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{{Short description|1857 battle in the Indian Rebellion of 1857}}
{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Battle of Shamli
| partof = the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
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| date = 10 May 1857
| place = [[Thana Bhawan]], [[Shamli district]], India
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| result = British victory<ref name="کیا ۱۸۵۷/ کی جدوجہد ”پہلی “جنگ آزادی تھی ؟">{{cite journal |journal=Darul Uloom |url=https://darululoom-deoband.com/urdu/articles/tmp/1428729711%2005-Kia%201857%20Ki%20Jido%20Juhd_MDU_09_September_2007.htm|author=[[Wali Rahmani]]|title=کیا ۱۸۵۷/ کی جدوجہد "پہلی "جنگ آزادی تھی ؟ |trans-title= Was the 1857 first war of Independence? |issue=9 |volume=1|publisher =Darul Uloom Deoband|date=September 2007|access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref>
| combatant1 = [[Deobandi jihadism|Local Muslim Militias]]
| combatant2 = {{flag|East India Company}}
| commander1 = [[Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]] [[Rashid Ahmed Gangohi]] [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi]] [[Muhammad Yaqub Nanautawi]] [[Najib Ali Choudhury]]<ref name="Rahman2009">{{cite book|last1=Rahman|first1=Md. Matiur|last2=Bhuiya|first2=Abdul Musabbir|title=Teaching of Arabic language in Barak Valley: a historical study (14th to 20th century)|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/92871/7/07_chapter%203.pdf |year=2009|publisher=Assam University|location=Silchar|pages=59–60}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Thanwi|first=Ashraf Ali|authorlink=Ashraf Ali Thanwi|title=Imdad al-Mushtaq ila Ashraf al-Akhlaq|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QYFCAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Haji+Imdad+Allah+Faruqi+was+a+paragon+of+Chishti-%C2%A7abiri+tradition+who+took+an+active+part+in+the+1857+uprising+and+even+established+an+emirate+at+Thana+Bhawan.+Shamli%27s+catastrophe+forced+him+to+leave+India+and+settle+at+Mecca%22|journal=Islamic Culture|volume=LVI|issue=I|year=1982|publisher=Islamic Culture Board|page=321}}</ref> Muhammad Zamin{{KIA}} [[Muhammad Munir Nanautavi]]
| commander2 = unknown
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| casualties1 = unknown
| casualties2 = unknown
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The '''Battle of Shamli''' or '''Battle of Thana Bhawan''' was fought on 10 May 1857 between the forces of [[Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]] and the East India Company. It was part of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].

On 10 May 1857, local Muslims under the leadership of [[Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki]] gathered at [[Thana Bhawan]], a small town in the [[Shamli district]] in current-day [[Uttar Pradesh]], around 120 km from [[Delhi]], to stage a violent protest against [[Company rule in India]]. The clergy won the day in what came to be known as the Battle of Shamli<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milligazette.com/news/Family-Kids/13687-who-led-1857s-battle-of-shamli/|title=Who led 1857's Battle of Shamli?|access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gfilesindia.com/tablighi-jamaat-faity-vs-frenzy/|title=Tablighi Jamaat: Faith vs Frenzy|access-date=17 March 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802060527/https://www.gfilesindia.com/tablighi-jamaat-faity-vs-frenzy/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and established a government mostly in the [[Shamli district]]. [[Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi]] was the commander-in-chief and [[Rashid Ahmad Gangohi]] was the [[Qadi]] of the [[State (polity)|state]], but soon after the killing of Muhammad Zamin, the situation turned in favour of the East India Company. The arrest of [[Bahadur Shah Zafar]], one of the main leaders of the Rebellion of 1857, followed. [[Shamli district|Shamli]] fell to the British, and the town of [[Thana Bhawan]] was largely destroyed by the [[East India Company]] Army.<ref name="جنگ آزادی میں مولانا رشید احمد گنگوہی رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کا کردار">{{cite news|url=https://www.banuri.edu.pk/bayyinat-detail/%D8%AC%D9%86%DA%AF-%D8%A7-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BA-%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%B1%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%DA%AF%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%88%DB%81%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%DB%83-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%DB%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C%DB%81-%DA%A9%D8%A7-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1|author=|title=جنگ آزادی میں مولانا رشید احمد گنگوہی رحمۃ اللہ علیہ کا کردار|date=November 2014|access-date=1 June 2021}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book |author1=Najmul Hasan Thanwi |title=Maidan-e-Shamli-o-Thana Bhawan awr Sarfaroshan-e-Islam |publisher=Idara Talifat-e-Ashrafia |location=[[Thana Bhawan]] |language=ur}}
* [https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/600413?mode=full Role of Indian Arabic Writers in the Freedom Movement of India], p. 67–92
{{refend}}

==References==
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[[Category:1857 in India]]
[[Category:Shamli district]]
[[Category:Battles of the Indian Rebellion of 1857|Shamli]]

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