Raja Fathua
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Raja Fathua was a leader of a group of rebel Gujjar
s near the Indian town of Gangoh
during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
. Raja Fathua's group was defeated by H. D. Robertson and Lieutenant Boisragon towards the end of June 1857.
Gujjar
The Gurjar are an ethnic group in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Gurjara, Gujar, Gurjjara and Gūrjara. The spelling Gurjara or Gurjar is preferable to the rest....
s near the Indian town of Gangoh
Gangoh
Gangoh is a town and a municipal board in Saharanpur district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.-Geography:Gangoh is located at . It has an average elevation of 292 metres .-Demographics:...
during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to...
. Raja Fathua's group was defeated by H. D. Robertson and Lieutenant Boisragon towards the end of June 1857.