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    Titumir was a 19th century Bengali Muslim freedom fighter who led an anti-British movement. He built a large bamboo fort in Narikelberia village that became part of Bengali folk legend. After the fort was stormed by British soldiers in 1831, Titumir died of his wounds. He opposed discriminatory taxes imposed by local landlords and the British. Titumir's growing forces confronted the landlords and British, but were ultimately overwhelmed in November 1831 when the British mounted a concerted artillery attack that destroyed the bamboo fort. Though Titumir died, he became an inspiration for Bangladeshi independence.

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    Titumir was a 19th century Bengali Muslim freedom fighter who led an anti-British movement. He built a large bamboo fort in Narikelberia village that became part of Bengali folk legend. After the fort was stormed by British soldiers in 1831, Titumir died of his wounds. He opposed discriminatory taxes imposed by local landlords and the British. Titumir's growing forces confronted the landlords and British, but were ultimately overwhelmed in November 1831 when the British mounted a concerted artillery attack that destroyed the bamboo fort. Though Titumir died, he became an inspiration for Bangladeshi independence.

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    Titumir was a 19th century Bengali Muslim freedom fighter who led an anti-British movement. He built a large bamboo fort in Narikelberia village that became part of Bengali folk legend. After the fort was stormed by British soldiers in 1831, Titumir died of his wounds. He opposed discriminatory taxes imposed by local landlords and the British. Titumir's growing forces confronted the landlords and British, but were ultimately overwhelmed in November 1831 when the British mounted a concerted artillery attack that destroyed the bamboo fort. Though Titumir died, he became an inspiration for Bangladeshi independence.

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    Class 9 History Lesson 5

    Chapter 4b: Anti British Movement


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    SLO:
    1. Titumir Movement

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    ❑ Titumir Movement:
    • Syed Mir Nisar Ali, better known as Titumir, was a
    Bengali Muslim freedom fighter who led a campaign
    against the British rule in India during the 19th
    century.
    • He eventually built a large bamboo fort (Basher Kella
    in Bengali) in the village of Narikelberia, which passed
    onto Bengali folk legend. After the storming of the fort
    by British soldiers, Titumir died of his wounds on 19
    November 1831.
    • In 2004, Titumir was ranked number 11 in BBC's poll
    of the Greatest Bengali of all time.

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    Early life:
    • Titumir's education began in his village
    school, after which he moved to a local
    madrassa. By the time he was 18 years of
    age, he had become a hafiz of the Qur'an
    and a scholar of the hadith and Muslim
    traditions. He was also accomplished with
    the Bengali, Arabic, and Persian
    languages.
    • in 1822, he visited Mecca for the Hajj
    pilgrimage, where he met Syed Ahmad
    Barelvi and returned as a Wahabi Islamic
    preacher with the Tariqah-i-
    Muhammadiya movement.

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    Religious and political
    activism:
    • Upon his return from Mecca in 1827,
    Titumir started preaching among the
    Muslims of 24 Parganas and Nadia.
    • He preached against practicing shirk
    traditions (such as lighting candles or
    worshiping dargah) and engaging in bidah.
    • He also preached the wearing of beards
    with trimmed moustaches for men, and
    burqas for women.
    • At that time, he commenced organizing
    the people of his native village against the
    landlords or zamindars.

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    Confrontations with the
    zamindars:
    • Titumir opposed a number of discriminatory measures in
    force at that time which included taxes on mosques and
    the wearing of beards. Titumir filed a complaint to the
    East India Company against the oppression by the
    zamindars, but to no result. This brought him into conflict
    with the zamindars such as Krishnadeva Rai of Purha,
    Kaliprasanna Mukhopadhyay of Gobardanga, Rajnarayan
    of Taragonia, Gauri Prasad Chowdhury of Nagpur and
    Devanath Rai of Gobra-Govindpur.
    • Titumir had himself belonged to a "peyada" or martial
    family and himself had served under a zamindar as a
    lathial, a fighter with a quarterstaff or lathi, (which in
    Bengal is made of bamboo, not wood) and he trained his
    men in hand-to-hand combat and the use of the lathi.
    Titumir formed a "Mujahid" consisting of lathials.
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    • The increasing strength of
    Titumir alarmed the zamindars
    who attempted to involve the
    British in their fight against
    him. Being instigated by the
    Zamindar of Gobardanga,
    Davis, the English kuthial
    (factor) of Mollahati,
    advanced with his force
    against Titumir, but were
    routed.
    • Titumir also fought against the
    local zamindar, Krishna Dev
    Roy, who fearing his growing
    forces, took help of the British
    to attack Titumir's followers.

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    • The followers of Titumir, believed to
    have grown to 15,000 by that time,
    readied themselves for armed
    conflict, and built a fort of bamboo
    at Narikelbaria, near the town of
    Barasat. This was surrounded by a
    high double curtain wall of bamboo
    stakes filled in with mud cladding
    and sun-baked bricks.
    • Titumir declared independence
    from the British, and regions
    comprising the current districts of
    24 Parganas, Nadia and Faridpur
    came under his control. The private
    armies of the zamindars and the
    forces of the British met with a
    series of defeats at the hands of his
    men as a result of his strike-and-
    Confrontations with the retreat guerrilla tactics.

    British:
    The Battle 1831:
    • Finally, the British forces, led by Lieutenant Colonel Stewart
    consisting of 100 cavalry, 300 native infantry and artillery
    with two cannons, mounted a concerted attack on 19
    November 1831, on Titumir and his followers.
    • Armed with nothing more than the bamboo quarterstaff
    and lathi and a few swords and spears, Titumir and his
    forces could not withstand the might of modern weapons
    and were overwhelmed.
    • The bamboo castle was destroyed, and Titumir was killed
    along with several of his followers.
    • The commanding officer of the British forces noted his
    opponent's bravery in dispatches, and also commented on
    the strength and resilience of bamboo as a material for
    fortification, since he had had to pound it with artillery for
    a surprisingly long time before it gave way.
    • After a long-drawn trial, Golam Rasul, Titumir's nephew
    and second in command was hanged and some 350 others
    were sentenced to transportation for life.
    Legacy:

    Titumir has been a source of inspiration in the liberation for the


    people of Bangladesh:
    • In 2004, listeners of the BBC's Bengali service voted Titumir 11
    on a list of 20 "Greatest Bengalis." The survey produced well
    over 100 names, and the top 20 was compiled on points
    awarded according to listeners' order of preference.
    • In Dhaka, Jinnah College was renamed to Government Titumir
    College in 1971. Titu Mir Hall is also a dormitory of Dhaka's
    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.
    • Bangladesh Navy has its principal base in Khulna named after
    him as 'BNS Titumir'.
    • An intercity train, Titumir Express runs between Rajshahi and
    Chilahati.
    • On 19 November 1992, the Government of Bangladesh issued a
    commemorative stamp honouring Titumir on the 161st
    anniversary of his death.
    • Mahasweta Devi wrote a novella called Titumir. A play named
    Titumir-er Basher Kella has been made for TV in Bangladesh.
    Copy Based Activity: 10 minutes
    (1) Who was David?
    (2) Where was the Bamboo fort located?
    (3) Who sent Col Stewart?
    (4) How equipped were the British against Titumeer?
    (5) List the ways Titumeer fought against the zamindars which
    outraged EIC.

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    Answer:
    1. Davis was the English kuthial (factor) of Mollahati.
    2. The fort made of bamboo was located at Narikelbaria, near the town of Barasat.
    3. Lord Bentick sent Col Stewart.
    4. The British forces, led by Lieutenant Colonel Stewart consisting of 100 cavalry,
    300 native infantry and artillery with two cannons, mounted a concerted attack on
    19 November 1831, on Titumir and his followers.
    5. Titumir opposed a number of discriminatory measures in force at that time
    which included taxes on mosques and the wearing of beards. Titumir filed a
    complaint to the East India Company against the oppression by the zamindars, but
    to no result. This brought him into conflict with the zamindars such as Krishnadeva
    Rai of Purha, Kaliprasanna Mukhopadhyay of Gobardanga, Rajnarayan of Taragonia,
    Gauri Prasad Chowdhury of Nagpur and Devanath Rai of Gobra-Govindpur.

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