Person · Ramoshi rebel leader
Umaji Naik
Also known as Umaji
Umaji Naik (7 September 1791 - 3 February 1832), the Ramoshi tribal leader who led the 1826-1832 Deccan uprising against the British East India Company after the 1818 Third Anglo-Maratha War ended Peshwa rule. Born at Bhivdi village in Pune district, Umaji Naik organised Ramoshi, Kolhi and Katkari tribal communities into a guerilla force operating across the Sahyadri hills. His 16 February 1831 Jaherama manifesto was one of the earliest anti-colonial declarations in Western India calling for armed uprising. He was captured through betrayal and publicly hanged at the Khadki parade ground, Pune on 3 February 1832 as a warning. The 2010 Umaji Naik 220-year memorial and the Pune Jatra honour his legacy.
- Date
- 1791–1832
- Function
- Social reform & movement
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
Connections (2)
- CampaignPune/ Poona
Umaji Naik's 1826-1832 Ramoshi uprising against the British East India Company operated across the Pune district Sahyadri hills. He was publicly hanged at the Khadki parade ground, Pune on 3 February 1832 as a warning to the Deccan population. His birthplace Bhivdi village is 25 kilometres from Pune city centre.
- AnalogueVasudev Balwant Phadke
Umaji Naik's 1826-1832 Ramoshi uprising and Vasudev Balwant Phadke's 1879 Deccan uprising together frame the two major post-1818 Deccan armed anti-colonial campaigns against the British East India Company. Both were based in the Pune Sahyadri hills, both drew on Ramoshi-Dhangar-Katkari tribal communities, and both leaders were publicly executed at Pune (Umaji Naik hanged at Khadki in 1832; Phadke died at Aden Jail imprisonment in 1883).
Sources
Standard biography; regional historiography.
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