Paika rebellion of 1817 was the first armed rebellion
against British East India Company, for against giving their free own land to
landless by their policies.
The paikas are traditionally armed warriors of Odisha and
military service to kingdom of Khurda ,they were free rental land to their but
the policies of British forcibly moved land to landless this result paika
rebellion in 1817. Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar chief of military in Khurda
kingdom led the forces against the East India Company and supported by many
Zamindars,Rajas,local peasants however they were defeated by the British in
arresting them and killed.