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Story in oral tradition

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	'''Ganga Baba ~~(ಗಂಗಪ್ಪ‌ ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ)~~''', or Gangu Baba was a participant in [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].He belonged to Valmiki community living around [[Bithoor]] village of [[Uttar Pradesh]].		'''Ganga Baba''', or Gangu Baba was a participant in [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].He belonged to Valmiki community living around [[Bithoor]] village of [[Uttar Pradesh]].

	==Story in oral tradition==		==Story in oral tradition==
	There are many stories about the bravery and good deeds of Gangu Baba. While he was returning from forest with dead tiger on his back. [[Nana Saheb]] Peshwa then the king of Bithoor passed with his army from that place. He saw Gangu Baba with a tiger on his back. He was extremely impressed and asked Gangu Baba to join his army as he already had initiated a battle against Britishers at that time. Gangu Baba readily accepted.<ref name="Bates"/>		There are many stories about the bravery and good deeds of Gangu Baba. While he was returning from forest with dead tiger on his back. [[Nana Saheb]] Peshwa then the king of Bithoor passed with his army from that place. He saw Gangu Baba with a tiger on his back. He was extremely impressed and asked Gangu Baba to join his army as he already had initiated a battle against Britishers at that time. Gangu Baba readily accepted.<ref name="Bates"/>

	According to oral traditions of [[Dalit]]s in the villages near Bithoor, he alone killed 150 British soldiers with his sword. This annoyed the Britishers who issued circulars to arrest him dead or alive. Ultimately, he was arrested. The British soldiers tied him to a horse and dragged his body up to [[Kanpur]]. Then they hanged him in Chunniganj. <ref name="Bates">{{Cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=EfWnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=Gangu+Baba#v=onepage&q=Gangu%20Baba&f=false \| title=Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857: Volume V: Muslim, Dalit and Subaltern Narratives\| isbn=9788132118640\| last1=Bates\| first1=Crispin\| date=30 October 2013}}</ref>		According to oral traditions of [[Dalit]]s in the villages near Bithoor, he alone killed 150 British soldiers with his sword. This annoyed the Britishers who issued circulars to arrest him dead or alive. Ultimately, he was arrested. The British soldiers tied him to a horse and dragged his body up to [[Kanpur]]. Then they hanged him in Chunniganj. <ref name="Bates">{{Cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/?id=EfWnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=Gangu+Baba#v=onepage&q=Gangu%20Baba&f=false \| title=Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857: Volume V: Muslim, Dalit and Subaltern Narratives\| isbn=9788132118640\| last1=Bates\| first1=Crispin\| date=30 October 2013}}</ref><ref name="The Great Unsung Martyred Warrior ‘Gangu Baba’">{{cite news \|last1=Campus Chronicle \|title=The Great Unsung Martyred Warrior ‘Gangu Baba’ \|url=http://www.campuschronicle.in/the-great-unsung-martyred-warrior-gangu-baba/ \|accessdate=5 October 2021 \|date=18 August 2020 \|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20211005084827/http://www.campuschronicle.in/the-great-unsung-martyred-warrior-gangu-baba/ \|archivedate=5 October 2021 \|language=en}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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{{Short description |Indian folk heroes}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox person
|name=Gangu Baba ಗಂಗಪ್ಪ ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ
|image= Gangu Baba,a dalit freedom fighter of 1857 Mutiny against Britishers in India.jpg
|image_size=
|caption= Gangu Baba just before being hanged on 8th Sept.1859 in [[Chunniganj]]h, [[Kanpur]]
|birth_date=
|birth_place=[[Bithoor]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
|death_date=8th Sept.1859
|death_place=[[Chunniganj]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
|movement=[[Indian Independence movement]]
|organization=[[Nana Saheb]] Peshwa Army ,1857 Mutiny against Britishers
}}
'''Ganga Baba (ಗಂಗಪ್ಪ‌ ವಾಲ್ಮೀಕಿ)''', or Gangu Baba was a participant in [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].He belonged to Valmiki community living around [[Bithoor]] village of [[Uttar Pradesh]].

==Story in oral tradition==
There are many stories about the bravery and good deeds of Gangu Baba. While he was returning from forest with dead tiger on his back. [[Nana Saheb]] Peshwa then the king of Bithoor passed with his army from that place. He saw Gangu Baba with a tiger on his back. He was extremely impressed and asked Gangu Baba to join his army as he already had initiated a battle against Britishers at that time. Gangu Baba readily accepted.<ref name="Bates"/>

According to oral traditions of [[Dalit]]s in the villages near Bithoor, he alone killed 150 British soldiers with his sword. This annoyed the Britishers who issued circulars to arrest him dead or alive. Ultimately, he was arrested. The British soldiers tied him to a horse and dragged his body up to [[Kanpur]]. Then they hanged him in Chunniganj. <ref name="Bates">{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=EfWnAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=Gangu+Baba#v=onepage&q=Gangu%20Baba&f=false | title=Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857: Volume V: Muslim, Dalit and Subaltern Narratives| isbn=9788132118640| last1=Bates| first1=Crispin| date=30 October 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Matadin Bhangi]]

==References==
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