Bhima Nayak
{{short description|Indian revolutionary (d. 1876)}}
{{distinguish|Bheemla Nayak}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Bhima Nayak
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| birth_date = 1840
| birth_place = Barwani district, Madhya Pradesh
| death_date = 29 December 1876
| death_place = Port Blair
| nationality = Indian
| known_for = Role in Indian freedom struggle
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Bhima Nayak or Bheema Nayak (death 29 December 1876) was an Indian revolutionary.{{cite news |title=Bheema Nayak statue relates his tale of valour |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/bheema-nayak-statue-relates-his-tale-of-valour/786262 |publisher=The Free Press Journal |date=February 21, 2016}} He fought against the British in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.{{cite news |title=हाथ लगा निमाड़ के रॉबिनहुड भीमा नायक का मृत्यु प्रमाण-पत्र |url=https://naidunia.jagran.com/special-story-bhima-nayak-death-certificate-found-213957 |publisher=Naidunia.jagran.com |date=31 October 2014 |language=Hindi}} When Bhima was convicted by the British government, he was kept in Port Blair and Nicobar.{{Cite book |last=Jha |first=Anjani Kumar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_DFqEAAAQBAJ&dq=Bhima+Nayak+1857&pg=PT143 |title=Madhya Bharat ke Adivasi aur Swatantrata Andolan |publisher=Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting |isbn=978-93-5409-312-8 |language=en}}
Revolt & Death
Nayak hails from Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh. As a Bhil tribal leader he took active part in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 against the East India Company. Nayak met Tantia Tope at the time of revolt. He confronted the force of Captain Keatings, but successfully escaped. In 1861 he was captured from his hideout and sent to Andaman Islands for corporal punishment.{{Cite web |last=Mahotsav |first=Amrit |title=Bhima Nayak |url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/unsung-heroes-detail.htm?4917 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India |language=English}} He was hanged in Port Blair on December 29, 1876.{{cite news |last1=Shukla |first1=Pankaj |title=इस क्रांतिकारी ने छुड़ाए थे अंग्रेजों के छक्के, खुश होकर तात्या टोपे ने किया था खून से तिलक |url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/martyr-bheema-nayaks-real-story-902876.html |publisher=News18 |date=August 14, 2016 |language=Hindi}} Bhima was also known as Nimad's Robin Hood.{{cite news |title=Western Nimad's sons also fought during 1857 revolt |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/05/14/western-nimads-sons-also-fought-during-1857-revolt-1179208196.html |work=OneIndia |date=May 15, 2007}}
Legacy
A government scheme, "Shaheed Bhima Nayak Pariyojna" in Madhya Pradesh is named after him.{{cite news |title=शहीद भीमा नायक परियोजना : बांध में आई दरारें भरीं |url=https://naidunia.jagran.com/madhya-pradesh/barwani-bhima-nayak-pariyojna-barwani-753300 |publisher=Naidunia.jagran.com |date=7 June 2016 |language=Hindi}} CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan dedicated a "Bhima Nayak Memorial" at village Dhaba Bawdi of Badwani district on January 21, 2017.{{cite news |title=CM Chouhan dedicates martyr Bhima Nayak Memorial |url=http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2017/1/22/CM-Chouhan-dedicates-martyr-Bhima-Nayak-Memorial.aspx |publisher=The Hitavada |date=22 January 2017 |access-date=28 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128075416/http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2017/1/22/CM-Chouhan-dedicates-martyr-Bhima-Nayak-Memorial.aspx |archive-date=28 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}
Further reading
- {{cite book |author1=Ramaṇikā Guptā |author2=Anup Beniwal |title=Tribal Contemporary Issues: Appraisal and Intervention |date=2007 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=9788180694752 |pages=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hFGgLdn6KsC&dq=%22Bhima+Nayak%22&pg=PA18}}
Bhima Naik name background
References
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Category:Revolutionary movement for Indian independence
Category:Executed revolutionaries
Category:Indian revolutionaries
Category:19th-century executions by British India
Category:Executed Indian people
Category:People executed by British India by hanging
Category:People from Barwani district
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