Rani Shiromani

Rani Shiromani was the queen of Karnagarh, during the British rule in India. She was a freedom fighter. she played a major role in the Chuar rebellion in Midnapore. She created the first revolt against the British through the farmers in Midnapore. She was against the British East India Company and refused to pay taxes. Thus, she was called as the Rani Laxmi Bai of Midnapore.[1]

History

The last king of Karnagarh, Raja Ajit Singh, had two queens, Rani Bhabani and Rani Shiromani. Raja Ajit Singh died childless and his property went into the hands of his two queens. Rani Bhabani died in 1754 and Rani Shiromani died in 1812.

Rani Shiromani and Chuar rebellion

The Chuar rebellion, a series of peasant rebellions between 1771 and 1809 by the inhabitants of the countryside surrounding the West Bengali settlements of Midnapore, Bankura and Manbhum against the rule of the East India Company (EIC).[2] The rebels rose in revolt due to the exploitative land revenue policies of the EIC, which threatened their economic livelihoods.[3] Amongst the many dispossessed Bhumij zamindars, those who lent support to the rebels included royalty such as Durjan Singh of Raipur, Jagannath Singh of Dhalbhum, Baidyanath Singh of Dhalbhum, Mangal Singh of Panchet, Ganga Narayan Singh of Barabhum, Dubraj Singh of Birbhum, Raghunath Singh of Dhalbhum, the Rani Shiromani of Karnagarh, Raja Madhu Singh of Manbhum, Subal Singh, Shyam Ganjam Singh, Sunder Narayan Singh, Mohan Singh and Fateh Singh.

See also

References
  1. "Who was queen Shiromani".
  2. History of the Bengali-speaking People by Nitish Sengupta, first published 2001, second reprint 2002, UBS Publishers’ Distributors Pvt. Ltd. pages 187–188, ISBN 81-7476-355-4
  3. "An early freedom struggle that is not free of the 'Chuar' label". Forward Press. Retrieved 11 September 2020.


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