Raja Umrao Singh Bhati, also known as Rao Umrao Singh, was a notable Hindu Gurjar[1][2] King of Dadri princely state during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.[3] The leader of the rebellion Bahadur Shah Zafar appointed the Nawab Walidad Khan of Mala-garh and Umrao Singh as the leader of Upper Doab (modern day western U.P).[4] He successfully led a band of armed soldiers against the British troops at the coast of the Hindon River on 30th and 31st may and was able to bring back the rule that previously existed.[5] He was the chief organiser of the fight against the British in Dadri, Bulandshahr and Gautam Budh Nagar.He and his family members were captured later by the Britishers on 26 September 1857 and then he was crushed by the elephants.[6][7]

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  1. ↑ the peasant and the raj P.145. cambridge university press. 1978. ISBN 9780521297707.
  2. ↑ "The heroes of 'India's First War of Independence' in 1857 - Taazakhabar News". taazakhabarnews.com. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2023. UMRAO SINGH BHATI: King of Dadri Riyasat Rao Umrao Singh Bhati – a Gurjar from Bulandshahr was a great freedom fighter of 1857 revolution. He led a small band of rebel Indian soldiers in Bulandshahr and Gautam Budh Nagar against the British troops under the East India Company.
  3. ↑ Nath, Damini (13 August 2015). "Martyrs to be honoured on I-Day". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Nawab Walidad Khan and the 1857 Struggle in the Bulandshahr district". The Peasant and the Raj. Cambridge South Asian Studies. Cambridge University Press. 1978. pp. 140–158. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511563416.008. ISBN 9780521216845.
  5. ↑ "Historical battle of the Hindon River, when the revolutionaries shattered the pride of the British". The Popular Indian. 31 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "The reason for which was ended 4000 years ago, the Indus Valley Civilization, today India is repeating the same mistake again". Archived from the original on 3 August 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Freedom Fighter Dariyaav Singh Nagar". 5 March 2016.


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