Umaji Naik Khomane

Indian activist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroIndian activist
PlacesIndia
wasActivist
Work fieldActivism
Gender
Male
Birth7 September 1791, Purandar taluka
Death3 February 1832 (aged 40 years)
The details

Biography

Adya krantiveer Umāji Nāik Khomane (Marathi: उमाजी नाईक खोमणे) (7 September 1791 – 3 February 1832) was an Indian freedom fighter, a revolutionary. He was The First Freedom Fighter against British Rule in India.
Soon after the fall of Maratha Empire Umaji raised a tiny army against the British. His anti-British manifesto asked the country-men to fight against the foreign rulers. To capture him, the British Government announced a bounty of 10,000 rupees. Mr. Trambak Kulkarni was responsible for arrest of this great freedom fighter. He gave a message to the British and British forces came to arrest him. Though he fought against them, the forces sent were able to arrest him. After his capture, he was hanged in Pune. After the hanging Trmbak kulkarni send letter for gift against umajis arrested.
MR. Nana Chavhan was responsible for arrest of Umaji Naik.

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