Nawab Noor Samad Khan was the Freedom fighter of India and Nawab of a small princely state Rania, Hisar, Haryana. [1]
According to the Anglo-Maratha treaty, [2] Haryana came under the British rule i n 1803. Due to this, Nawab Noor Samad Khan's small principality Rania also came under the British rule in 1818. [3]
The British sanctioned an annual pension of Rs 5700 for Nawab Noor Samad Khan's living expenses. [4] Nawab Noor Samad Khan found this pension humiliating. [5] He was waiting for a right opportunity to take revenge for this insult. [5] [6]
When the fire of revolution broke out in various parts of India in 1857, Superintendent Robertson came to Nawab Noor Samad Khan and asked him to control any kind of rebellion in his area. [7]
Nawab Noor Samad Khan took advantage of this opportunity and collected money from Robertson for more troops and weapons to control the rebellion and increased the number of his army and weapons.
As soon as the wave of revolution reached the area of Nawab Noor Samad Khan, Noor Samad Khan revolted against the British. He drove the British out of his area and took independent control of the entire area. He freed all the revolutionaries who were captured by the British.
The whole of Sirsa came under the control of Nawab Noor Samad Khan. Bahadur Shah Zafar declared him the Nawab of Sirsa.
The British could not tolerate such a big defeat, then General Kotland came to fight Nawab Noor Samad Khan with a large army. A fight took place between the two in a village named Udyam near "Rania".
Nawab Noor Samad Khan fought bravely but due to lack of army and weapons, he had to face defeat. Nawab Noor Samad Khan was arrested and sentenced to death on the charge of rebellion.