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[[File:The mausoleum of Hafiz Rahmat Khan at Bareilly, 1814-15.jpg|thumb|350px|Dargah of [[Hafiz Rahmat Khan]] near Gali Nawaban]]
'''Gali Nawaban''' (Royal Lane) is a street in [[Bareilly]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]. It was the ''royal lane'' where members of the [[Rohilla]] royalty and nobility lived during the [[Rohilkhand]] empire. The palatial houses were subdivided into smaller houses over the years. Most of the [[Pashtun people|Rohilla]]s lived on Gali Nawaban at the [[Partition of India|independence]] of [[Pakistan]] when some migrated to Pakistan. Gali Nawaban is still inhabited by many Rohilla families and also members of other communities.

==Rohillas==
[[Rohilkhand]] was ruled by [[Rohilla]]s with their capital in [[Bareilly|City of Bareilly]] until their defeat in [[Rohilla War]] of 1774–75. Rohillas took active part during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. The rebellion began as a [[mutiny]] of native soldiers ([[sepoy]]s) employed by the British East India Company's army against race- and religion-based injustices and inequities, on 10 May 1857. After the failure of rebellion many Rohillas were lost their lands and some were exiled. When the rebellion failed, Bareilly was subjugated. Khan Bahadur Khan was sentenced to death and hanged in the Kotwali on 24 February 1860. Many urban cities in Uttar Pradesh were experiencing economic stagnation and poverty. After the failure of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] many [[Rohilla]] [[Muslim]] [[Pashtun diaspora|Pathans]] from Bareilly and surrounding cities migrated to [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Dutch South American Colonies]], now [[Surinam]] and [[Guyana]], as [[indenture]]d labour.<ref>[http://www.afghan-network.net/Culture/afghan-guyana.htm HISTORY OF MY PEOPLE: The Afghan Muslims of Guyana] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312053421/http://www.afghan-network.net/Culture/afghan-guyana.htm |date=12 March 2013 }}</ref> While a majority of Rohillas remained landowners and cultivators, a significant minority were also taking to western education, and entering profession such as the law and medicine. They also began to take an interest in the political debates of the last decade of the 19th Century, with some joining the newly formed [[Indian National Congress]], while others were being attracted to [[Islamism|pan-Islamism]]. This period also saw a wholesale adoption of North Indian Muslim culture, with [[Urdu language|Urdu]] becoming the native language of the Rohilla. In fact the term of Rohilla was being replaced with the term ''Pathan'', which was the new self-identification. But a sense of distinct identity remained strong, with the Rohillas occupying distinct quarters in the cities, such as ''Gali Nawaban'' (home to the descendants of [[Hafiz Rahmat Khan]]), Kakar Tola and Pani Tola, in Bareilly. The intermarriage with neighbouring Muslim communities such as the [[Shaikh of Uttar Pradesh|Shaikh]], [[Muslim Rajput]] and [[Kamboh]] started after the failure of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]]. The at the dawn of [[Partition of India|independence]], the Rohilla were still a distinct community, but all that was about to be changed by the independence of [[Pakistan]] and [[India]]. The Rohillas are now part of [[Urdu language|Urdu]] speaking community of [[North India]] and [[Pakistan]].<ref>''The Rise and Decline of the Ruhela'' by Iqbal Hussain</ref>

==See also==
* [[Rohilla]]
* [[Rohilkhand]]
* [[Pashtun diaspora|Pathans]]
* [[Bareilly]]
* [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.jantareview.com/Bareilly/Gali-Nawaban Gali Nawaban]

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[[Category:Rohilkhand]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Bareilly]]
[[Category:Rohilla]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Bareilly]]

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>Shyamsunder at 11:37, 17 August 2020