Why is Titu Mir remembered?
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Syed Mir Nisar Ali (27 January 1782 – 19 November 1831), better known as Titumir (Bengali: তিতুমীর), was a Bengali Muslim freedom fighter who led a campaign against the British rule in India during the 19th century. ... After the storming of the fort by British soldiers, Titumir died of his wounds on 19 November 1831.
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Why is Titu Mir remembered ?
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Titu Mir was the leader of the Wahabi movement in Bengal . Under his leadership the movement turned into a movement of the peasants who were exploited at the hands of the Hindu zamindars and the European indigo planters . Titu Mir proclaimed that illegitimacy of the company's government and declared that the Muslims were the rightful owner of land . The rebels declared that they were to receive rent from the peasants and they proceeded from village to village enforcing their demands. The British employed military to suppress the rebels . Titu Mir built up a ' bamboo fortress' at Narkelberia village near Barasat which is famous in history as ' Barasat uprising ' (1831) . After a valiant Titu and his comrades were killed .