CIVIL REBELLIONS

1. SANYASI REBELLION - : 772 A.D. : was the first civil rebellion of Modern India, led by the Sanyasis of Giri order, founded by Adishankara stated when Lord Warren Hastings barred the movement of Sanyasi visiting pilgrim centres in naked form.

2. FARAZI MOVEMENT - 1804 AD: Started in Faridpur dist. of West Bengal, founded by Shariatullah and his son, Md. Mohisin. Though a reform movement opposing Hindu landed aristocarcy and the British in Bengal.

3. WAHABI MOVEMENT : Actually founded by Abdul wahab at Nazad in W. Punjab. It was introduced into India by Syed Ahmed of Bareilly in U.P. in 1822 A.D. However, Sittana in NWFP became the main centre of its activities. The movement was led by Vilayat Ali, lnayat Ali and Maqsad Ali. The Wahabis opposed Sikhs in Punjab and English in the rest of India. They preached Hindu - Muslim unity against the British. They played commendable role in 1857 Sepoy Mutiny. With the failure of Sepoy Mutiny, the movement also ended.
Sydney Cotton. the British commander conducted series of campaigns on Sittana. the stronghold of Wahabis.

4. PAGAL PANTHI MOVEMENT : First started by Bhagat Jauhari Mal as a social reform movement in the sikh community opposing consumption of liquor and male - female inequality However under Ram Singh it became Kuka Movement. The Kukas regarded only Guru Gobind as the real Sikh guru, opposed the presence of Muslims in Punjab and attempted to revive the past glory of the Sikhs. In 1872 A.D; Ram Singh organised the Kuka outbreak, captured the city Amritsar and decalared the formation of Kuka Govt. The movement ended with Ram Singh's capture and being deported to Burma as political prisoner.