Umaji Naik (Aged 41) born on September 7, 1791, belonged to the Ramoshi tribe that migrated from Telangana to Maharashtra during the Maratha period. Before the rule of the East India Company, Ramoshis worked under the Maratha rule for surveillance and security of the Maratha forts in Maharashtra. The Ramoshi community had the right to take taxes from a few specific villages due to their work. However, during the British rule, this right was violated, leading to a struggle by the Ramoshis against the British.
Umaji Naik was an Indian revolutionary who challenged the British rule in India from 1826 to 1832. He fought against the East India Company and its rule. After the fall of the Maratha Empire, Naik raised a small army against the British and declared himself a king in 1826. In 1831, he spread his command with a proclamation to kill British infantry and cavalry and to loot their property. His anti-British manifesto asked the countrymen to fight against the foreign rulers.
Naik attacked Jejuri’s police headquarters and killed policemen there. The Ramoshi people punished those who were loyal to the Britishers and the British Raj. Naik looted money of the British government and Sahukars. In 1828, the Britishers entered into a pact in which Naik was given 120 Bigha land and promised to give government jobs to the Ramoshi people. After this pact, the Ramoshi stopped the war against the British for some time. However, the peace did not last long, and Naik rose in revolt again.
The Company appointed Officer Makcintosh to capture him, and the British Government announced a bounty of 10,000 rupees. Betrayed by another Ramoshi named Nana Raghu Chavan, Naik was arrested, inquired, held guilty, and hanged till death on February 3, 1832, in Pune. Umaji Naik’s brother’s name was Krishnaji Naik, and they both belonged to the Ramoshi community that was later branded as a tribe of thieves during the British rule.
Umaji Naik
(1791 – 1832) – (Maharashtra)
Umaji Naik (Aged 41) born on September 7, 1791, belonged to the Ramoshi tribe that migrated from Telangana to Maharashtra during the Maratha period. Before the rule of the East India Company, Ramoshis worked under the Maratha rule for surveillance and security of the Maratha forts in Maharashtra. The Ramoshi community had the right to take taxes from a few specific villages due to their work. However, during the British rule, this right was violated, leading to a struggle by the Ramoshis against the British.
Umaji Naik was an Indian revolutionary who challenged the British rule in India from 1826 to 1832. He fought against the East India Company and its rule. After the fall of the Maratha Empire, Naik raised a small army against the British and declared himself a king in 1826. In 1831, he spread his command with a proclamation to kill British infantry and cavalry and to loot their property. His anti-British manifesto asked the countrymen to fight against the foreign rulers.
Naik attacked Jejuri’s police headquarters and killed policemen there. The Ramoshi people punished those who were loyal to the Britishers and the British Raj. Naik looted money of the British government and Sahukars. In 1828, the Britishers entered into a pact in which Naik was given 120 Bigha land and promised to give government jobs to the Ramoshi people. After this pact, the Ramoshi stopped the war against the British for some time. However, the peace did not last long, and Naik rose in revolt again.
The Company appointed Officer Makcintosh to capture him, and the British Government announced a bounty of 10,000 rupees. Betrayed by another Ramoshi named Nana Raghu Chavan, Naik was arrested, inquired, held guilty, and hanged till death on February 3, 1832, in Pune. Umaji Naik’s brother’s name was Krishnaji Naik, and they both belonged to the Ramoshi community that was later branded as a tribe of thieves during the British rule.
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