Dulla Bhatti | |
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Born | |
Died | 26 March 1599 | (aged 51)
Other names | Son of Punjab Robin Hood of Punjab |
Known for | Rebelling and fighting against the Mughal emperor Akbar's centralised land revenue scheme (lagaan) |
Title | Rai |
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Punjabi folklore ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਲੋਕਧਾਰਾ • پنجابی لوک ریت |
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Rai Abdullah Khan Bhatti (Punjabi: رائے عبداللہ خان بھٹی; c. 23 July 1547 – 26 March 1599)[1][2][3] popularly known through his Punjabi moniker, Dulla or Dullah Bhatti, is a Punjabi Rajput folk hero who came from the Pakistani Punjab region of Pindi Bhattian. He was the Rai of Pindi Bhattian. He led a revolt against the government during the reign of the Mughal emperor Akbar due to the Akbar's oppressive policy of taxation.[4] He is entirely absent from the recorded history of the time, and the only evidence of his existence comes from Punjabi folk songs.[5]
The deeds of Bhatti are recounted in folklore and took the form of social banditry. According to Ishwar Dayal Gaur, although he was "the trendsetter in peasant insurgency in medieval Punjab", he remains "on the periphery of Punjab's historiography".[6][7]
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