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'''Meghar Singh Sakarwar''' or Meghar Singh (c. 1820-1860) was a [[zamindar]] from [[Gahmar]] village in [[Ghazipur]] district of present day [[Uttar Pradesh]], India. He participated in the rebellion of 1857 against [[East India Company]] supporting the rebel soldiers under [[Babu Amar Singh]].<ref name="Downs2002">{{cite journal |title=Rural Insurgency During the Indian Revolt of 1857-59: Meghar Singh and the Uprising of the Sakarwars |author=Troy Downs |journal=South Asia Research |volume=22 |issue=2 |year=2002 |pages=123–143 |doi=10.1177/026272800202200202 |s2cid=145242596}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://vpd.ca/news/2025/03/14/vpd-drug-trafficking-investigation-leads-to-arrest-and-charges/ |title=VPD drug trafficking investigation leads to arrest and charges |date=14 March 2025 |access-date=2025-04-27}}</ref><ref name="Guha 1999 118, 238, 323–326">{{Cite book|last=Guha|first=Ranajit|title= Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India|publisher=[[Duke University Press]]|year=1999|pages= 118, 238, 323–326|isbn=0822323486 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=y5SrnXC-HNcC&q=ranajit+guha+elementary+aspects+of+peasant+insurgency |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Mukherjee|first=Rudrangshu|title= Awadh in Revolt, 1857-1858: A Study of Popular Resistance|pages= xiv|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=TiWNAvhoLkkC&dq=meghar+singh+1857&pg=PR14|publisher= [[Orient Blackswan]]|year=2002|isbn=9788178240275 |language=English}}</ref><br />
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==Role in the 1857 rebellion==<br />
On 6 June 1858, Amar Singh and his troops of 2000 sepoys and 500 ''sowars'' arrived in the village of [[Gahmar]] in [[Ghazipur district|Ghazipur]] which is situated near the border with Bihar.<ref name="Downs2002" /> The Sakarwar[[Rajput]] rebels from this particular region under the leadership of Meghar Singh, wanted assistance from Amar Singh and a letter for alliance was sent from the village requesting his help. Amar Singh accepted this letter of request.<ref name="Downs2002" /> In return, Meghar Singh personally rewarded Babu Amar Singh with a ''nazrana'' or gift worth Rs 20,000. They exchanged supplies including arms aid and Amar Singh left from Gahmar village on 10 June 1858. One of the reasons for this alliance were the old marital ties shared between the Sakarwar Rajputs and the [[Ujjainiya|Ujjainiya Rajputs]].<ref name="Downs2002" /> Throughout the rest of the summer of 1858, the rebels kept on adding to its size by including more deserters from army sepoys. They kept the British troops engaged in six parganas of Ghazipur and neighbouring regions along the Ganges and Karamnasa rivers.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Guha|first=Ranajit|title= Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in Colonial India|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2005|pages=323–326|isbn=978-0-19-566050-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2WGPwAACAAJ|language=English}}</ref><br />
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==Death ==<br />
By the end of December 1858, rebel forces had faced disintegration under continuous military action against them by British troops. Meghar Singh along with his followers escaped to Nepal but the local rulers didn't gave them refuge. In late 1860, he was arrested and after a trial in court at Benares district was executed.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rizvi|first= Saiyid Athar Abbas|title= Freedom Struggle in Uttar Pradesh: Eastern and adjoining districts. 1857-59|year=1957|pages=280–283|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1uSG2O3CfIcC&q=meghar+singh+1857|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title= Bengal, Past & Present: Journal of Calcutta Society|year= 1970|pages=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ANDAAAAYAAJ&q=meghar+singh+1857|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Guha 1999 118, 238, 323–326"/><br />
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[[Category:19th-century Indian military personnel]]<br />
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[[Category:1860 deaths]]</div>Puranam