ABSTRACT
The period to the end of 1858 was one of violence while; the second phase, violent in another way with confiscation, deprivation, and rewards and ran simultaneously with the first for some months; and ended in 1860, though some cases were taken up even in the royal durbar of 1877. The banias of Bhiwani were British supporters, because in 1817 William Fraser, Political Resident in Delhi, selected Bhiwani for the site of a mandi or free market. The British authorities started showing their true colours with brutalities, retribution, and vengeance in Haryana with effect from 17 May 1857, when the first detachment of Delhi Field Force marched from Ambala. Meo biswadari villages Nunera, Mohammadpur Gujjar, Sanpki Nangli, Hariahera, Baiki, Hirmathala, etc., were confiscated and auctioned to the favourites of the British rulers. A Gujjar village named Harchandpur too was confiscated.
