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- Veer Kunwar Singh was a legendary freedom fighter.
- He played a significant role in India’s struggle for independence.
- He was born on 13 November 1777 in Jagdishpur.
- He was also known as Babu Kunwar Singh.
- He belonged to a Maharaja zamindar family of the Ujjainiya clan
- He was a leader and military commander during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
- He led a selected band of armed soldiers against the troops under the command of the British East India Company.
- He was a poacher and also a good hunter.
- He was nearly eighty and in failing health when he was called upon to take up arms.
- He died on 26 April 1858.
