Together, they took part in anti-British activities during the 1857 Indian rebellion of Independence.
[4] In the 1857 war he encouraged Raja Arjun Singh to raise his arms against the British.
Jagu Dewan with a strong Kol force and an army of 300 Odia soldiers rose against the British and occupied Chakradharpur,[5] he became the commander of the Chakradharpur Fort and was assisted by Raja Arjun Singh's brother Raghdeo in his resistance against the British.
[6] Dewan Jagabandhu Patnaik's son Balmukunda Patnaik had also conspired against the British by helping Veer Surendra Sai and his rebels in their freedom struggle against the British.
[7][8] Dewan Jagabandhu Patnaik is also regarded as the first martyr from Odisha in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.