Thakur Bishwanath Sahi (Aged 41), also known as Sahdeo, was born in 1817 in the Ranchi district of Bihar, India (now in Jharkhand). As the Raja/Zamindar of Barkagarh in Ranchi, he organized and led the resistance against the British authorities in 1857. He joined the mutineers of the Ramgarh Battalion and prevented the return of government officers to Chotanagpur. Later, he helped rebel forces in destroying the British administration in the Chotanagpur region.
Along with Ganpat Rai, he was also involved in plundering several villages and burning the government thana at Barwa. The combined forces of Umrao Singh, Sheikh Bhikhari, Madho Singh, Ganpat Rai, and Sahdeo, as well as the rebellious sepoys of the Ramgarh Battalion and the Doranda Army Camp, broke jails and freed prisoners, burnt record rooms, and administrative offices at Ranchi. In the middle of March 1858, a large group of rebels was gathered at the Nawagarh hills by Sahdeo and Rai.
When pursued by the British, he escaped with Rai for some time but was captured by British soldiers, led by Major Nation, Commandant of the 9th Bengal Police Battalion, at Kakraj in the Lohardagga area in March 1858. He was executed by hanging at Ranchi in an area near the Commissioner’s compound on April 16, 1858. His property in both Barkagarh and Jagannathpur was confiscated under the Act XXV of 1857.
Thakur Bishwanath Sahi @ Sahdeo
(1817 – 1858) – (Jharkhand)
Thakur Bishwanath Sahi (Aged 41), also known as Sahdeo, was born in 1817 in the Ranchi district of Bihar, India (now in Jharkhand). As the Raja/Zamindar of Barkagarh in Ranchi, he organized and led the resistance against the British authorities in 1857. He joined the mutineers of the Ramgarh Battalion and prevented the return of government officers to Chotanagpur. Later, he helped rebel forces in destroying the British administration in the Chotanagpur region.
Along with Ganpat Rai, he was also involved in plundering several villages and burning the government thana at Barwa. The combined forces of Umrao Singh, Sheikh Bhikhari, Madho Singh, Ganpat Rai, and Sahdeo, as well as the rebellious sepoys of the Ramgarh Battalion and the Doranda Army Camp, broke jails and freed prisoners, burnt record rooms, and administrative offices at Ranchi. In the middle of March 1858, a large group of rebels was gathered at the Nawagarh hills by Sahdeo and Rai.
When pursued by the British, he escaped with Rai for some time but was captured by British soldiers, led by Major Nation, Commandant of the 9th Bengal Police Battalion, at Kakraj in the Lohardagga area in March 1858. He was executed by hanging at Ranchi in an area near the Commissioner’s compound on April 16, 1858. His property in both Barkagarh and Jagannathpur was confiscated under the Act XXV of 1857.
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