The Second Rohilla War was a conflict between British India and the Rohillas of Rampur

Rampur

The name Rampur, together with the variations Ramapur, Ramapura and Ramapuram, may refer to:-Bangladesh:* Rampur Boalia, a medieval region near the present city of Rajshahi, in northwestern Bangladesh west of bangladesjh-India:...

 in 1794.

The end of the First Rohilla War in 1774 saw Faizullah Khan

Faizullah Khan

Faizullah Khan was the first Nawab of Rampur. The princely state of Rampur was set up in 1774, after the First Rohilla War, by the dismemberment of the Rohilla state of Rohilkhand. Faizullah Khan, the surviving heir of Ali Mohammed Khan and opponent of the forces of Awadh and the British East...

 installed as Nawab

Nawab

A Nawab or Nawaab is an honorific title given to Muslim rulers of princely states in South Asia. It is the Muslim equivalent of the term "maharaja" that was granted to Hindu rulers....

 of Rampur

Rampur

The name Rampur, together with the variations Ramapur, Ramapura and Ramapuram, may refer to:-Bangladesh:* Rampur Boalia, a medieval region near the present city of Rajshahi, in northwestern Bangladesh west of bangladesjh-India:...

 with the support of the British East India Company

British East India Company

The East India Company was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading mainly with the Indian subcontinent and China...

. Faizullah Khan was a competent ruler who was succeeded by his son, Muhammad Ali Khan, on his death in 1793. Overbearing and bad-tempered, Muhammad Ali Khan was deposed by his younger brother, Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur

Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur

Al-Haj Nawab Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur was briefly Nawab of Rampur from 1793 to 1794. The younger son of Faizullah Khan, Ghulam Muhammad became Nawab in 1793 after deposing his elder brother, Muhammad Ali Khan Bahadur. His reign quickly took on a tyrannical aspect, and he was soon deemed a...

, and exiled to Dungarpur

Dungarpur

Dungarpur is a city in the southernmost part of Rajasthan state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Dungarpur District. The rail line between Udaipur and Himatnagar in Gujarat runs through the town, shortest distance to the National Highway 8 from Dungapur town is...

, where he was later shot in his sleep. Ghulam Muhammad proved to be little better than his predecessor, and the British sent an expedition under the command of General

General

A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....

 Sir Robert Abercromby

Robert Abercromby of Airthrey

General Sir Robert Abercromby GCB , the youngest brother of Sir Ralph Abercromby, was a general in the army, a knight of the Bath, and at one period the governor of Bombay and commander-in-chief of the British forces in India.-Military career:...

 to remove the usurper. Ghulam Muhammad's army of approximately 25,000 Rohillas was defeated by the British force at Bhitaura, in Bareilly

History of Bareilly

According to the epic Mahābhārata, Bareilly region is said to be birth place of Draupadi, who was also referred to as 'Panchali' by Kṛṣṇā . When Yudhisthira becomes the king of Hastinapura at the end of the Mahābhārata, Draupadi becomes his queen...

, on Oct 24, 1794, and Ghulam Muhammad was replaced as Nawab by his nephew, Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur

Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur

Nawab Ahmad Ali Khan Bahadur was Nawab of Rampur from 1794 to 1840, succeeding his brother Ghulam Muhammad Khan Bahadur. The only son of Muhammad Ali Khan Bahadur, Ahmad Ali was made Nawab following the deposition of his cousin Ghulam Muhammad by the British East India Company and the Nawab of Awadh...

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