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{{Short description|Ruler of Nargund, India}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bhaskar Rao Bhave
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| death_date = 12 June 1858<ref name="Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav">{{Cite web|author=|url=https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?7055|title=Nargund Uprising of 1858|publisher=Ministry of Culture, Government of India|access-date=2022-11-10|archive-date=2022-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110062715/https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/district-reopsitory-detail.htm?7055|url-status=live}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Belgaum]]
| nationality = Indian
| native_name_lang = Kannada (Karnataka)
| other_names = Baba Saheb of Nargund
| known_for = Revolt against the British [[East India Company]]
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'''Bhaskar Rao Bhave''', also known as '''Baba Saheb of Nargund''', was a [[Zamindar]] of [[Nargund]] in [[Gadag]] district of [[Karnataka]], [[India]], who revolted against British rule during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].

Bhaskar Rao Bhave came to the throne of Nargund in 1842 and was an efficient administrator. He did not have a son and successor and planned to adopt a son as heir. However, under the [[Doctrine of lapse]], the British refused to recognise the adoption, which enraged Baba Saheb. He rallied the support of other local rulers like Mundaragi Bhimaraya, Surpur Venkatappa Nayakaand to lead an insurrection. Baba Saheb was aware of the rebellion in the north and wanted to coordinate his revolt with it. On learning that he had accumulated a large amount of [[artillery]] and ammunition in his fort, the British asked him to deposit them in Dharwad. Baba Saheb feigned cooperation and sent the weapons towards Dharwad, but at the same time secretly organised an attack on the convoy and brought them back to Nargund.<ref name="SIHC">{{cite book|author=South Indian History Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i81mLhBEBgQC|title=The South Indian Rebellions Before and After 1800|publisher=Palaniappa Brothers|year=2007|isbn=9788183795005|page=109|access-date=2023-03-21|archive-date=2023-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701145943/https://books.google.com/books?id=i81mLhBEBgQC|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 1858, when the British sent a large force to Nargund, he attacked the force and killed its commanding officer Manson. He brought Manson's [[decapitated]] head to his fort and displayed it to his people. He then went on to capture the British held [[Koppal|Koppaldurg fort]].<ref name="S.Manjula">{{cite book|author=S.Manjula|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xiIPDgAAQBAJ|title=WHO'S WHO OF INDIAN MARTYRS Vol 3|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting|year=1973|isbn=9788123021829|page=|access-date=2023-03-21|archive-date=2023-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701145943/https://books.google.com/books?id=xiIPDgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> When he attacked the fort of Amargol, the British countered by sending a large force to Nargund. Baba Saheb and his army of 2,500 fought bravely, but several men from his camp betrayed him and joined the British and he was defeated. Baba Saheb escaped to a nearby forest near Torgal, but was betrayed and captured by the British.<ref name="DH">{{cite news|last=|first=|date=17 August 2007|title=Of Nargund's brave sons, who died for a cause|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/20089/of-nargunds-brave-sons-died.html|newspaper=Deccan Herald|access-date=10 November 2022|archive-date=10 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110054507/https://www.deccanherald.com/content/20089/of-nargunds-brave-sons-died.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On 12 June 1858, he was executed in Belgaum.<ref name="Gadag">{{Cite web|author=|url=https://gadag.nic.in/en/azadi-ka-amrit-mahotsav/|title=Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav|publisher=Government of Karnataka|access-date=2022-11-10|archive-date=2022-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110034921/https://gadag.nic.in/en/azadi-ka-amrit-mahotsav/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
Bhaskar Rao Bhave was depicted in the television serial 'Nargund Baba Saheb'.<ref name="TOI">{{cite news|last=Lokesh|first=Vinay|date=6 October 2020|title=Sagar Puranik talks about his five favourite films|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/sagar-puranik-talks-about-his-five-favourite-films/articleshow/78510792.cms|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=10 November 2022|archive-date=10 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221110052039/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/kannada/sagar-puranik-talks-about-his-five-favourite-films/articleshow/78510792.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Kannada people]]
[[Category:History of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Resistance to the British Empire]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Revolutionaries of the Indian Rebellion of 1857]]
[[Category:1858 deaths]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]

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Ajay Kumar at 18:39, 3 July 2023