The Pagal Panthi revolt in the Mymensingh region of Bengal in the 1820s-30s was led by:

The Pagal Panthi revolt in the Mymensingh region of north Bengal (now in Bangladesh) was led by Karam Shah and his son Tipu Shah (Tipu Pagal).

About the Pagal Panthis:

• The Pagal Panthi was a semi-religious sect founded by Karam Shah in the late 18th century.
• "Pagal" means "mad" or "intoxicated" (with divine love), and "panth" means path or sect.
• The sect combined elements of Sufism, Hinduism and local traditions, and believed in the equality of all people.
• Its followers were mainly the Hajong and Garo tribal peasants, as well as poor Hindu and Muslim peasants of the Sherpur area.

The revolt:

• Under Tipu Shah, the Pagal Panthis rose against the oppression of the zamindars and the British.
• The zamindars demanded high rents and illegal cesses (abwabs), and the peasants were exploited.
• In 1825, Tipu Shah declared himself king and set up his own administration in the Sherpur area, collecting rent from the peasants at a lower rate.
• They attacked the zamindars and refused to pay rent beyond a fair limit.
• The movement continued in several phases until the 1830s.

Suppression:

The British sent troops and suppressed the revolt; Tipu Shah was arrested and imprisoned.

Results:

The British introduced some reforms to protect the peasants from excessive rents.

Other movements of Bengal in this period:

• Titu Mir's revolt (1831) in the 24 Parganas, which built a bamboo fort at Narkelberia.
• The Faraizi movement of Haji Shariatullah and Dudu Miyan.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Titu Mir, Dudu Miyan and Haji Shariatullah led other movements.