Mirza Dildar Baig
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Mirza Dildar Baig was an officer in the British Indian Army in 1857. He participated in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 in Jhelum a city in a part of Punjab which is now in Pakistan. He was arrested and hanged.
Mirza Dildar Baig is also known as Khaki Shah. He was stationed in the Jhelum cantonment in 1857. With the arrival of news of mutiny in the army, he along with a large group revolted and killed 35 British soldiers on July 7, 1857. The names of these 35 soldiers are on a lectern present in the St. John's Church Jhelum. In this battle a British gunner William Connolly won a Victoria Cross.
His attempt failed and he was arrested and hanged. His grave is a shrine in Jhelum.
