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On 18 December 1845, Moti Mishra, a jamadar in the First Regiment of English East India Company at Patna, went to his officer Major Rowcroft to tell him that Munshi Peer Baksh of the same regiment was distributing money among Indian sepoys to revolt against..
On 18 December 1845, Moti Mishra, a jamadar in the First Regiment of English East India Company at Patna, went to his officer Major Rowcroft to tell him that Munshi Peer Baksh of the same regiment was distributing money among Indian sepoys to revolt against..
2 .. the British rule. Major did not believe him at first and asked Moti and another sepoy to receive the money from Peer. Two days later Peer and Syed Ali, another nationalist, gave money to Moti, which was handed over to Major. The news was immediately sent to..
3 .. Calcutta (now Kolkata), the capital of British India.
Peer Baksh was arrested on 24 December and with this, a can of worms opened. The plan was wider than the British rulers had thought. The plan was later executed in another fashion during the summer of 1857.
Peer Baksh was arrested on 24 December and with this, a can of worms opened. The plan was wider than the British rulers had thought. The plan was later executed in another fashion during the summer of 1857.
European traveller Marshall had mentioned that even the traders of the far-flung Tatar desh used to come to the #SonepurMela to deal in commerce.
Do you know the fair was not always held here at Sonepur? A thread 👇 (1)
Do you know the fair was not always held here at Sonepur? A thread 👇 (1)
The period of the inception of the Sonepur fair, also known as Harihar Kshetra Mela, is shrouded in obscurity. Some trace it back to the 4th century BC Mauryan period.
Previously the fair was held at Hajipur (Ramchaura) and only oblation was offered to the deity at Sonepur. (2)
Previously the fair was held at Hajipur (Ramchaura) and only oblation was offered to the deity at Sonepur. (2)
There is a description of #SonepurFair by M. Wilson in his Memoir on Bihar, which was written in 1852. He has written that one could buy from the canvas-made-shop the commodities of Manchester, Buckingham, Delhi, Kanpur, Afghanistan and Kashmir, etc. (3)
