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BRAVEHEARTS

M KUNWAR SINGH KATHA

Kunwar Singh was seventy-five when he chose to fight the British. His PASSION
story is part of the chain of events that surround the First War of
Indian Independence. Even though he was on good terms with the Vol751 I ?50
British commissioner of Patna, Kunwar Singh was clear that his
loyalties lay with the mutinying sepoys. He and his band of men
caused enough disruption to have the British baying for his arrest.
Sasaram, Rewa, Ramgarh, Atraulia - he seemed to be everywhere
at the same time. And they never got him.

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 MR. TAVLER, I HATE
MV SELF EVERV TIME
I SHOOT A TIGER.

I HAVE BEEN USING ..•AND NEVER HOU MUST THANK US

THIS RIFLE ONLV TO IN A FOR THAT, BABU.
KILL POOR ANIMALS.. BATTLE.

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YES,BABU KUNWAR SINGH. THAT’S WHAT THERE IS ONE STRONG

TME BRITISH EMPIRE HAS ACHIEVE'' CENTRAL AUTHORITY— THE
INPIA.NO MORE WARS BETWEEN AUTHORITY OF THE EAST
PETTY PRINCIPALITIES. INPIA COMPANY.

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ANP THOSE WHO NEED DON'T TELL ME YOU njrf

WON’T IT COME AS A
EXCITEMENT CAN ALWAYS WANT TO SHOOT z'
SHOCK TO HIM WHEN HE WELL THAT THE REBELS
SHOOT TIGERS! > l ME INSTEAD! A
FINDS YOU ON THE SIDE STAND NO CHANCE OF
Vv haihai yQ
OF THE REBELLIOUS SUCCEEDING. THEY WILL
SEPOYS ? BE CRUSHED.
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THAT CAN’T YOU COULD BE
OF COURSE, BE HELPEP. RIGHT, AMAR.
NOTl
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7YOU
^ ARE A FINE GENTLEMAN, \ THE
MR. TAYLER FEELING IS
MUTUAL,
KUNWAR
SINGH.

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KUNWAR SINGH

IT CONTAINED LETTERS IT IS FOR THE SAME REASON

TO LEADERS IN ^ THAT I DON’T WANT TO LAV
PATNA INVITING MV HANDS ON KUNWAR
THEM TO RISE jC-
AGAINST THE jS
GOVERNMENT. / !

HE WAS NOT
RESTED BECAUSE DELHI HAS FALLEN«
E PROOF WAS CAWNPORE HAS FALLEN.
AGRA IS IN PERIL.AND
BEFORE THE SEPOVS
AT DINAPORE RISE...

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JULY WE HAVE THE TROOPS OF,T

GENERAL THIRTY-SEVENTH FOOT AS
CAPTAIN PUNBAR, PISARM THE NATIVE , LLOVP. . A STANPBV, IN CASE...
SEP0V9• TAKE BACK THE PERCUS6I0N
CAPS*ISStJEP TO LET'S HOPE THERE WON
BE ANY TROUBLE.

AT THE SPECIAL AFTERNOON PARADE

THE BRITISH SOLDIERS PANICKED AND RETURNED FIRE JULY 27 , IBS7: THE OPPOSITE BANK OF THE SABO KUNWAR )
RIVER SONE — SINGH 1

6MQLL QUANTITIES OF GUNPOWDER, TRAPPED IN PAPER ETC.USED AS A DETONATOR 7

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JULY ARRAH Pt STRICT
...TILL HELP ARRIVES FROM PATNA
IS, MR. WAKE , WILL BE OUR
FORTRESS TILL HELP ARRIVES- WHERE ARE
IT’S THE BEST I COULD PO- THE MUTINEERS

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fVTHE WHOLE TOWN IS TAKEN

I HAP THESE SANDBAGS PILEP WHAT A BOOT THE RAJA SAHEB,EXCEPT FOR
f i ru__ WHLL
UP HERE . WE COULD OPEN FI RE BUILDING v THIS HOUSE. u
FROM BEHIND THEM. AROUND THE ROOF
. OPPOSITE? KNOCKED DOWN
s. THERE.

SO THAI ANVONE WHoA f GOOD WORK, OH, MR. WAKE I THERE’S NO NEED TO
COMES FROM THAT MR. BOVLE. LET’S I’M SO MEANWHILE, I LL SEE
PANIC , MV PEAR. WE
DIRECTION WILL BE GO IN. FRIGHTENED. HAVE FIFTV SIKHS THAT LAW ANP ORDER
EXPOSED TO OUR IS MAINTAINED IN
ANP TWELVE ENGLISH
FIRE . ^ THE TOWN. j
MEN TO DEFEND
 AMAR CHITRA KATHA
KUNWAR SINGH
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SHALL WE PREVENT NO. LET THEM LANP.
JUtM 89,1657 —
»« LATER, AT THE FORTIFIED HOUSE OF
"THEM FROM LET THEM CROSS
RAdA SAHEB, A BDAT- LANPING P THE BRIDGE TOO.
LOAP OF EUROPEANS THEN...
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ANP SJKHS HAS 50 THE7 HAVE
BEEN SPOTTEP WAV ARRIVED AT
PDWN THE LAST.
RIVER vy / A #.

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fiT THE BRIP6E CAPTAIN , SHALL WE REST OUR MEN

, FOR A WHILE WHEN WE’VE CROSSEP SOME TIME LATER I WOULD LIKE TO I AM
A. THE BRIDGE ? ^ MEET MR.WAKE MR. WAKE
NO! WE MARCH
ON.

( AT LAST f
V OUR men!

»WVf 30, 1657 7

GOOD MORNING,SIR. I AM ANOTHER PAV ANP
MAJOR VINCENT EVRE OF ABOUT WE WOULD HAVE
THE SITUATION HERE- I TOOK SURRENDERED.
THE ROAD TO ARRAH.

A FEW /1 MUST THANK

MORE MILES PROVIDENCE FOR
TO GO... SENDING VOU
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MOST OF THE MEN IN THE RESCUE

PARTW WERE KILLED IN THE flM&UGH.
THE FEW WHO SURVIVED RAN FOR.
I their lives.
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AMAR CHITRA KATHA
WE WILL MARCH ON TO JAGPISHPUR AS SOON THE RAMGARH 1NFANTRV HAS EACH ONE HAS \ LET US NOT WASTE ANY
BY THE WAV, PID ^ NOT REALLY.THE REBELS
AS REINFORCEMENTS REACH US. REVOLTED. SO HAS THE HAZARI HIS OWN ) TIME . WE MUST CAPTURE
VOU SUFFER HEAVY 1 THREW UP THEIR ARMS
BAGH INFANTRY. ANP MR. PROBLEMS /KUNWAR SINGH BEFORE HE
CASUALTIES ? . 'SOONER. THAN WE EKPECT- i have been pleaping with tayler HAS BEEN I GUESS-X\dOINS THE MUTINEERS
EP ANP FLEP TO JAGPISHPUR patna to senp troops, but _ conna ua7QDia^r.M
REPLACED BY MR.

nyrl THERE HAS BEEN NO

\ RESPONSE, MAJOR
EVRE.
SAMUELLS AS THE
COMMISSIONER OF
PATNA.

HOWEVER, WHEN 7HEW BURST INTO KUNWAR SINGH'S CONFISCATE THE AMMUNITION »
RESIDENCE AT UAGDISHPUR- DESTROY WHAT WE CANNOT
CARRY ANP BLOW UP THE
BUILDINGS*
ANY EUROPEAN
MOLESTED OR
KILLED?

NO, SIR. NOT A

SINGLE EUROPEAN
WAS HARMED.
THE MUTINEERS
SHOWED
THAT MUCH
CONSIPERATION,

A FEW DAYS LATER. MR. WAKE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO 5PARE

-7 TROOPS. EUROPEANS ARE RUSHING
I AM CAPTAIN RATTRAV CAPTAIN,! CAN
OF THE SIKH REGIMENT, FROM MUZAFFARPUR,GAVA AND
NOW RESUME
ID CHAMPARAN TO PATNA FOR
MY JOURNEY TO
PROTECTION.
ALLAHABAD.

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KUNWAR SINGH
AT PATNA MESSAGES STARTED POURING IN KUNWAR SINGH PASSEP
THROUGH RAMGARHI MEAN WHILE, AT KOELSA* WHERE COLONEL M/LMAN OF WE WILL STOP HIM
J KUNWAR SINGH KUNWAR SINGH BEFORE HE
\ WAS SEEN AT HAS TAKEN REACHES
Jk SASARAM. _ REWA f AZAMGARH.
- ^

COLONEL MIL MAN MARCHED IN THE PITCHED BATTLE

THROUGH THE NIGHT... FOUGHT IN THE MANGO
GROVE...

THIS OLP MAN OF

HE JOINEP HANDS WITH
SEVENTY-FIVE IS NANA SAHEB ANPvFOUGHT
LEAPING US A
TO RECAPTURE CAWNPORE*
PRETTY PANCE,
WE WON.
I PARE SAY I

M/LMAN SCORED AN EASY VICTORY OUR MEN HAVE EARNER

A REST.ARRANGE FOR
THAT WAS A GOOP BREAKFAST I y
PIP WE TAKE ) NO, SIR. AT THE JOB WASN’T IT,
HIM CAPTIVE?/ MOMENT HE’S S. COLONEL ? >
^-.-f CAMPING AT
A V ATRAULIA.

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* NEAR AZAMGARH
 AMAR CHITRA KATHA KUNWAR SINGH

ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ..SHER SHAH A

BIHAR
Script: Swarn Khandpur.
CATTLE AND ELEPHANT FAIRS IS
HELD AT SONPUR, ON WE RIVER
GANPAN, NEAR PATNA. FOR A
OF HINDUSTAN

MONTH IN OCTOBER-NOVEMBER,
Illustrated by: S.K. Parab THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THR0N6
HERE COMBINING BUSINESS
WITH PLEASURE.

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H/S TOMB AT SASARAM LIES IN SHAHABAD

DISTRICT WHERE KUNWAR SINGH, THE BIHAR
HERO OF1857,1--aa --
ROSE ASAINST
TOWARDS THE END OF THE TWELFTH THE BRITISH, i/s a -• .
CENTURA, MUHAMMAD-BIN
BANHT/YAR NHAL/I INVADED NALANDA * L

AND THE UNIVERSITY TOWN OF m

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ODANTPURl (MODERN BIHAR-SHARIF). 11

HE FOUND A LAR6E NUMBER OF BIHAR HAS SEEN DESCRIBED AS THE RICHEST

BOONS THERE. ON BE!NS TOLD THAT STATE OF THE COUNTRY AS IT IS ABUNDANTLY
THE TOWN WAS A V/HARA ,A PLACE ENDOWED WITH RICH MINERALS LINE IRON AND
OF LEARNING, he too CALLED it COAL. TWO 815 STEEL PLANTS AND SEVERAL
V/HARA, WHICH BY AND BY, OTHER INDUSTRIES HAVE BEEN SET UP IN
BECAME BIHAR. THE STATE.
ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING PLACES IN
PATNA IS THE KHUPA BAK$H ORIENTAL LIBRARY
IT CONTAINS SOME OF THE RAREST MANUSCR/PTi
ON ISLAMIC LITERATURE, PRICELESS
MINIATURES AND PAINTINGS.

PATNA, THE CAPITAL OF BIHAR

WAS FOUNDED BY SHER SHAH
SUR, AT THE SITE WHERE THE
THE MAHATMA SANDH/ SETU OVER THE RIVER GANQA WHICH FLOWS RIGHT ACROSS ANCIENT CITY OF PATAUPUTRA
B/HAR CUTT/WS /T IN TWO, IS THE LONGEST RIVER BRIDGE IN THE WORLD. WAS. FROM A PETTY AFGHAN CHIEF.
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A COLLECTOR'S EDITION t

FROM INDIA’S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER.

India’• proatcst oplc, told over 1,300 beautifully illustrated pages.
f.thltaDbaflrta Collector's Edition It’s not just a sat of books, it s a pioca of culture*

WE LL MEET HIM MIL MAN’S EVERY MOVE WAS WATCHED BN

COME < ,’N &OV5 KUNWAR SINGH’S MEN HIDING IN SUGAR -

f THE MAHABHARATA X
* COLLECTOR'S EDITION
Rupees one thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine only.
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KUNWAR SINGH'S MEN TOOK OVER THE TOWN AND THREW A SLOCK APE ROUND THE JAIL.

AT ALLAHABAD THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL, IF HE TAKES BANARAS HE WILL

LORD CANNING CONFERRED WITH SENIOR EFFECTIVELY CUT US OFF FROM
OFFICERS, r CALCUTTA ON THE ONE HANP
J KUNWAR SINGH’S AND ALLAHABAD AND
PLAN IS TO PASH OFF LUCKNOW ON THE OTHER.
TO BANARAS**

KUNWAR SINGH'S MEN CHASED THEM RIGHT UP TO [

I AGREE WITH YOU, I WISH YOU
COLONEL MARK. YOU ALL THE
MUST PREVENT HIM

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UNFORTUNATELY KUNWAR SINGH WAS PROVED RIGHT. COLONEL MARK MANAGED TO REACH
AZAMGARH WITH THE SPEED OF LIGHTNING.

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KUNWAR SINGH
THUS WHEN SIR LUGGARD, THE VETERAN BRITISH COMMANDER
HIS MEN WERE GREETED BY A VOLLEV OF BULLETS. f-

MEANWHILE t HUN WAR SINGH GOT AWAV WITH THE MAIN ARMV
RUT WORSE WAS TO FOLLOW.
WHAT DO HOU WE WILL BE
RAJA SAHEB,A WHOLE SUGGEST ? SHOULD A COUPLE OF DAVS LATER, NISHAN SINGH AT LAST THE BRITISH
RAJA
WE FIGHT? JOINED KUNWAR SINGH
INFANTRV BRIGADE HAVE RECOGNISED
V ISON ITS WAV. LUGGARD HAS ANNOUNCED AN AWARD THE WORTH OF
OF 25,000 RUPEES FOR VOUR HEAD, INDIANS*
RAJA SAHEB.

[ luggard is leading the

WHO WILL VOLUNTEER TO I WILL, RAJA SAHEB
brigade... __. AND THE MAN WHO WAN75
HOLD LUGGARD’S MEN AT WITH MV MEN. AT NIGHT I WANT VOU TO C
ALL- RIGHT. CLAIM THE REWARD gg
BAV WHILE THE REST AWAV WITH THE
WE WILL GO DOUGLAS I DOUGLAS HAS
GET AWAV ? CAUGHT UP WITH .MAIN ARMV.
BACK TO
US, RAJA SAHEB.
. arrah.
GOOD LUCK
TO HIM.

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TRUSTED GENERAL.
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KUNWAR SINGH

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...LONG ENOUGH TO ENABLE THE MAIN ARMY TO GET AWAY. THEN HE ALSO JOINED
NI SHAN SINGH. TOWARDS EVENING NO. WE WILL NOT WIN
J SHALL WE REST OUR .EAVE SUCH LUXURIES THIS WAR.
MEN FOR THE NIGHT? TO DOUGLAS. WE MUST
MARCH ON. * i ii-i-i rvii f wniv.

at all p it doesn
make sense.

KUNWAR SINGH’S MEN MARCHED PAY

AND NIGHT...

...TILL THEY REACHED MANIAR. WHEN TIPU FELL IN

DISTANT MVSORE I WAS
A LITTLE BOV IN BIHAR.

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AMAR CHITRA KATHA
THAT NIGHT AT SHEOPUR GHAT LET THE MEN CROSS
WE WILL LOSE THIS OVER.
WAR.PUT yOUR THE BOATS ARE
GRANDSON AND A READV, RAJA SAHE& V
THOUSAND OTHERS
WILL CONTINUE THE
FIGHT.

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WHILE KUNWAR SINGH'S MEN WERE

MEANWHILE ATT THE BRITISH CAMP- ROWING AWAW ...

POUGLAS’ MEN WERE LOOKING FOR ELEPHANTSI

ATT MANIAR THE ENEMV HAS I THINK WE HAVE

NO SIGN OF
SWALLOWED THE STORV BEEN TAKEN FOR A RIDE
THEM HERE
FED TO THEM.

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ay TUB TIME THE TIRED MEN ARRIVED AT THE RIGHT PLACE, KUNWAR S/NGH’S MEN HAP
APRIL 23, 1858: KUNWAR SINGH WAS BACK IN HIS OWN VILLAGE.
CROSSED THE RIVER, ALL EXCEPT TWO HUNDRED.

BRIGADIER DOUGLAS TOO HAD CROSSED THE let’s AWAIT THE

GANG A AND WAS CAMPING AT ARRAH. ARRIVAL OF SIR
RUNWAR SINGH WAS BOARDING THE LAST
LUGGARP.
BOAT WHEN A BULLET HfT HIM IN THE LEFT

KUNWAR SINGH SMILED,..

...AND CLOSED HIS EWES NEVER TO

OPEN THEM AGAIN.

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