Hari Makaji Naik Explained

Hari Makaji Naik
Honorific Suffix:Nayak
Native Name Lang:Mr
Other Names:Hutatma Hari Makaji Naik
Birth Name:Hari Makaji
Birth Place:Kalambi village, Satara district, Bombay Presidency, British India
Death Date:1879
Death Place:Jejuri jail, Jejuri, Bombay Presidency, British India, Asia
Death Cause:Hanged to death
Nationality: India
Citizenship:Indian
Occupation:Agriculturist
Years Active:1877 - 1879
Era:British era
Successor:Tantya Makaji Naik
Movement:Indian Independence movement
Opponents:British Indian Army
Criminal Charges:
Criminal Penalty:Hanged to death
Relatives:Tantiya Makaji Naik (brother)

Hari Makaji Naik was an Indian freedom activist from Koli[1] caste of Maharashtra who challenged the British rule in India. He was Koli by caste but led the Ramoshis of Satara, attacking British offices, revenue centers and officials in the Pune, Satara and Solapur districts of Bombay Presidency.

Hari Makaji along with his brother Tantia Makaji, attacked at police station of Satara where four of revolutionaries were killed and seven of police constables killed and one officer was wounded in right hand.[2] In 1879, Hari Makaji committed fifty nine times plundering in Poona against British government.[3] [4] In January 1879, revolutionary army under Hari Makaji raided Poona fifteen times, then Satara many times after that, In February 1879, Hari Makaji attacked a portion of Bhimthadi in Baramati. On the eighth raid into Baramati, Hari Makaji was attacked by British troops, but escaped, fighting hand to hand with two British policemen. He wounded them, but two revolutionaries were captured. At the beginning of March, Hari Makaji again rose, revolted and raided Indapur but was captured in Solapur in mid-March. Tatya Makaji led his revolution until the end of the year, raiding villages on the Purandar and Sinhagad ranges.[5]

Death

In March 1879, Hari Makaji was captured in Sholapur by British troops. He was tried in court and sentenced to death by jury and hanged in Jejuri.[6]

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  2. Book: Kennedy, Michael . 1985 . Mittal Publications . New Delhi, India, Asia . 145 . en.
  3. Book: Majumdar . Ramesh Chandra . British Paramountcy and Indian Renaissance . Ghose . D. K. . 1963 . Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan . New Delhi, India, Asia . 940 . en.
  4. Book: The History and Culture of the Indian People . 1963 . Bharatiya Viday Bhavan . New Delhi, India, Asia . 940 . en.
  5. Web site: Maharashtra . Government of . 2023 . Predatory tribes in Maharashtra . Maharashtra government.
  6. Book: Sunthankar, B. R. . Nineteenth Century History of Maharashtra: 1858-1920 . 1993 . Shubhada Saraswat Prakashan . 978-81-85239-50-7 . . 82 . en.
  7. Web site: हुतात्मा हरी मकाजी नाईक स्मारकाची दुर्दशा! . 2023-12-09 . Maharashtra Times . mr.