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| name = Bhima Nayak<br />
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| birth_place = [[Barwani district]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
| death_date = 29 December 1876<br />
| death_place = [[Port Blair]]<br />
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| known_for = Role in Indian freedom struggle<br />
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'''Bhima Nayak''' or '''Bheema Nayak''' (death 29 December 1876) was an Indian revolutionary.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bheema Nayak statue relates his tale of valour |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/bheema-nayak-statue-relates-his-tale-of-valour/786262 |publisher=[[The Free Press Journal]] |date=February 21, 2016}}</ref> He fought against the British in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref>{{cite news |title=हाथ लगा निमाड़ के रॉबिनहुड भीमा नायक का मृत्यु प्रमाण-पत्र |url=https://naidunia.jagran.com/special-story-bhima-nayak-death-certificate-found-213957 |publisher=Naidunia.jagran.com |date=31 October 2014 |language=Hindi}}</ref> When Bhima was convicted by the [[British government]], he was kept in [[Port Blair]] and [[Nicobar Islands|Nicobar]].<br />
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== Death ==<br />
Nayak was hanged in [[Port Blair]] on December 29, 1876.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shukla |first1=Pankaj |title=इस क्रांतिकारी ने छुड़ाए थे अंग्रेजों के छक्के, खुश होकर तात्या टोपे ने किया था खून से तिलक |url=https://hindi.news18.com/photogallery/martyr-bheema-nayaks-real-story-902876.html |publisher=[[News18]] |date=August 14, 2016 |language=Hindi}}</ref> He was also known as [[Nimad]]'s [[Robin Hood]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Western Nimad's sons also fought during 1857 revolt |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/05/14/western-nimads-sons-also-fought-during-1857-revolt-1179208196.html |publisher=[[OneIndia]] |date=May 15, 2007}}</ref><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
A government scheme, "'''''Shaheed Bhima Nayak Pariyojna"''''' in [[Madhya Pradesh]] is named after him.<ref>{{cite news |title=शहीद भीमा नायक परियोजना : बांध में आई दरारें भरीं |url=https://naidunia.jagran.com/madhya-pradesh/barwani-bhima-nayak-pariyojna-barwani-753300 |publisher=Naidunia.jagran.com |date=7 June 2016 |language=Hindi}}</ref> CM [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan|Shivraj Singh Chauhan]] dedicated a '''"''Bhima Nayak Memorial"''''' at village Dhaba Bawdi of Badwani district on January 21, 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=CM Chouhan dedicates martyr Bhima Nayak Memorial |url=http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2017/1/22/CM-Chouhan-dedicates-martyr-Bhima-Nayak-Memorial.aspx |publisher=[[The Hitavada]] |date=22 January 2017 |access-date=28 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128075416/http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2017/1/22/CM-Chouhan-dedicates-martyr-Bhima-Nayak-Memorial.aspx |archive-date=28 November 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite book |author1=Ramaṇikā Guptā |author2=Anup Beniwal |title=Tribal Contemporary Issues: Appraisal and Intervention |date=2007 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=9788180694752 |pages=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hFGgLdn6KsC&pg=PA18&dq=%22Bhima+Nayak%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiEv-Dq2fXeAhWLpI8KHWfCCMEQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=%22Bhima%20Nayak%22&f=false}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]<br />
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