Shankar Shah Maravi Â
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Context
- Union Minister of Home Affairs paid tributes to the great patriot King Shankar Shah and his son Kunwar Raghunath Shah in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.
About
- Shankar Shah Maravi was the king of Garha Kingdom, which was situated in the Indian region of Gondwana.
- He led an uprising against the British colonial occupiers of India, and was put to death along with his son.
- His son's name was Kunwar Raghunath Shah.
- King Shankar Shah and his son Raghunath Shah, both were good poets so they used their poetry to trigger a rebellion against the British in the state.
- The hard-hitting poetry used by the two had struck a chord with the public and Indian soldiers in the British army as well.
- On September 18, 1857; the two (king and the prince) were tied to the cannons but the fearless father-son duo recited an inspirational poem even despite seeing their end in front of them.
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