Kunwar Singh, known as Babu Kunwar Singh, was a leader and military commander during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
16 Facts About Kunwar Singh
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Kunwar Singh led a selected band of armed soldiers against the troops under the command of the British East India Company.
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Kunwar Singh was the chief organiser of the fight against the British in Bihar.
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Kunwar Singh went on to describe him as having a broad face with an aquiline nose.
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Kunwar Singh's brothers inherited some villages however a dispute arose as to their exact allocation.
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Kunwar Singh married the daughter of Raja Fateh Naraiyan Singh, a wealthy zamindar of the Deo Raj estate in Gaya district who belonged to the Sisodia clan of Rajputs.
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Kunwar Singh was nearly eighty and in failing health when he was called upon to take up arms.
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Kunwar Singh was a tough opponent and harried British forces for nearly a year.
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Kunwar Singh was an expert in the art of guerilla warfare.
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Kunwar Singh felt that his hand had become useless and that there was the additional risk of infection due to the bullet-shot.
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Kunwar Singh drew his sword and cut off his left hand near the elbow and offered it to the Ganges.
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Kunwar Singh left his ancestral village and reached Lucknow in December 1857 where he met with other rebel leaders.
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In October 1859, Amar Kunwar Singh II joined the rebel leaders in the Terai plains of Nepal.
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Kunwar Singh returned to his palace on 23 April 1858 and soon died on 26 April 1858.
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Kunwar Singh is mentioned in many Bhojpuri folk songs as a hero who fought against British oppression.
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Kunwar Singh is mentioned in the poem "Jhansi Ki Rani" by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan.