Maulana Shah Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi (Punjabi: مولانا شاہ عبدالقادر لدھیانوی) (died 1860) was a

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who among the first to lead a rebellion in the Eastern Punjab against the East India Company in the Revolt of 1857. He had participated in the war with Bahadur Shah Zafar.

Early life

Maulana belonged to

Arain Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi agricultural tribe with strong political identity and organisation, found mainly in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh with a small population in parts of Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh ...

tribe of Punjab. He was the grandfather of

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and great-great-grandfather of Maulana Habibur Rahman Sani.

Rebellion

In 1857, issued a fatwa against the British rulers. He gathered a large fighting force of locals that drove the British out of not only Ludhiana but also Panipat. He then made way to Delhi to support Bahadur Shah Zafar. He fought a battle alongside the Mughal General Bakht Khan. His wife and seven of his comrades died fighting in Delhi's

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. Her body was buried in the courtyard of the

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in Delhi.

Death

After the failure of 1857 rebellion, he made his way back and stayed in a village near

Ludhiana Ludhiana ( ) is the most populous and the largest Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab. The city has an estimated population of 1,618,879 2011 Indian census, 2011 census and distributed over , making Ludhiana the ...

called Shatrana for a while. The British army chased Maulana back to the village. The Muslim tribes opposed the British forces allowing him to escape to nearby forests. He died in 1860 on his way to

References

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