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'''Durjan Singh''' was a great leader of [[Chuar Rebellion]] of [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]]. Singh was a ''[[zamindar]]'' of Raipur in the [[Bishnupur kingdom|Bishnupur district]] of [[Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web |title=History-BANKURA |url=https://www.wbcsmadeeasy.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/HISTRY-BAN.pdf |website=WBCSMadeEasy}}</ref> He led the Chuar Rebellion in 1798–99 in [[Midnapore district]] against the [[British East India Company]], but it was brutally crushed at its peak..<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chatterjee |first=Gouripada |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=75-a8FSPmvQC |title=Midnapore, the Forerunner of India's Freedom Struggle |date=1986 |publisher=Mittal Publications |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Civil Disturbances During the British Rule in India (1765 - 1857) |url=https://indianculture.gov.in/ebooks/civil-disturbances-during-british-rule-india-1765-1857 |website=INDIAN CULTURE |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Rebellion ==<br />
In [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], the [[Bhumij people|Bhumijs]] of [[Jungle Mahals]] were called ''chuars'' . Some of them became ''zamindars'', and called themselves ''Rajas'' or ''Sardars''. Their rebellions during the [[Company rule in India|Company rule]] were called [[Chuar Rebellion]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=97EeAQAAMAAJ |title=Journal of the Asiatic Society |date=1973 |publisher=The Society |language=en}}</ref><br />
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Raja Durjan Singh was the [[Bhumij people|Bhumij]] ''zamindar'' of Raipur, from where he was dispossessed by the British. To get back his Raipur estate, Durjan Singh joined the Chuar Rebellion started by [[Raja Jagannath Singh|Jagannath Singh]], ''zamindar'' of [[Dhalbhum]] and attacked the British with around 15,000 of his companions and caused havoc in Raipur and surrounding areas.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Das |first=Binod Sankar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGTxUHzhYXwC |title=Changing Profile of the Frontier Bengal, 1751-1833 |date=1984 |publisher=Mittal Publications |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bengal (India) |first=West |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FMBFAQAAIAAJ |title=West Bengal District Gazetteers: Bānkurā |date=1968 |publisher=State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers |language=en}}</ref> He was also supported by other dispossessed Bhumij ''zamindars'', ''Rajas'' and Bagri leaders of [[Midnapore]], [[Dhalbhum]], [[Bankura]]{{When|date=January 2025}} including Mohan Singh, Lal Singh, Govardhan.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Saraf |first=R. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVTEliFf9W8C |title=The Indian Society: A Process of Peoples' Revolutionary Struggle Through the Ages |date=1974 |publisher=Progressive Studies, Kashmir |language=en}}</ref> He established his rule over 30 villages and attacked the [[East India Company]] establishments. The ''Chuars ([[Bhumij people|Bhumijs]])'' spread the rebellion in [[Raipur, Bankura|Raipur]], [[Bankura]], [[Phulkusma]], Bhalaidiha, [[Shyamsundarpur, Paschim Bardhaman|Shyamsunderpur]] and [[Simlapal]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nQ_AAAAMAAJ |title=Hundred Years of Freedom Struggle, 1847-1947 |date=1989 |publisher=Biplabi Niketan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Saha |first1=Sheela |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnZuAAAAMAAJ |title=The Company Rule in India: Some Regional Aspects |last2=Saha |first2=D. N. |date=2004 |publisher=Kalpaz Publications |isbn=978-81-7835-251-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Suchibrata |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XRouAAAAMAAJ |title=The Santals of Jungle Mahals: An Agrarian History, 1793-1861 |date=1984 |publisher=Ratna Prakashan |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOQrAQAAIAAJ |title=The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies |date=2002 |publisher=Institute of Historical Studies. |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==Further reading ==<br />
*{{cite book |last1=Das |first1=Binod Sankar |title=Changing Profile of the Frontier Bengal, 1751-1833 |date=1984 |publisher=Mittal Publications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UGTxUHzhYXwC&q=lal+singh+satarkhani+chuar+barabhum&pg=PA86 |language=en}}<br />
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