Sepoy Mutiny of 1857
- Following the Anglo-Pundir war of 1803, with the defeat of Raja Damar Singh Pundir at Fort Vijaygarh (present day Aligarh), the Pundirs took service in the British Army. Many Pundir rajputs of the Akrabad and Katha regions rose in rebellion against the British Crown during the Mutiny. The Pundirs of western and southern Saharanpur flared readily into rebellion out of resentment of the heavy differential taxation. Under their leader Thakur Narayan Singh Pundir and his sons Mehtab Singh Pundir and Mangal Singh Pundir an army of Pundir Rajputs attacked the city of Saharanpur. So formidable did the Pundirs appear as adversaries before the recapture of Delhi at the end of September 1857 that the British left them severely alone, despite their attacks on Deoband town and in similar depredations. One Daleep Singh of this clan led the sack on Deoband and was later captured by the British and hanged for rebelling with his clansmen against the British Raj; however his clansmen would not part with their weapons and the Magistrate made an example out of them by burning half of their village.
- During this time many Pundirs, under their leaders, Thakur Jawahar Singh Pundir, Thakur Kundan Singh Pundir and Thakur Ganga Singh Pundir son of Thakur Shriram Singh Pundir of Mau Chirayal protected the British Tahsildar at the town of Sikandra Rao, Hathras and subdued the Muhammadan population of the town which was led by the Afghan rebel Ghaus Khan.
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