Sheikh Bhikhari

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Sheikh Bhikhari
Born(1819-10-02)2 October 1819
Budmu, Ranchi district, Bengal Presidency, (now in Jharkhand)
Died8 January 1858(1858-01-08) (aged 38)
Ramgarh
OccupationDiwan and Commander
Known forFreedom struggle in Indian Rebellion of 1857

Sheikh Bhikhari (1819–1858) was a combatant in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was a Dewan and general of Tikait Umrao Singh. He was born in Budmu, Bihar to a weaver Ansari family but spent the rest of his life in Khudia-Lotwa village of Ormanjhi. Along with his contemporary, Tikait Umrao Singh, he prevented East India Company forces from occupying Ranchi by cutting down Chutupalu Ghati trees in order to obstruct their advance prior to engaging Company forces. The British hanged him alongside Tikait Umrao Singh in a banyan tree of Chutupalu Ghati in Ramgarh in 1858.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ "Model makeover for martyr hamlets". telegraphindia.com.
  2. ^ "JPCC remembers freedom fighters Tikait Umrao Singh, Sheikh Bhikari". news.webindia123.com.
  3. ^ "शेख़ भिखारी और टिकैत उमराव सिंह के शहादत की अमर कथा". heritagetimes.in.
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