A tribute to Babu Kunwar Singh as flashed by me on the f.b. on December 6,2010

Bishwa Nath Singh :
How many of us are aware that Babu Kunwar Singh was a legendary freedom fighters of India who had lived during 1777 -1858 came from Jagdhishpur now belonging to Bhojpur district of Bihar in India. When he was eighty years old he had actively participated in India’s first war of Independence that had taken place d...uring 1857—1858 and had credit to win many battles against British Colonial rule that had ruled our country? While crossing the Ganges on way to his ancestral seat at Jagadishpur, Babu Kunwar Singh was wounded in the arm. Undaunted, Babu Kunwar Singh severed the injured limb and flung it into the river Ganges as is was his last offering to the Ganges. Soon after, he completely routed the British forces in the battle on the 23rd of April 1858 and died the next day on the 24th of April 1858.
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Bishwa Nath Singh;
Babu Kunwar Singh was accredited leading personalities of the Indian Movement of 1857-59. A scion of Kshatriya clan known for his nobility, courage & patriotism, he was born & brought up in Jagdishpur close to Arrah in the Shahabad (Now Bhojpur) District of Bihar in 1777 and was destined to die as a great hero in the great Rising Indian freedom movement of 1857 when Indian Army had risen against British authority in 1857, Babu Kunwar Singh was nearly eighty years old of his age at that time.. Babu Kunwar Singh was nearly eighty and in failing health when he was called upon to take up arms. The great warrior that he was, he gave a good fight and harried British forces for nearly a year and remained invincible till the end. Kunwar Singh assumed command of the soldiers who had revolted at Danapur on July 5,1857 with grim determination and undaunted courage. . Two days later he occupied Arrah, the district headquarter of Shahabad district. Major Vincent Eyre relieved the town on August 3, defeated Kunwar Singh's force and destroyed Jagdishpur. Kunwar Singh left his ancestral village and reached Lucknow in December 1857. In March 1858 he occupied Azamgarh.] However, he had to leave the place soon. Pursued by Brigadier Douglas, he retreated towards his home in Bihar. On April 23, Kunwar Singh had a victory near Jagdishpur over the force led by Captain Le Grand,. In his last battle, fought on April 23, 1858, near Jagdishpur, the troops under the control of the East India Company were completely routed. While crossing the Ganges on way to his ancestral seat at Jagadishpur, Babu Kunwar Singh was wounded in the arm. Undaunted, Babu Kunwar Singh severed the injured limb and flung it into the river Ganges as is was his last offering to the Ganges. Soon after, he completely routed the British forces in the battle on the 23rd of April 1858 and died the next day on the 24th of April 1858. The mantle of the old chief now fell on his brother Amar Singh who, despite heavy odds, continued the struggle and for a considerable time ran a parallel government in the District of Shahabad. In October 1859 Amar Singh joined the rebel leaders in the Nepal mountainous range. To honor his memory and his contribution to India’s freedom movement, the Republic of India issued a commemorative stamp on 23rd April, 1966. Veer Kunwar Singh University named after him, was established by Government of Bihar near his birth place Jagdishpur at Arrah at around1990.Bihar celebrates the 23rd of April as a Victory day and enjoy a public holiday to commemorate memory of that great personality. He was accredited one of the great leaders of the Indian rising of 1857 belonged to a royal Parmar Kshatriya house of Jagdishpur, currently a part of Bhojpur district, Bihar state in India. At the age of eighty years, during India’s First War of Independence (1857), he actively led a select band of armed soldiers against the troops under the command of the East India Company, and also recorded victories in many battles that hardly any on could have even dreamt of at that age. Let us join to pay our humble obeisance’s to his lotus feet and pay our respectful homage and floral tribute to him who will be remembered and adored for his bravery and firm determination for ever not only in our country but of whole of the universe!



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Deceember 6,2010