१८५७ का स्वातन्त्र्य समर (वीर विनायक दामोदर सावरकर - अंग्रेजों द्वारा छपने से पूर्व प्रतिबन्धित महाग्रन्थ)

CHAPTER VIII
KUMAR SINGH AND
AMAR SINGH
HUNTED out of the valleys of Jagadishpur by
General Eyre, Kumar Singh, the old but ener-
getic lion of the territory of Shahabad, was
roaming restlessly but always on the alert for
every chance to spring at the neck of those who
had deprived him of his liberty. Under his
banner had united his brother Amar Singh and two other
chiefs, Nisswar Singh and Jawan Singh. They were now
lying in wait in the forests. With them were their beloved
wives, heroic women, but ready to join in the fight, comb-
ing their hair not with the delicate combs of the Zenana
but with sharp arrows, flourishing in their delicately
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