INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the Eighteenth Century Pandit Bhavanicharan Pathak was the main hero of the ‘Sannyasi Rebellion’ against the British rule and exploitation in the land of Bengal. Sannyasi Rebellion was India’s first anti-British independence struggle. In 1771, 150 saints were put to death, apparently for no reason.

Detailed explanation-2: -Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance an armed resistance of the combined body of Muslim fakirs (sufis) and Hindu sannyasis (yogis) against the dominance of the English East India Company in Bengal. This resistance began in 1760 and continued for more than four decades.

Detailed explanation-3: -Numerous restrictions were placed on Sanyasis and Fakirs also because British considered them looters and thugs. The peasants, displaced landlords and these Sadhus / Fakirs came together in a rebellion which started in later part of 18th century and continued for around half century.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sannyasi-fakir rebellion commenced in the mid-1760s. It took the Company state almost four decades to quell the ‘disturbances’ they caused and the ‘violence’ they perpetuated on the countryside of Bengal. The most affected areas were Purnea, Malda, Dhaka, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Cooch Behar and Murshidabad.