At Faridabad, Dhanna Singh Rajput assumed the leadership. At Palwal, Mirza Gafur Ali and Harsukh Rai, both small tradesmen, led people against the British.
In areas close to Rewari, Mewatis, sometimes coming from Dausa and Bharatpur (Rajasthan), enrolled as fighters, were satisfied with the nominal pay Rao Tula Ram could offer in times of great distress. The British forces faced heavy casualties in the battle of Nasibpur, near Narnaul, and Col. They seized money from the treasury and took government buildings in their control. The Raos along with 400 to 500 followers went to the tehsil headquarters at Rewari and deposed the tehsildar and the thanedar. In Ahirwal, people waged a gallant struggle under the leadership of Rao Tula Ram and his cousin Rao Gopal Dev. Eden, the political agent of Jaipur state, who had to return to Jaipur at once, leaving Mewat. A powerful group of rebels led by Thakur Shiv Nath Singh, a former minister of Jaipur, attacked Major W. With the help of Sarot Jats of Hodal and Pathans of Seoli, the loyalists (the Rawats and Rajputs) despite having government support were completely routed. The Meos were up at once and plundered Tauru, Sohna, Ferozepur, Punhana, Pinangwan and Nuh. In Mewat, the sturdy and warlike Mewatis came in large numbers under the leadership of a Meo peasant, Sadruddin of Pinangwan village, and formed a 'dhar'. The files and other records of moneylenders were burnt and prisoners were released from the district jail. ‘Rebels’ occupied the district headquarters and seized money from the treasury and destroyed the houses of the Europeans and their supporters. He again failed to repulse the ‘rebels’ when they attacked the district administration. Ford, Collector-Magistrate of Gurgaon, tried to check the ‘rebels’ at Bijwasan, a village near Gurgaon, on May 12 but failed. When around 300 Sepoys marched to Gurgaon from Delhi they found great support from the local populace. The states of Jind, Kalsia and Buria and also 11 small ‘jagirs’, however, remained calm and unaffected throughout owing to strict measures taken by feudal chieftains.įrom Delhi, the fire of the revolt spread to Gurgaon district. Gurgaon, Rohtak, Hisar and Karnal districts and people living in the states of Jhajjar, Ballabgarh, Farrukhnagar, Pataudi, Bahadurgarh, Dujana and Loharu also joined the revolt by the end of May 1857 but Ambala district joined a bit later. Almost entire Haryana witnessed the revolt. It was a good opportunity for them to take revenge from the British as well as moneylenders. On hearing the news of the happenings at Ambala, Meerut and Delhi, people of Haryana also rose up and opposed the British authorities. Under the circumstances, the Sepoys could not proceed further with their plan. But to their great surprise, the next moment they found themselves surrounded by a superior number of European forces.
The Sepoys left their lines as a man seized arms from the regimental area and arrested their European officers. On May 10, 1857, (Sunday) around nine hours before the outbreak of the uprising at Meerut, 60th Native Infantry openly revolted at Ambala. In South East Punjab (modern day Haryana), it was the manifestation of their popular discontent against the British rule leading to the grass-roots mobilisation of common people and it sustained for a longer period. The uprising of 1857 is one of the most important events in the public memory of Indians in general and the people of Punjab Province comprising Haryana in particular.
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