Latest / The Hidden History of Bengal: Kingdoms, Empires, and Revolution — Fexingo History
The Fakir-Sannyasi Resistance: Bengal's First Anti-Colonial Uprising
Long before the 1857 rebellion, Bengal saw an extraordinary armed resistance led not by kings or nawabs, but by ascetics—wandering Hindu sannyasis and Muslim fakirs who rose up against the East India Company's brutal revenue policies after the 1770 famine. This episode explores the Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion (1760s–1800), a decentralized guerrilla war that stretched from the jungles of Rangpur to the banks of the Ganges. We follow the elusive leader Bhabani Pathak, a former zamindar turned sannyasi who became the Company's most wanted man, and the Company's failed attempts to…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.