنگ آزادی میں مولانا رشید احمد گنگوہی رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کا کردار". November 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.