 Majnu Shah

Majnu Shah or Faqir Majnu Shah Burhan (died 1787) was a faqir (Sufi saint) from the present-day Uttar Pradesh, who actively participated in the Fakir-Sannyasi Rebellion, which, according to a number of scholars, was an early war for India's independence and joined in many battles against the British East India Company with his 'pious team'.In the Battle of Udhuanala (1761) and the Battle of Buxar (1764), Majnu gathered a great number of Muslim "faqirs" and Hindu "sannyasis" against the East India Company who took over power in Bengali from the Nawab of Bengal in 1757.