BIJROLA village in district Baghpat of Uttarpradesh (India). A village known for its bravery & heroism, giving birth to several freedom fighters. Having a population of more than eleven thousand this village is exactly 6 km from the center of Baraut the sub district of Baghpat.the geographical location of this place is 29°7'28"N 77°18'53"E. A beautiful place to visit having one of the Ashoka Pillar.
A village that give birth to heroes like Baba Shahmal Tomar.
Baba Shah Mal was a great freedom fighter who fought against Britishers. His role in the freedom movement of 1857 is nonparallel. The farmers of the area had suffered from over-taxation by the British in the months before the uprising of first freedom movement in 1857. Shah Mal put together a combined force of Tat and Gujjar farmers. His army attacked and plundered the tahsil of Barout and the bazaar at Baghpat. [1] Within a short period he took hold of 84 villages of Tomar Desh Khap. During the revolution of 1857, he made his headquarters at bungalow of Irrigation Department on Yanuna River and controlled his operations from there. The British army could not face the army of Shahmal. Graves of British Soldiers and Officers killed on 30th and 31st may, 1857 can be seen today at the Meerut Road Crossing near Hindon River.The British officer Dunlap could escape very marginally in a war with army of Shahmal in July 1857. Unfortunately the turban of Shahmal got entangled with legs of his horse. En English officer named Parkar who new Shahmal took advantage of this situation. He not only killed Shahmal but also cut his body to pieces and chopped his head off. The British army hanged the head of Shahmal on a jawline to terrify the public on 21 July 1857.
