Ganga Baba, or Gangu Baba was a participant in

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.He belonged to Valmiki community living around

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village of

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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.

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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. According to oral traditions of

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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

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. Then they hanged him in Chunniganj.

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Story in oral tradition

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