Sheikh Bhikhari Ansari was a craftsman who prepared coarse clothes and earned his livelihood by selling them in the local Haat market since childhood.
A Dewan and general of Tikait Umrao Singh he was a combatant in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 .
The British hanged him alongside Tikait Umrao Singh in a banyan tree of Chutupalu Ghati in Ramgarh in January 8 1858.
General Mc Doland said at that time “Among the rebels, Bhikhari is the most dangerous and notorious mutineer.” [1][2][3] Sheikh Bhikhari Ansari, who endured many barbaric tortures of the British for the independence of the country and kissed the noose of death smilingly.
He spent his life in Khudia-Lotwa in Ormanjhi current day Ranchi city.