Dhan Singh

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Dhan Singh Gurjar
Statue of Dhan Singh Gurjar in Meerut
Born1820
Panchali, Meerut, Ceded and Conquered Provinces, Company India
Died4 July 1857(1857-07-04) (aged 36–37)
Meerut, North-Western Provinces, Company India
MovementRevolt of 1857

Dhan Singh Gurjar, also known as Dhunna Singh, was the Indian

British East India Company in that city.[1][2]

Early life

Dhan Singh was born in the Panchli or Panchali village in Meerut district.[3] Singh was a Gurjar, many of whom joined the rebellion against British rule in 1857.[4][5]

Role in the 1857 rebellion

On 10 May 1857, a rebellion against the

Bengali man, which was being plundered by a huge group of armed Gurjars. Dhan Singh's chowkidars arrested two of the plunderers, but Singh restrained them from using force against the Gurjars. He then released the two men with the loot, after the group agreed to go away.[5]

Dhan Singh and several other policemen later deserted the police force (kotwali).[5] He is believed to have led thousands of villagers from all across the Meerut district to the city's jail. According to the official records, the rebels released 839 prisoners from the jail. These prisoners were among the rebels who participated in the siege of Delhi.[6]

After the rebellion was suppressed, Singh was hanged by the British for his role in the revolt at Meerut.[7]

Commemoration

  • Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police O P Singh unveiled the statue of Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar on the premises of the Sadar police station in Meerut. He announced that a chapter of Dhan Singh Kotwal would be included in police training, and a documentary would be made to "take his inspiring story of bravery and martyrdom to the public." He also proposed a separate section for Dhan Singh Kotwal in the proposed National Police Museum in Delhi[7][8]
  • "Dhan Singh Kotwal Community Centre", the campus community centre of
    Meerut University, is named after him.[9]
  • The Dhan Singh Gurjar Mahavidyalaya in Loni, Ghaziabad is also named after him.[10]
  • Samajwadi Party's (SP) National President and the former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav addressed a gathering and unveiled the statue of Kotwal Dhan Singh Gujjar, at Mawana, 20 kilometres from district headquarter Meerut.[11]
  • An arterial road running through the Sarita Vihar area of New Delhi is named after Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar.[12]

References

  1. ISBN 978-81-321-1336-2
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  2. ^ Uday Rana (9 May 2015). "Farmers, cops and sadhus who aided sepoys in 1857". The Times of India.
  3. ISBN 9788132113362
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  4. ^ Agha Humayun Amin (January 2000). "The Delhi Campaign". Defence Journal. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
  5. ^
    ISBN 9781906165277
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  6. ^ Uday Rana (9 May 2015). "Farmers, cops and sadhus who aided sepoys in 1857". The Times of India.
  7. ^ a b "UP Police will read history of Shaheed Dhan Singh Kotwal". Hindustan team, Meerut.
  8. ^ "Police Museum Delhi". The Statesman. 3 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Meerut University". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2010.
  10. ^ "Welcome to dsgcollege.com, Loni, Ghaziabad". www.dsgcollege.com. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Meerut". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar Marg". Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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