Sendeen Singh hailed from Kolapore (Kolhapur), Maharashtra, India, and held the rank of Subedar in the 4th Company of the 27th Native Infantry Regiment of the English East India Company army. However, during the Rising of 1857, he left the British service and joined the rebel forces in Kolhapur, pledging to overthrow the oppressive rule of the Company. He even encouraged his fellow Sepoys to abandon the Company and join the rebel cause. Sadly, while defending the rebel position in Kolhapur from the advancing Company army, he was apprehended and charged with desertion and mutiny against British commands. Sendeen Singh was subsequently sentenced to death on 10th March 1858 and executed by being blown away with a cannon on 11th March 1858 in Kolhapur.
Sendeen Singh
(★ – 1858) – (Maharashtra)
Sendeen Singh hailed from Kolapore (Kolhapur), Maharashtra, India, and held the rank of Subedar in the 4th Company of the 27th Native Infantry Regiment of the English East India Company army. However, during the Rising of 1857, he left the British service and joined the rebel forces in Kolhapur, pledging to overthrow the oppressive rule of the Company. He even encouraged his fellow Sepoys to abandon the Company and join the rebel cause. Sadly, while defending the rebel position in Kolhapur from the advancing Company army, he was apprehended and charged with desertion and mutiny against British commands. Sendeen Singh was subsequently sentenced to death on 10th March 1858 and executed by being blown away with a cannon on 11th March 1858 in Kolhapur.
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