Maulana Shah Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi (Punjabi: مولانا شاہ عبدالقادر لدھیانوی) (died 1860) was a Punjabi Muslim revolutionary who among the first to lead a rebellion in the Eastern Punjab against the East India Company in the Revolt of 1857.
[2] He gathered a large fighting force of locals that drove the British out of not only Ludhiana but also Panipat.
His wife and seven of his comrades died fighting in Delhi's Chandni Chowk.
[2] After the failure of 1857 rebellion, he made his way back and stayed in a village near Ludhiana called Shatrana for a while.
The Muslim tribes opposed the British forces allowing him to escape to nearby forests.