Rao Tula Ram

Rao Tula Ram (9 December 1825 - 23 September 1863), the Rao Yadav chief of Rewari (modern Haryana) who led the 1857-1858 Rewari-Hisar uprising against the British East India Company. Born at Rampura village in Rewari district, he refused to accept the Company's abolition of his Rao chieftainship under the 1803 Treaty of Delhi. On 17 May 1857 (seven days after the Meerut mutiny), Rao Tula Ram declared independence from the EIC and set up a provisional government at Rewari. His army defeated Shower's EIC forces at the Battle of Nasibpur (November 1857) but was overwhelmed by Hughes's reinforcements. He escaped first to Nepal, then to Afghanistan where he died at Kabul on 23 September 1863. The 2010 Rewari memorial honours him.