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{{Short description|Indian freedom fighter from Odisha}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Buxi Jagabandhu
| native_name = ବକ୍ସି ଜଗବନ୍ଧୁ ବିଦ୍ୟାଧର ମହାପାତ୍ର ଭ୍ରମରବର ରାୟ
| image = Buxi Jagabandhu 01.png
| alt =
| caption = Old sketch by Dharanidhara Behera of Cuttack
| birth_name = Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar Mohapatra Bhramarbar Ray
| birth_date = 1773
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death year and age|1829|1773}}
| death_place = [[Cuttack]]
| allegiance = [[Khurda Kingdom]]
| branch = [[Gajapati military]]
| rank = Buxi
| serviceyears = till 1825
| battles = [[Paika Rebellion]]
}}
[[File:Bakshi Jagabandhu.jpg|thumb|200px|Statue of Buxi Jagabandhu, the leader of Paika Rebellion, in [[Bhubaneswar]].]]
'''Jagabandhu Bidyadhara Mohapatra Bhramarbara Raya''' popularly known as '''Buxi Jagabandhu''' ({{Lang-or|ବକ୍ସି ଜଗବନ୍ଧୁ}}) or ''Paika Khandayat Buxi'' was the commander (Buxi) of the forces of the king of [[Khordha|Khurda]]. He is one of the earliest [[freedom fighter]]s of [[India]]. The great [[Paik Rebellion|Paika rebellion]] in 1817 was under his leadership.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/paika-rebellion-of-1817/article18071125.ece|title=Paika rebellion of 1817|author=The Hindu Net Desk|work=The Hindu|access-date=2017-05-29|language=en}}</ref> The [[Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College|BJB College]] in [[Bhubaneswar]] has been named after this great personality.

==Life==
Jagabandhu Bidyadhara had got the title of ''Buxi '' in inheritance from his ancestors which represents the rank of the commander of the forces of the King of [[Khordha|Khurda]], a rank second only to the king. He was born in an aristocratic [[Khandayat (caste)|Khandayat]] family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jena |first=Bikram Keshori |title=How odisha voted: Political postmortem report on state politics |url=https://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:jcs1&volume=37&issue=3&article=007 |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=www.indianjournals.com |quote=in Odisha as well as New Delhi to commemorate the sacrifice of the warriors of the Khandayat caste like Baxi Jagabandhu.}}</ref> His family was provided with [[Jagir]]s (vast landed properties and other requisites) and the estate of ‘Killa Roranga’ for generations by the King of [[Khordha|Khurda]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohanty |first=Prof.N.R |date=2008 |title=The Oriya Paika Rebellion of 1817 |url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2008/August-2008/engpdf/or-august-2008.pdf |website=magazines.odisha.gov.in}}</ref>

==The Paika Rebellion==
It was the first rebellion of the [[Paika (caste)|Paika]] (soldiers of Odisha) with the support of common people against the British Rule. The land revenue policy of the British was the primary cause of the rebellion in 1817. The rent-free land tenures provided to the soldiers for their military service on a hereditary basis were taken away in the settlement by [[Major Fletcher]] as their service were not required anymore. This policy resulted in the deprivation of Buxi Jagabandhu from his estates and forced him to depend on the voluntary contributions from the people of Khurda.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://as.ori.nic.in/gis/khurda/paik.htm |title=PAIK REBELLION |accessdate=10 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312004826/http://as.ori.nic.in/gis/khurda/paik.htm |archivedate=12 March 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> This policy also affected the [[zamindars]] as well as ryots. Another important cause for that great event was the raise in salt price.
As a result, Buxi Jagabandhu led the tribals of [[Banapur]] and [[Ghumsur]] and bravely marched towards Khurda to fight against colonial power. He had an army of 400 Kandhas who fought bravely. The rebellion received extensive support from the common people. Even the [[Khonds|Kandhas]] of Banapur became successful in their revolutionary activities. The rebellion was expanded throughout the state and continued for a quite long time. Government buildings were burnt, policemen were killed and government treasury looted. However, the fewer in number ''paika'' were unable to defeat their well-equipped British counterpart and receded back to the jungles, where they continued to resist the British. A number of them were captured, tried and executed in the last stages of the rebellion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Death Anniversary of Buxi Jagabandhu|url=http://www.odisha.gov.in/portal/LIWPL/event_archive/Events_Archives/40Buxi_Jagabandhu.pdf|accessdate=13 February 2013}}</ref> Bidyadhar was imprisoned in 1825 and died in jail four years later in 1829.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-03|title=Explained: Why Centre has refused to accept Paika revolution as first war of independence|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/paika-revolution-odisha-demand-explained-7653963/|access-date=2021-12-03|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* http://www.orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2008/feb-march-2008/engpdf/51-52.pdf
* https://books.google.com/books?id=R0ddg1vMjl8C&lpg=PA61&ots=dK3h9iH3vK&dq=Bakshi%20Jagabandhu&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=Bakshi%20Jagabandhu&f=false

[http://www.fullodisha.com/bakshi-jagabandhu-anubhav-mohantys-new-odia-film/ Odia film on Bakshi Jagabandhu]

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[[Category:19th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:1773 births]]
[[Category:1829 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Khordha district]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Odisha]]
[[Category:Indian warriors]]
[[Category:Executed Indian people]]
[[Category:Indian revolutionaries]]
[[Category:19th-century executions by British India]]

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