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Rekha
Singh Baxi, the 57-year-old woman who claims to be a descendant of the
royal family in Unnao, says she has been hearing stories of the buried
wealth since childhood.
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Rekha says she has been hearing stories of the buried wealth since childhood. Although some antiques have been dug up over the past few decades, there is nothing to indicate a treasure, she says. She claims that her father, freedom fighter Ayodhya Singh, was the great great grandson of Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh, the king of Daundiya Kheda in Unnao during the 1857 War of Independence.
She holds a PhD on international relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University and a master's from Jadavpur University and says she has no interest in the "treasure" everyone is looking for. "I had heard from my father that after a bit of digging, silver coins were found several times in Daundiya Kheda and its surrounding areas. Some relatives in nearby Nehalikheda village say some utensils of silver and copper, used by the king and his family, have also been dug up. Some more may well be found but there is no chance of 1,000 tonnes of gold being buried there," she says.
Rekha, who has been living with her in-laws at Barrackpore in West Bengal since 1999, is on the editorial board of 'Swadhinata', a weekly newspaper. She says Raja Ram Baksh Singh had joined Nana Sahib in the fight against the British in 1857. After being routed in the battle of Kanpur, Nana Sahib fled to Bithoor and then to Fatehgarh in Uttar Pradesh with a boatload of treasure. It is thought that he handed over this wealth to Raja Ram Baksh Singh for safekeeping before escaping towards Nepal from where he was never heard of again.
A few days after this, the Raja led an attack against a British boat detachment, killing three of them. The British counterattacked, routing Ram Baksh, who escaped and lived in hiding for years before being betrayed by one of his bodyguards in 1861, says Rekha. "He was taken to Buxar and hanged to death from a banyan tree. The site is now protected as a park, where locals observe martyrs' day on December 28, believing he was killed on that day," Rekha says.
She says her father wrote a novel on this, titled 'Bharat Ka Mukti Sangram', where he mentions the battle against the British on pages 362 and 363 and the "treasures of Nana sahib" on page 343. "The government should preserve the king's property because of its historical significance. After the gold hunt started, many people have claimed to be descendants of Ram Baksh Singh. Some are even camping in Unnao, demanding the treasure if it exists. But I don't have any interest in it. I will only request the government to ensure that the story of the treasure finds its due place in history with the accurate facts," says Rekha.
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Gold treasure hunt: Know who Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh was
India TV web desk [ Updated 19 Oct 2013, 06:39:24 ]
New Delhi: Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh is in news after a sadhu’s dream that 1,000 tonnes of gold was buried in the remains of the Raja’s old fort in Daundiya Kheda village of Unnao district in Uttar Pradesh.
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Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh was martyred in 1857 during a fight with British rulers during the sepoy mutiny.
On June 4, 1857 Nana Sahib's troops crushed the British army in Kanpur after which the British contingent reached Unnao.
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CAWNPORE IN 1857.
British solders fled and hid in a temple of Buxar after Raja Rao Ram Singh challenged them. The Raja ordered to burn them alive inside the temple after they refused to come out.
Enraged over the incident, an angry General Hope Grant lured one of Raja’s pupils Chandi and arrested him.
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General Sir James Hope Grant
march of the cavalry and horse artillery despatched in the direction of Cawnpore to open up communication with the commander-
in-chief Sir Cohn Campbell, whom he met near the Alambagh, and who raised him to the rank of brigadier-general, and placed the
whole force under his command during what remained of the perilous march to Lucknow for the relief of the residency. After the
retirement towards Cawnpore he greatly aided in effecting there the total rout of the rebel troops, by making a detour which
threatened their rear; and following in pursuit with a flying column, he defeated them with the loss of nearly all their guns at
Serai Ghat.
He also took part in the operations connected with the recapture of Lucknow, shortly after which he was promoted to the rank of
major-general, and appointed to the command of the force employed for the final pacification of India, a position in which his
unwearied energy, and his vigilance and caution united to high personal daring, rendered very valuable service. Before the work of
pacification was quite completed he was created KCB. In 1859 he was appointed, with the local rank of lieutenant-general, to the
command of the British land forces in the united French and British expedition against China. The object of the campaign was
accomplished within three months of the landing of the forces at Pei-tang (August 1, 1860). The Taku Forts had been carried by
assault, the Chinese defeated three times in the open and Peking occupied.
For his conduct in this, which has been called the most successful and the best carried out of England's little wars, he received
the thanks of parliament and was gazetted GCB. In 1861 he was made lieutenant-general and appointed commander-in-chief of the
army of Madras; on his return to England in 1865 he was made quartermaster-general at headquarters; and in 1870 he was
transferred to the command of the camp at Aldershot, where he took a leading part in the reform of the educational and training
systems of the forces, which followed the Franco-German War. In 1872 he was gazetted general and he died in London on the 7th
of March 1875 and was buried in the Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh
James Hope Grant's medals were formerly part of the Brian Ritchie collection and appeared at auction in September 2004. They
fetched £68,000 and consisted of :
- G.C.B.
- Sutlej for Sobraon (Major Jas. Hope Grant, C.B. 9th Lancers)
- Punjab 2 clasps Chilianwala, Goojerat (Major J.H. Grant, C.B. 9th Lancers)
- Indian Mutiny 2 clasps Delhi,Lucknow (Brigr. Genl. Sir J.H. Grant K.C.B)
- China 3 clasps China 1842,Taku Forts 1860,Pekin 1860
- (Lt. Genl. Sir J.H. Grant, G.C.B. Comr of the Forces)
- France Legion of Honour
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Gold treasure hunt: Know who Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh was
India TV web desk [ Updated 19 Oct 2013, 06:39:24 ]
On December 28, 1857 Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh was hanged to death in open near the banyan tree at the Shiva temple.
Raja Rao Ram Baksh was a rich landlord and gold trader. He owned a jewellery shop in Kanpur.
British historians describe him as one of the perennial buccaneers and outlaws from the Gangetic plain who joined the rebels only to loot enemy camps.
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Gold treasure hunt: Know who Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh was
India TV web desk [ Updated 19 Oct 2013, 06:39:24 ]
Tales
of Col Sleeman's encounters with similar bandit princes lend the story
some credence. None, however, knows how rich the Raja was, nor if he
buried his gold in his village when the battle shifted from Lucknow to
Baiswada. A Hindi book, Ghadar Ke Phool by Amrit Lal Nagar published a century later, describes the Raja as controversial.
A 73-year-old Rajput chieftain, Thakur Ran Daman Singh, from nearby Manpur who swore loyalty to Rana Beni Madho spoke dismissively to the writer about the Dhaundhiya Kheda Raja who didn't fight the battle on his turf but chose to escape.
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Gold treasure hunt: Know who Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh was
India TV web desk [ Updated 19 Oct 2013, 06:39:24 ]
According
to him Raja Ram Baksh was keen to escape because he feared British
retribution for the killing of several officers in his village Shiva
temple. When Rana Beni Madho arrived at his village with the British in hot pursuit, Ram Baksh left telling the Rana there was enough food in his fort for three to four years should his army be besieged.
Dhaundiya Kheda had been witness to a macabre incident when some British officers (including Sir Mowbrey Thomas who later wrote about the killings and identified the culprits) arrived while fleeing the rebels.
States during the rebellion
Gold treasure hunt: Know who Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh was
India TV web desk [ Updated 19 Oct 2013, 06:39:24 ]
They
were in charge of 40 boats carrying British women and children to
safety from Kanpur, most of which were shelled and capsized. A dozen of them swam ashore and hid till dark among the trees. At night they ventured out to locate their boat but it had drifted away. They locked themselves in at the Dhaundiya Kheda Shiva temple.
When villagers saw the trampled flower beds near the temple and the idols outside, they tried to torch the shrine. The besieged broke out waving their guns. Several persons were shot dead in the combat.
Gold treasure hunt: Know who Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh was
India TV web desk [ Updated 19 Oct 2013, 06:39:24 ]
Four,
Sir Mowbrey, Delafosse and privates Murphy and Sullivan, swam to
safety. They rejoined their army and ensured the villagers and Ram Baksh
were punished.
It was never known for sure if he was involved in the killings, but with mutiny passions running high, if the rulers wished to remain loyal to the British, they'd have been lynched.
After the reprisals began, Ram Baksh was found hiding far from his village. But loyalty to native rulers remained strong, so no villager from his area agreed to identify him.
Two
men from neighbouring villages confirmed his identity. Sentenced to
death, the Raja was hanged from a tree with another rebel to become,
willingly or otherwise, a martyr.
One story about the secret of the treasure in the fort which is prevalent in the area is that Raja Ram Singh had two daughters. He imposed a condition that he would marry his daughters to the person who had more wealth than him.
According to the Raja his would be son-in-laws should have wealth more then a man sitting on an elephant with a harpoon on it.
He
loved his daughters very much and built two castles named Bitian.
Unfortunately when the British invaded the kingdom both his daughters
committed suicide by jumping into the river Ganga.
The British tried very hard but failed to locate the buried treasure meant for the Raja’s daughters’ dowry.
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British soldiers looting kaiser bagh lucknow
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It was never known for sure if he was involved in the killings, but with mutiny passions running high, if the rulers wished to remain loyal to the British, they'd have been lynched.
After the reprisals began, Ram Baksh was found hiding far from his village. But loyalty to native rulers remained strong, so no villager from his area agreed to identify him.
Gold treasure hunt: Know who Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh was
India TV web desk [ Updated 19 Oct 2013, 06:39:24 ]
Two
men from neighbouring villages confirmed his identity. Sentenced to
death, the Raja was hanged from a tree with another rebel to become,
willingly or otherwise, a martyr. One story about the secret of the treasure in the fort which is prevalent in the area is that Raja Ram Singh had two daughters. He imposed a condition that he would marry his daughters to the person who had more wealth than him.
According to the Raja his would be son-in-laws should have wealth more then a man sitting on an elephant with a harpoon on it.
Gold treasure hunt: Know who Raja Rao Ram Baksh Singh was
India TV web desk [ Updated 19 Oct 2013, 06:39:24 ]
He
loved his daughters very much and built two castles named Bitian.
Unfortunately when the British invaded the kingdom both his daughters
committed suicide by jumping into the river Ganga. The British tried very hard but failed to locate the buried treasure meant for the Raja’s daughters’ dowry.
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British soldiers looting kaiser bagh lucknow
click:-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:British_soldiers_looting_Qaisar_Bagh_Lucknow.jpg
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