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'''Kadam Singh''' was a leader of a group of [[Gurjar]]s<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DU5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA131 |title=The Peasant and the Raj: Studies in Agrarian Society and Peasant Rebellion in Colonial India |first=Eric |last=Stokes |authorlink=Eric Thomas Stokes |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1980 |isbn=978-0-52129-770-7 |page=131}}</ref> who fought against the [[British East India Company]] during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. During the rebellion, he was the [[raja]] of [[Parikshitgarh]] and [[Mawana]] in [[Meerut district]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Meerut |publisher=Govt. of Uttar Pradesh|year=1965|page=54|url=http://gazetteer.up.nic.in/ViewPdf.aspx?Dst=RQ%3d%3d-55VEGPf2brs%3d&DsName=TWVlcnV0-PIlfeSjKNcM%3d}}</ref> The Gurjars declared Chaudhary Kadam Singh their king to re-establish old Gurjar Raj.<ref name="StokesEric1986">{{cite book|author1=Eric Stokes|author2=Stokes Eric|title=The Peasant Armed: The Indian Revolt of 1857|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I0FuAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=978-0-19-821570-7}}</ref>
'''Kadam Singh''' was a leader of a group of [[Gurjar]]s<ref name="StokesEric1986">{{cite book|author1=Eric Stokes|author2=Stokes Eric|title=The Peasant Armed: The Indian Revolt of 1857|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I0FuAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=978-0-19-821570-7}}</ref> who fought against the [[British East India Company]] during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. During the rebellion, he was the [[raja]] of [[Parikshitgarh]] and [[Mawana]] in [[Meerut district]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Meerut |publisher=Govt. of Uttar Pradesh|year=1965|page=54|url=http://gazetteer.up.nic.in/ViewPdf.aspx?Dst=RQ%3d%3d-55VEGPf2brs%3d&DsName=TWVlcnV0-PIlfeSjKNcM%3d}}</ref>


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[[Category:Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:History of Meerut]]
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Latest revision as of 04:19, 21 June 2021

Kadam Singh was a leader of a group of Gurjars[1] who fought against the British East India Company during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. During the rebellion, he was the raja of Parikshitgarh and Mawana in Meerut district.[2]

References[edit]

  1. Eric Stokes; Stokes Eric (1986). The Peasant Armed: The Indian Revolt of 1857. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-821570-7.
  2. Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Meerut. Govt. of Uttar Pradesh. 1965. p. 54.