Durjan Singh

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| known_for = Chuar Rebellion

| title = zamindar of Raipur estate

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Durjan Singh was a great leader of Chuar Rebellion of Bengal. Singh was a zamindar of Raipur in the Bishnupur district of Bengal.{{cite web |title=History-BANKURA |url=https://www.wbcsmadeeasy.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/HISTRY-BAN.pdf |website=WBCSMadeEasy}} He led the Chuar Rebellion in 1798–99 in Midnapore district against the British East India Company, but it was brutally crushed at its peak..{{Cite book |last=Chatterjee |first=Gouripada |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75-a8FSPmvQC |title=Midnapore, the Forerunner of India's Freedom Struggle |date=1986 |publisher=Mittal Publications |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Civil Disturbances During the British Rule in India (1765 - 1857) |url=https://indianculture.gov.in/ebooks/civil-disturbances-during-british-rule-india-1765-1857 |website=INDIAN CULTURE |language=en}}

Rebellion

In Bengal, the Bhumijs of Jungle Mahals were called chuars . Some of them became zamindars, and called themselves Rajas or Sardars. Their rebellions during the Company rule were called Chuar Rebellion.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=97EeAQAAMAAJ |title=Journal of the Asiatic Society |date=1973 |publisher=The Society |language=en}}

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Raja Durjan Singh was the Bhumij zamindar of Raipur, from where he was dispossessed by the British. To get back his Raipur estate, Durjan Singh joined the Chuar Rebellion started by Jagannath Singh, zamindar of Dhalbhum and attacked the British with around 15,000 of his companions and caused havoc in Raipur and surrounding areas.{{Cite book |last=Das |first=Binod Sankar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGTxUHzhYXwC |title=Changing Profile of the Frontier Bengal, 1751-1833 |date=1984 |publisher=Mittal Publications |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Bengal (India) |first=West |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMBFAQAAIAAJ |title=West Bengal District Gazetteers: Bānkurā |date=1968 |publisher=State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers |language=en}} He was also supported by other dispossessed Bhumij zamindars, Rajas and Bagri leaders of Midnapore, Dhalbhum, Bankura{{When|date=January 2025}} including Mohan Singh, Lal Singh, Govardhan.{{Cite book |last=Saraf |first=R. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVTEliFf9W8C |title=The Indian Society: A Process of Peoples' Revolutionary Struggle Through the Ages |date=1974 |publisher=Progressive Studies, Kashmir |language=en}} He established his rule over 30 villages and attacked the East India Company establishments. The Chuars (Bhumijs) spread the rebellion in Raipur, Bankura, Phulkusma, Bhalaidiha, Shyamsunderpur and Simlapal.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nQ_AAAAMAAJ |title=Hundred Years of Freedom Struggle, 1847-1947 |date=1989 |publisher=Biplabi Niketan |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Saha |first1=Sheela |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnZuAAAAMAAJ |title=The Company Rule in India: Some Regional Aspects |last2=Saha |first2=D. N. |date=2004 |publisher=Kalpaz Publications |isbn=978-81-7835-251-0 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Suchibrata |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XRouAAAAMAAJ |title=The Santals of Jungle Mahals: An Agrarian History, 1793-1861 |date=1984 |publisher=Ratna Prakashan |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOQrAQAAIAAJ |title=The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies |date=2002 |publisher=Institute of Historical Studies. |language=en}}

Durjan Singh

Rebellion

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