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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Rai &#039;&#039;&#039;Ahmad Khan Kharal&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|&#039;&#039;&#039;رائے احمد خان کھرَل &#039;&#039;&#039;}}}}), also called &#039;&#039;&#039;Amo Kharal&#039;&#039;&#039; (1785-1857) was a [[Punjab]]i freedom-fighter and [[Folk hero]], who fought against the [[British Raj]] in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].&lt;ref name=Mirza&gt;Dr ST Mirza &#039;Resistance Themes in Punjabi Literature&#039; Lahore, 1991, pp 100-105&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Background==<br /> Amo Kharal was born in a rich landowning family of the Kharal [[Rajput]] Clan in the [[Sandal Bar]] region of Punjab, in [[Jhamara]] village near [[Tāndliānwāla]] [[Faisalabad District]]. As a young man he fought against the rising [[Sikh]] power led by [[Maharaja]] [[Ranjit Singh]].&lt;ref&gt;AD Ejaz &#039;Ahmad Khan Kharal&#039;, 1985&lt;/ref&gt; Later on, as an old man in his 70s, when the rebellion broke out against the British, he also raised a force to fight against them.&lt;ref&gt;Ejaz, aa&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Struggle and death==<br /> Amo Kharal was quite successful in helping the local people and keeping them safe from British troops, keeping up a [[Guerilla|guerilla warfare]] against them,&lt;ref name=&quot;Ejaz&quot;&gt;Ejaz&lt;/ref&gt; for some months. On 26 July 1857, Amo Kharal went with a force to attack the Gogera Jail (now in [[Sahiwal District]]) to release some of his companions arrested by the enemy, but was ambushed by them and their local allies.&lt;ref name=&quot;Ejaz&quot;/&gt; Amo Kharal and his assistant, Sarang, were both killed, fighting bravely.&lt;ref name=&quot;Mirza&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> The deeds of this brave and noble warrior are still remembered and sung by Punjabi poets in &#039;&#039;dholas&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;vars&#039;&#039;, types of poems.&lt;ref name=&quot;Mirza&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> &lt;br /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{bio-stub}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Kharal, Ahmad Khan}}<br /> [[Category:1785 births]]<br /> [[Category:1857 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Punjabi people]]<br /> [[Category:Folklore]]<br /> [[Category:History of India]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{simple-Wikipedia}}</div>

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