Shaheed Raghunath Mahato (21 March 1738 – 5 April 1778) was an Indian revolutionary and a leader of the Chuar rebellion from the

Kudmi Mahato The Kudmi are a community in the states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Bihar of India. They were primarily agriculturalist. . Classification Kudmi were classified as a Notified Tribe by the British Raj under the terms of the Indian Succ ...

community. He led a revolt against the

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in 1769.झारखंड। लेखकः डाॅ अनुज कुमार धान एवं मंजू ज्योत्स्ना। प्रकाशकः प्रकाशन विभाग सूचना और प्रसारण मंत्रालय। भारत सरकार। प्रकाश कालः 2008। पृष्ठाः 113।रघुनाथ महतोः विद्रोही "दी ग्रेट"। (चुहाड़ विद्रोह का संक्षिप्त वृत्तांत)। लेखकः डाॅ शशी भूषण महतो एवं रतन कुमार महतो। प्रकाशकः आदिवासी कुड़मी समाज, राँची। प्रकाश कालः 2010। पृष्ठाः 1-12।

Overview

Raghunath Mahato was born on 21 March 1738 in ghutiadih village of

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of Saraikela Khorsoya District. The Rebellion against British was known as Chuar rebellion. ''Chuar'' means looter. When British started to collect taxes in 1765 when they won

Battle of Buxar The Battle of Buxar was fought between 22 and 23 October 1764, between the forces under the command of the British East India Company, led by Hector Munro, and the combined armies of Mir Qasim, Nawab of Bengal till 1764; the Nawab of Awadh, Sh ...

and got rights to collect taxes from Bihar and Bengal. But people opposed it as People thought British were depriving their rights. Some Jamindar joined British while other rebeled against them. In 1769, Raghunath Mahato led

people against British. His slogan was:

''... "Apna Gaon, Apna Raj;'' ''Dur Bhagaw Bideshi Raj".'' '

The folklore sing by

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is like:

... ''"Kesu Aarir Fansi hailo, Raghunath Mahto Bandaigelo, Bansbone Dom hailo Kana, Rage Jalchche Jangal Mahal Thana."''

When British asked the Jamindar about identity of rebels, Jamindar said the rebelious people are ''Chuar'' means looter, thieves, nasty people, barbarian, uncivilized, and arrogant. The people who rebeled were belongs to many ethnic groups such as

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, Bauri, and other communities. On 5 April 1778, Raghunath Mahato and his team who were planning to snacht weapons of British forces in forest. In this skirmish Raghunath Mahato and several other rebel died fighting British forces.

References

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