Sufi Amba Prasad

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Sufi Amba Prasad
Sufi Amba Parshad in Iran 1909
Born
Amba Prasad

1858 (1858)
Moradabad, North-Western Provinces, British India
Died21 January 1917(1917-01-21) (aged 58–59)
Shiraz, Persia
Resting placeShiraz, Iran
NationalityIndian
Known for1907 Punjab unrest, Hindu–German Conspiracy

Amba Prasad (1858 — 21 January 1917) also known as

Sufi Amba Prasad, was an Indian nationalist and pan-Islamist leader notable for his involvement in the agrarian unrest in Punjab in 1907 and subsequently in the Revolutionary movement for Indian independence.[1]
Prasad was born in 1858 in the north Indian city of Moradabad, then in the United Provinces. Prasad was born without his right hand. He later worked as a journalist in Moradabad when he became involved in the emerging nationalist movement. He was at this time the editor of the Peshwa. His editorials were noted for sarcastic and unsparing criticisms of the Punjab government policies. He was incarcerated twice in 1897.[2][3]

In 1900, Prasad became involved in the agrarian movement that was emerging in Punjab. His associates at the time included

Deva Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana. Prasad later fled India for Persia.[5][6]

Around 1910, Indian nationalists groups, especially pan-Islamic ones, were growing in the Ottoman Empire and Persia under the leadership of

Persia successfully curbed whatever activity that remained in the country.[8]

However, as World War I began, Prasad again became involved in the

Baluchistan, to Punjab. Amba Prasad was joined during the war by Kedar Nath Sondhi, Rishikesh Letha and Amin Chaudhry. These Indian troops were involved in the capture of the frontier city of Karman and the detention of the British consul there, and also successfully harassed Percy Sykes' Persian campaign against the Baluchi and Persian tribal chiefs who were aided by the Germans.[9][10] The Aga Khan's brother was killed while fighting the rebels.[11]

The rebels also successfully harassed British forces in Sistan in Afghanistan, confining them to Karamshir in Baluchistan, and later moving towards Karachi. Some reports indicate they took control of the coastal towns of Gawador and Dawar. The Baluchi chief of Bampur, having declared his independence from British rule, also joined the Ghadarites. It was not before the war in Europe turned for the worse for the Ottoman Empire and Baghdad was captured by the British forces that the Ghadarite forces, their supply lines starved, were finally dislodged. They retreated to regroup at Shiraz, where they were finally defeated after a bitter fight during the siege of Shiraz. Amba Prasad Sufi was killed in this battle, but the Ghadarites carried on guerrilla warfare along with Iranian partisans until 1919.[10][12] The works of Amba Prasad had a significant impact on Bhagat Singh.

References

  1. ^ Ahluwalia 1965, p. 353
  2. ^ Rai 1978, p. 19
  3. ^ Yadav & Singh 2006, p. 25
  4. ^ Radhan 2002, p. 351
  5. ^ a b Punjab Government 1962, p. 14
  6. ^ Gupta 1972, p. 84
  7. ^ Yadav 1992, p. 29
  8. ^ a b Yadav 1992, p. 30
  9. ^ Sykes 1921, p. 101
  10. ^ a b Herbert 2003
  11. ^ Singh, Jaspal. "History of the Ghadar Movement". panjab.org.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2007.
  12. ^ Asghar, S.B (12 June 2005). "A famous uprising". www.dawn.com. Archived from the original on 3 August 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2007.

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