Baheliya Community ( A Warrior Clan)
We will be discussing the glorious past of the Baheliya Community and their contribution in the freedom struggle of India and various wars. Baheliya community has a long history of being a source of manpower in India [i] . They long provided a source of military recruitment [ii] . They were foot soldiers in various armies and have been stated to be brave soldiers. The actual history of the community has long been hidden and the community is just depicted as a community of hunters and fowlers, which is not true at all. In the 1857 independence struggle of India, the wave of revolt was spread allover the country. A small village Pindra at Satna District of Madhya Pradesh had a huge contribution to the Independence struggle wherein almost 109 village people died fighting against the Britishers. Baheliya community had a huge role in the above stated revolt where 49 people of the community lost their life fighting bravely aga...