ABSTRACT
On 30 May 1857, in total 140 men escaped from the Sirsa jail, out of which 78 had been recaptured by 8 January 1860, but 62 were still at large, after more than 31 months from the day of their escape. The most prominent figures of Hisar during the crucial days of revolt were Shahbaz Beg, the Deputy Collector and Deputy Magistrate; Chaudhree Kurreem Khan Pathan, a former uncovenantsed Deputy Collector with a monthly salary of Rs. 450 per mensem, who had worked since 1839 but had retired by 1857. There was another trial case namely Government versus Hafiz Abdullah, Sher Khan and Karimullah, who were charged of being accomplice in the possession of plundered property acquired by murder of Europeans.
