Peer Ali Khan
Peer Ali Khan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1812 |
| Died | 7 July 1857 (aged 44–45) |
Cause of death | Capital punishment |
| Occupation | Bookbinder |
| Known for | Indian freedom movement Indian Rebellion of 1857 |
Peer Ali Khan (1812 – 7 July 1857) was an Indian revolutionary and rebel, who participated in the Indian independence movement.[1][2] He was given capital punishment for participating in the freedom struggle of 1857.[3][4][5]
Biography
[edit source]Peer Ali Khan was born around 1812 at Patna, Bihar in India.[1] Khan was a bookbinder by profession and he used to secretly distribute important leaflets, pamphlets and coded messages to freedom fighters. He conducted regular campaigns against the British government and played a leading role in the organization of the Great Revolt of 1857 in the Patna District in July 1857.[1][2]
He was arrested along with his 33 followers on 4 July 1857.[1][6]
On 7 July 1857, Khan was hanged in full public view by William Tayler, the then commissioner of Patna,[7] along with 14 other rebels, include Ghasita Khalifa, Ghulam Abbas, Nandu Lal alias Sipahi, Jumman, Maduwa, Kajil Khan, Ramzani, Peer Bakhsh, Peer Ali, Wahid Ali, Ghulam Ali, Mahmood Akbar and Asrar Ali Khan.[3][8]
Commemoration
[edit source]A road adjacent to the Patna Airport is named after him by Nitish Kumar's government in 2008. Also, Shaheed Peer Ali Khan Park, a children's park in front of the District Magistrate's residence near the Gandhi Maidan in Patna, was named after him by the State Government of Bihar.[9]
Further reading
[edit source]- Khan Mohammad Sadiq Khan (2007). Excavation of Truth: Unsung Heroes of 1857 War of Independence. Kanishka Publishers. pp. 25, 45, 51. ISBN 9788173919763.
- The History of the Indian Revolt, and of the Expeditions to Persia, China, and Japan, 1856-7-8. W. U. R. Chambers, Bavarian State Library. 1859. p. 153.
- The Story of mahafuz Indian Mutiny (1857-58). W.P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell. 1885. p. 78.
- Charles Ball (2005). The History of the Indian Mutiny: A Detailed Account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India ... Sang-e-Meel Publications. pp. 156, 158. ISBN 9789693516951.
References
[edit source]- 1 2 3 4 "The Unsung Heroes of India's Freedom Struggle". Employment News, Government of India website. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Unsung heroes of freedom struggle (in 1857)". The Hindu newspaper. 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- 1 2 Ahmad, Faizan (15 August 2010). "The unsung freedom fighters (of 1857)". The Times of India.
- ↑ Mehrotra, Akarsh (2 June 2015). "30 Indian Freedom Fighters Who Disappeared In The Pages Of History". ScoopWhoop.
- ↑ "1857 के विद्रोह में मुसलमानों को संगठित करने वाले पीर अली के वंशज चितरपुर में!" (in Hindi). Siasat newspaper. 6 July 2018. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
Descendants of Pir Ali, who organized the Muslims in the revolt of 1857, in Chittarpur!
- ↑ "70 years of Independence: 5 unsung freedom fighters who took British to task in India". India TV News website. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ Kumar Chaudhary, Pravana (26 March 2012). "He recalled that Peer Ali Khan, a poor bookbinder who used to clandestinely distribute important leaflets, pamphlets and coded messages among freedom fighters, was hanged in full public view by the then Patna commissioner William Taylor". The Times of India newspaper.
- ↑ William Tayler (9 September 2007). The July 1857 Rebellion At Patna. Peoples Democracy. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "Martyr Peer Ali remembered". The Times of India. 7 July 2017.