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Fateh Bahadur Sahi

Maharaja Fateh Bahadur Shahi was 99th Raja of Hathwa Raj situated in today's Gopalganj district of Bihar in India. He relentlessly pursued his objective of driving them out for nearly three decades while waging a guerrilla war against the British. The British used all of their might and resources to oppose him. He belonged to the Baghochia clan of Bhumihars which controlled the Huseypur Estate, from which descended the Tamkuhi Raj of the Kushinagar district of Uttar Pradesh and the Hathwa Raj of Gopalganj district.

Rebellion against the British
He collaborated with Mir Qasim, who continued to provide military support to him in his battles against the Mughal Emperor from Monghyr to Buxar in Bihar; he opposed the Dewani powers that the British had gained over Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa as a result of the Treaty of Allahabad in 1765. In 1772, he marched into Huseypur and killed Govind Ram who was appointed as the revenue farmer for the East India Company. In spite of this the company continued to try and bring Fateh Shahi into their fold as he held much influence among the zamindars however he refused all such offers. By 1775, the British had been experiencing many problems in the region, Following the rebellion of Chait Singh of Benares state in 1781 he renewed his campaign against the Britishers or in other words the East India Company. He later established Tamkuhi Raj approximately 109 kilometers from Husseypur, northeast of modern-day Kushinagar within the Kingdom of Oudh, seeing the growing influence and power of the East India Company. Maharaja Fateh Shahi changed his tactics and around 1789, he ceased his rebellious ways and handed the administration of the state to his sons . ==Legacy==
Legacy
Fateh Shahi's rebellion against the East India Company was the first of many rebellions against the Britishers in Bihar and India and the soon after that was followed by the 1857 rebellion. The saga of his struggle and fight against East India Company is described in the poem Meer Jamal Vadh. ==References==
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