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	Amo Kharal was quite successful in helping the local people and keeping them safe from British troops, keeping up a [[Guerilla\|guerilla warfare]] against them,<ref name="Ejaz">Ejaz</ref> for some months. On ~~26th~~ July 1857, Amo Kharal went with a force to attack the Gogera Jail (now in [[Sahiwal District]]) to release some of his companions arrested by the enemy, but was ambushed by them and their local allies.<ref name="Ejaz"/> Amo Kharal and his assistant, Sarang, were both killed, fighting bravely.<ref name="Mirza"/>		Amo Kharal was quite successful in helping the local people and keeping them safe from British troops, keeping up a [[Guerilla\|guerilla warfare]] against them,<ref name="Ejaz">Ejaz</ref> for some months. On 26 July 1857, Amo Kharal went with a force to attack the Gogera Jail (now in [[Sahiwal District]]) to release some of his companions arrested by the enemy, but was ambushed by them and their local allies.<ref name="Ejaz"/> Amo Kharal and his assistant, Sarang, were both killed, fighting bravely.<ref name="Mirza"/>

	The deeds of this brave and noble warrior are still remembered and sung by Punjabi poets in ''dholas'' and ''vars'', types of poems.<ref name="Mirza"/>		The deeds of this brave and noble warrior are still remembered and sung by Punjabi poets in ''dholas'' and ''vars'', types of poems.<ref name="Mirza"/>
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Rai '''Ahmad Khan Kharal''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|'''رائے احمد خان کھرَل '''}}}}), also called '''Amo Kharal''' (1785-1857) was a [[Punjab]]i freedom-fighter and [[Folk hero]], who fought against the [[British Raj]] in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref name=Mirza>Dr ST Mirza 'Resistance Themes in Punjabi Literature' Lahore, 1991, pp 100-105</ref>

==Background==
Amo Kharal was born in a rich landowning family of the Kharal [[Rajput]] Clan in the [[Sandal Bar]] region of Punjab, in [[Jhamara]] village near [[Tāndliānwāla]] [[Faisalabad District]]. As a young man he fought against the rising [[Sikh]] power led by [[Maharaja]] [[Ranjit Singh]].<ref>AD Ejaz 'Ahmad Khan Kharal', 1985</ref> Later on, as an old man in his 70s, when the rebellion broke out against the British, he also raised a force to fight against them.<ref>Ejaz, aa</ref>

==Struggle and death==
Amo Kharal was quite successful in helping the local people and keeping them safe from British troops, keeping up a [[Guerilla|guerilla warfare]] against them,<ref name="Ejaz">Ejaz</ref> for some months. On 26th July 1857, Amo Kharal went with a force to attack the Gogera Jail (now in [[Sahiwal District]]) to release some of his companions arrested by the enemy, but was ambushed by them and their local allies.<ref name="Ejaz"/> Amo Kharal and his assistant, Sarang, were both killed, fighting bravely.<ref name="Mirza"/>

The deeds of this brave and noble warrior are still remembered and sung by Punjabi poets in ''dholas'' and ''vars'', types of poems.<ref name="Mirza"/>

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