Historedia
Person

Robert Lindsay

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1782

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Robert Lindsay, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Hada and Mada Miah uprising

    1782

    Role: District Collector of Sylhet (1778–1790), target of the uprising

    1. 1782 (legacy record; exact date December 16, 1782 uncorroborated) · Sylhet (legacy record places the uprising at the Sylhet Shahi Eidgah)Uprising against Robert Lindsay in Sylhet

      Hada and Mada Miah are recorded in the legacy record as having led an armed anti-British uprising against District Collector Robert Lindsay in Sylhet in 1782.

Sources

  1. Sylhet Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-30