In 1803, the British captured Delhi and set up the rule of the East India Company, declaring ’people belong to God, country to the King and administration to the Company Bahadur’.
The common talk in Delhi at that time was, "the writ of Shah Alam does not run beyond Palam”.
At that time Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi (1703-1823), the son of Shah Waliullah Dehlavi, issued the first Fatwa against the British rule that proclaimed, "Our country has been enslaved. To struggle for independence and put an end to the slavery is our duty”.
With this proclamation of Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlavi, the long drawn India ’s freedom struggle got a new momentum.
SYED AHMAD SHAHEED
Ulama under the leadership of Syed Ahmad (1786-1831), the great martyr of Rai Bareli of UP took the task of executing the edict of Shah Abdul Aziz.
Ulama, thereafter, became the main target of the British oppression and persecution. The word ‘Maulvi’ was synonymous to ’rebel’ in the British eyes. Out of approximately 200,000 people martyred during the revolt, more than 51,200 were Ulama. Edward Timus admitted that in Delhi alone 500 Ulama were hanged to death.
BIRTH OF DARUL ULOOM DEOBAND
After the defeat of 1857, some of the prominent Muslim leaders of the freedom movement found it very hard to save India from the cultural onslaught of the British. To counter the nefarious British plan to enslave India culturally, they planned to establish a revolutionary institution that would impart knowledge as well as enthuse fervour among student
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The Reshmi Rumal Movement was an Indian armed movement that planned to declare war against the British empire in the early 20th century.
During British rule in second decade of the 20th century, Maulana Mehmood ul Hasan and his team planned to bring a revolution against the British Empire. Their plan was to motivate Indian youth and train them. A large number of youth and his students joined this movement. The key leaders of that movement were Maulana Husain Ahmad Madni, Maulana Shah Raheem Raipuri, Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi, Maulana Muhammad Sadik from khadda and Maulana Muhammad Mian Mansoor Ansari.
