1837 Poonch Revolt

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The 1837 Poonch Revolt, also known as the 1837 Poonch Rebellion, was a revolt in the princely state of Poonch, India, against the Dogra dynasty's rulers Dhian Singh and Raja Gulab Singh. The rebellion was led by a head-man of the Sudhan tribe from the Poonch governor, Sardar Shams Khan, along with his close accomplices Mali Khan and Sabz Ali Khan. In 1837, after Hari Singh Nalwa's death in the Battle of Jamrud, the Sudhan tribe of Poonch, together with other tribes and Pahari-speaking people, rose in revolt. The insurgency was led by Shams Khan, a chief of the Sudhan tribe and former confidential follower of Dhian Singh. Thus the betrayal of Shams Khan Sudhan against the regime was taken personally and Gulab Singh was given the task of crushing the rebellion. After defeating the insurgents in Hazara and the Murree hills, Gulab Singh stayed at Kahuta for some time and promoted disunion among the insurgents. Then his forces were sent to crush the insurgents. Eventually, Shams Khan Sudhan and his nephew were betrayed and their heads were decapitated during their sleep while the lieutenants were captured, flayed alive, and cruelly put to death. Contemporary British commentators stated that the local population suffered immensely, many rebels were captured and treated with vengeance; their hands and feet were severed by axes, while the skin of Mali Khan and Sabz Ali Khan, two of Shams's close accomplices, was peeled off their bodies, and their heads were hung on gallows in a crossroads as a warning to others. Hands were ultimately laid on the chief rebel as well, and his head was cut off.


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