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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.. 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..

Irfan Habib, famous historian from AMU, is son of another historian/ politician Mohd. Habib. His grandfather Abbas Tayyabji was a comrade of Mahatma Gandhi & mother worked closely with Kasturba. Abbas was nephew of Badruddin Tayyabji, the first Muslim Congress President. Badruddin Tayyabji, was the first Indian Chief Justice of Bombay HC & belonged to a well respected Bohra family. He was also one of the founders of Congress & a fierce critic of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan's politics. One of his grandsons & namesake served as VC of AMU during 1960s.