Tikait Umrao Singh, a resident of Ranchi district, Jharkhand, was the owner of Khatanga Estate and a disbanded Sepoy who later served a General in Delhi. He actively participated in the Uprising against the British in 1857 and led rebel troops in battles against the forces of the English East India Company. He also encouraged the sepoys of the Ramgarh Battalion, located within the Khatanga Estate, to join the uprising.
Singh frequently wrote secret letters to the sepoys of various regiments, urging them to leave the Company’s forces and join the revolt. He joined forces with Shaikh Bhikhari, his Diwan, and Zamindar Madho Singh before marching towards Ranchi to unite with Thakur Bishwanath Sahdeo and Pandey Ganpat Rai.
Together, the combined forces of Madho Singh, Bishwanath Sahdeo, and Ganpat Rai, along with 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. A reward was announced for Singh’s capture, and he was apprehended by the British in Soorajkund.
Umrao Singh was sentenced to capital punishment on 6 January 1858, with forfeiture of his property, and was hanged on 8 January 1858 in the Chutupalu valley of Ramgarh district, Jharkhand, India.
Tikait Umrao Singh
(★ – 1858) – (Jharkhand)
Tikait Umrao Singh, a resident of Ranchi district, Jharkhand, was the owner of Khatanga Estate and a disbanded Sepoy who later served a General in Delhi. He actively participated in the Uprising against the British in 1857 and led rebel troops in battles against the forces of the English East India Company. He also encouraged the sepoys of the Ramgarh Battalion, located within the Khatanga Estate, to join the uprising.
Singh frequently wrote secret letters to the sepoys of various regiments, urging them to leave the Company’s forces and join the revolt. He joined forces with Shaikh Bhikhari, his Diwan, and Zamindar Madho Singh before marching towards Ranchi to unite with Thakur Bishwanath Sahdeo and Pandey Ganpat Rai.
Together, the combined forces of Madho Singh, Bishwanath Sahdeo, and Ganpat Rai, along with 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. A reward was announced for Singh’s capture, and he was apprehended by the British in Soorajkund.
Umrao Singh was sentenced to capital punishment on 6 January 1858, with forfeiture of his property, and was hanged on 8 January 1858 in the Chutupalu valley of Ramgarh district, Jharkhand, India.
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