Question

Write short note on Rangoji Bapuji.

Answer 1

Rango Bapuji Gupte was an Indian diplomat, a revolutionary and a freedom fighter.

• Satara's rulers were one of the Maratha empire's few autonomous branches. Ruler Pratapsinh sent Bapuji to England to address the case before the British Parliament after the British dissolved the government in 1839.
• On returning to India he planned the 1857 revolt and was one of the masterminds behind the 1857 revolt, also known as the 1857 Indian Rebellion. He met with Nanasaheb and Tatya Tope and began building armed organizations in Satara, Kolhapur, Sangli and Belgaon.
• However, many of the fighters he had recruited were killed when his plan was exposed, he went underground and was never again found.  Gupte is said to have lived incognito in Darwha city in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district.

Answer 2

Rangoji Bapuji.

• As a political adviser and advocate, Rangoji Bapuji was known during British Rule.
• He was performing these roles for Raja Pratapsinh of Banaras.
• He was very sincere and faithful so that Raja had sent him to London for fighting his case against the East Indian Company.
• He did not win but came with respect and strength to remove the British rule and set the ruling system of the expired King.
• Because of the support of Queens and the adopted prince of Raja Pratapsinh, he became a rebel against the British and known as Rango Bapuji from Satara.