The story of Rajasthan’s freedom struggle is very different from the freedom struggle of British India. Let’s know about that freedom struggle and about freedom fighters of Rajasthan or heroes of Rajasthan (Rajasthan ke freedom fighter).
While British India had to contend only with the British rulers, the residents of the princely states of Rajasthan fought with the Jagirdars and their seneschal, kings, and members of the royal family and also British rulers.
This is the reason that the freedom struggle of Rajasthan went on as four movements, and freedom fighters had to fight all-round.
- Peasant Movement (Kisan Aandolan)
- Tribal Movement (JanJati Aandolan)
- Revolutionary Movement (Krantikari Aandolan)
- Public group Movement (Prajamandal Aandolan)
Here is a list of all heroes and freedom fighters of Rajasthan State which contribute to all four movements or Aandolans, and all detailed information related to their movement struggle.
List of Freedom Fighters
- Arjunlal Sethi
- Pratapsingh Barhhath
- Joravar Singh Barhhath
- Gopal Singh Kharwa
- Damodar Das Rathi
- Thakur Kesari Singh Barhhath
- Manikyalal Verma
- Vijay Singh Pathik (aka Bhup Singh)
- Sadhu Sitaram
- Chandkaran Sharda
- Master Pyarelal Gupta
- Haribhai Kinkar
- Nayanuram
- Ramnarayan Chaudhary
- Pratap Singh Barhhath
- Sitaramdas
- Bhanwarlal Sunar
- Premchand Bhil
- Govind Giri
- Motilal Tejawat
- Jwala Prasad
- Narasimha Das Aggarwal Babaji
- Jay Narayan Vyas
- Bal Mukund Bisa
- Bhogilal Pandya
- Raghubar Dayal Goyal
- Hiralal Shastri
- Kaanmal
- Durga Shankar
- Bhanwarlal Saraf
- Prayagraj Bhandari
- Anandraj Surana,
- Abdul Rehman Ansari
- Amarchand Mutha
- Kishturkaran
- Bachhraj Vyas
Lady Fighters
- Anjana Devi
- Narayan Devi
- Ratan Shastri
- Rama Devi Pandey
- Sumitra Devi Khetani
- Indira Devi Shastri
- Vidya Devi
- Gautami Devi Bhargava
- Manorama Pandit
- Manorama Tandon
- Vijaya Bai
- Bhil Bala Kali Bai
The peasant movement ‘Kisan Aandolan’ struggle was against the Jagirdars and their seneschal to reduce tax. This movement started from Bijoulia of Mewar State and lasted from AD 1897 to AD 1941. This movement rises to freedom among the people of the state.
In 1916, the Gujjar leader Vijay Singh Pathik protested against the peasants being forced to collect World War I by force, and his associates Manikyalal Verma, Sadhu Sitaram, Sitaramdas, Bhanwarlal Sunar, and Premchand Bhil, etc. called upon the farmers to go from village to village. They do not donate to War fund.
In the second phase of the Bijoulia peasant movement, Vijay Singh Pathik powerfully organized the farmers by establishing a Kisan Panchayat Board in Barisal village. In 1921, the farmers of Begun raised their voice against the atrocities on them.
Vijay Singh Pathik also played a major role in this movement. Vijay Singh Pathik’s real name was Bhup Singh. His father died in the childhood of the child Bhup Singh. After this, he came in contact with his uncle Baldev Singh.
He was a revolutionary and was associated with the party of Rasbihari Bose. Bhup Singh was sent for the support of Gopal Singh Kharwa, Kesari Singh Barhat, and Pratapsingh Barhat in Rajput.
He came to Kishan Garh in Rajasthan with his brother-in-law. Made with Gopal Singh Kharwa, after the failure of the armed revolution Yonja, the British government kept him captive in Todgarh but he escaped from the prison and changed his name to Vijay Singh Pathik and roamed the Mewar hideouts.
Under the leadership of Nayanuram, Ramnarayan Chaudhary, and Haribhai Kinkar, the farmers of Bundi waged a movement against people and people.
In 1922, Master Pyarelal Gupta founded the Amar Seva Samiti in Chidawa. Master Pyarelal Gupta was a resident of the Aligarh district of Uttar Pradesh and was called Gandhi of Chidawa.
In the same year, Khetri Naresh Amarsingh visited Chidawa. When the members of the Amar Seva Samiti were called for forced labor to serve the Khetri King, the members refused to do the forced labor.
Seven members of the committee, including the master, were arrested by the police. They were tied behind horses and dragged to Khetri prison where they lay unconscious for three days without food.
Information about the Chidava atrocity spread like lightning across the country. Chandkaran Sharda immediately came to Chidwa and called upon the people to stand up against these atrocities.
Leaders like Seth Jamnalal Bajaj, Seth Ghanshyam Das Birla, and Seth Veni Prasad Dalmiyan, wrote a strong letter to the Raja of Khetri and protested. In the end, all the prisoners were released.
The tribal Movement ‘JanJati Aandolan’ struggle was started by Govind Giri, he tried his best to remove the badness and evils prevailing among the castes and also made those people aware of their rights.
Govind Giri, who spread the ideology of awakening among the Bhils, was born in 1858 in a Banjare’s house in Bansiya village in Dungarpur district. In 1883 Govind Giri established the Sampasabha and organized the Bhils and Garasis of Mewar, Dungarpur, Gujarat, Malwa, etc.
There are Bhil, Meena, and Garasia have been prominent among the tribes of Rajasthan in olden times.
The Bhils lived in greater numbers in Udaipur, Dungarpur, Banswara, and Sirohi districts, while the Meenas in Jaipur and Alwar regions were much larger.
At the occasion of AshwinSudi Purnima, there was a convention of Samp Sabha organized as a convention fair in 1913, then the English army surrounded the conference site and started a barrage of bullets, causing 1 thousand 500 tribals, and thousands of tribals were killed and injured on the spot.
Govind Giri and his wife were taken captive and kept in jail for 10 years. Motilal Tejawat was the other famous leader of the tribal castes, Tejawat’s efforts brought awareness among the tribals of Mewar and they stood up against the atrocities after renouncing evil. He also played the bugle of struggle against people, people, etc.
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Motilal Tejawat’s movement became famous as the Eki (Unity) movement because he laid great emphasis on unity.
In 1921, nine thousand tribals and farmers associated with this movement gathered on the great Pal of Udaipur and Maharana sent a message that Maharana should come on a big sail and listen to the problems of tribals and farmers, Maharana refused to come.
On this, tribals and farmers decided not to move away. Finally, Maharana came on a big sail and heard his problems and immediately accepted 18 out of 21 demands.
After this, the Eki movement was widespread received fame. This movement came out of Mewar and reached Rajputana and other princely states of Gujarat.
In 1921, Tejawat called a conference of tribals in the village of Neemada in the princely state of Vijayanagar. In this conference, the princely army opened fire on the tribals and killed 1200 tribals.
Tejawat was shot in the leg but remained underground for 7 years. The Maharana of Mewar announced the award to the person who took Tejawat alive or dead. Tejawat did not catch up and the movement continued at its own pace.
Finally, in 1929, on the appeal of Mohandas Gandhi, Tejawat surrendered to the police.
Hope! You get some knowledge about Freedom Fighters of Rajasthan in India.