Kunwar Singh

Kunwar Singh
Kunwar Singh
	An imaginary illustration of Kunwar Singh in The History of the Indian Empire, c. 1858
Raja of Jagdishpur
Predecessor	Sahabzada Singh
Successor	Babu Amar Singh
Born	13 November 1777; Jagdishpur, Shahabad district, Bengal Presidency, Company India
Died	26 April 1858 (aged 80); Jagdishpur, Shahabad district, Bengal Presidency, Company India
Dynasty	Ujjainiya
Father	Raja Sahabzada Singh
Mother	Panchratan Kunwar Devi

Kunwar Singh, also known as Babu Kunwar Singh was a chief organiser of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 from the Bhojpur region of Bihar. He was originally the ruler of Jagdishpur estate. ^[2] He led a selected band of armed soldiers against the troops under the command of the British East India Company. ^[3]

^ Martin, Robert Montgomery; Roberts, Emma (1858). The Indian empire : its history, topography, government, finance, commerce, and staple products : with a full account of the mutiny of the native troops ... Vol. 1. London ; New York : London Print. and Pub. Co.
^ Hartwell, Nicole (2021). "Framing colonial war loot: The 'captured' spolia opima of Kunwar Singh". Journal of the History of Collections. doi:10.1093/jhc/fhab042.
^ Kumar, Purushottam (1983). "Kunwar Singh's failure in 1857". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 44: 360–369. JSTOR 44139859.

[1] Martin, Robert Montgomery; Roberts, Emma (1858). The Indian empire : its history, topography, government, finance, commerce, and staple products : with a full account of the mutiny of the native troops ... Vol. 1. London ; New York : London Print. and Pub. Co.

[2] Hartwell, Nicole (2021). "Framing colonial war loot: The 'captured' spolia opima of Kunwar Singh". Journal of the History of Collections. doi:10.1093/jhc/fhab042.

[3] Kumar, Purushottam (1983). "Kunwar Singh's failure in 1857". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 44: 360–369. JSTOR 44139859.

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