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Surendra Sai started the rebellion in 1827, at the age of 18 as the British started monopoly. He was arrested in 1840 and was sent to Hazaribagh jail on charge of murder. After 17 years he was released by the mutineers during Sepoy mutiny of 1857. He came back and renewed the rebellions in a big way. Support base, unique war strategy brought success. He controlled all the roads and the area with the help of chain of forts and recruited soldiers. The British could not succeed in controlling the situation despite spending of huge amount of money and bringing many contingent of soldiers. At last the Govt adopted reconciliation tactics and brought peace in 1862. But British betrayed, hatched conspiracy and arrested all the ex rebels on one night operation carried out in 1864. The false allegations could not be proved in the court. But they were not released, rather were detained on clause 3 of 1818 detention act. Surendra, his son, three brothers and three associates were send to Asirgarh of M. P. Hatte Sing, Zamindar of Ghess was send to Andaman. Several others were kept at Sambalpur and Raipur jail. Six of the eight at Asirgarh died on different years. Surendra died on 28 February 1884 and Udanta, his brother in January 1894. They remained in jails for 37 and 47 years respectively of their lives.
Surendra Sai started the rebellion in 1827, at the age of 18 as the British started monopoly. He was arrested in 1840 and was sent to Hazaribagh jail on charge of murder. After 17 years he was released by the mutineers during Sepoy mutiny of 1857. He came back and renewed the rebellions in a big way. Support base, unique war strategy brought success. He controlled all the roads and the area with the help of chain of forts and recruited soldiers. The British could not succeed in controlling the situation despite spending of huge amount of money and bringing many contingent of soldiers. At last the Govt adopted reconciliation tactics and brought peace in 1862. But British betrayed, hatched conspiracy and arrested all the ex rebels on one night operation carried out in 1864. The false allegations could not be proved in the court. But they were not released, rather were detained on clause 3 of 1818 detention act. Surendra, his son, three brothers and three associates were send to Asirgarh of M. P. Hatte Sing, Zamindar of Ghess was send to Andaman. Several others were kept at Sambalpur and Raipur jail. Six of the eight at Asirgarh died on different years. Surendra died on 28 February 1884 and Udanta, his brother in January 1894. They remained in jails for 37 and 47 years respectively of their lives.