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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Armed rebellion led by dacoit Sultana in British India, 1920}}<br />
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{{Infobox military conflict<br />
| conflict = Sultana Daku's 1920 Revolt<br />
| partof = Resistance against [[British Raj]]<br />
| date = 1920<br />
| place = [[Rohilkhand]] region, [[United Provinces (1937–1950)|United Provinces]], [[British India]] (present-day Uttar Pradesh)<br />
| result = Revolt suppressed by British police Sultana captured and executed<br />
| combatant1 = [[Dacoit]] gangs under Sultana<br />
| combatant2 = [[British colonial]] police<br />
| commander1 = [[Sultana Daku (dacoit)|Sultana Daku]]<br />
| commander2 = [[F.W. Champion]], British [[Forest Officer]]<br />
| strength1 = Dozens of armed followers<br />
| strength2 = British police and forest officials<br />
| casualties1 = Unknown<br />
| casualties2 = Many police injured or killed<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sultana Daku's 1920 Revolt''' was a small but symbolic armed uprising in the [[Rohilkhand]] region of the [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]] (now in [[Uttar Pradesh]]) led by the [[dacoit]] Sultana Daku.<ref name="DesperadoesAccomplice">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=R. V. |title=The desperadoes' accomplice |url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/the-desperadoes-accomplice/article17417026.ece |work=The Hindu |date=6 March 2017 |access-date=21 July 2025}}</ref><ref name="FortRuins">{{cite news |last=Dabas |first=Harveer |title=Sultana Daku's fort lies in ruins |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/sultana-dakus-fort-lies-in-ruins/articleshow/52272806.cms |work=The Times of India |date=14 May 2016 |access-date=21 July 2025}}</ref> The rebellion happened during a period of rising discontent against [[British colonial]] rule in India.<ref>{{cite book |last=Champion |first=F.W. |title=With Camera in Tiger-Land |publisher=Chatto & Windus |year=1927 |pages=10–15}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Rai |first=Amrit |title=Sultana Daku |publisher=Rajkamal Prakashan |year=1994 |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Real Sultana Daku |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/amp/news/india/real-sultana-daku-india-robin-hood-501785.html |work=IndiaTimes |date=2021-06-20 |access-date=21 July 2025}}</ref><br />
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== Background ==<br />
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Sultana Daku, a leader of the [[Bhantu]] [[tribe]], operated in the dense forests near [[Pilibhit]] and [[Bareilly]]. His actions were seen as criminal by the colonial government.<ref name="ScrollManhunt">{{cite web |last=Abbas |title=Sultana 'Daku': A dacoit and a British police officer and their unlikely friendship |url=https://scroll.in/article/1047134/the-tale-of-daku-sultana-and-his-unlikely-friendship-with-a-british-police-officer |website=Scroll.in |date=July 2023 |access-date=21 July 2025|first=Roshan}}</ref><ref name="LegendReview">{{cite web |last=Bose |first=Shubham |title=The legend of Sultana |url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/The-legend-of-Sultana/article16852414.ece |website=The Hindu |date=9 December 2009 |access-date=21 July 2025}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Sultana Daku (disambiguation)]]<br />
* [[Indian independence movement]]<br />
* [[The Confession of Sultana Daku]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Rebellions in India]]<br />
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