Biography
The Pagal Panthis were a socio-religious order that emerged in the late 18th-century in the Mymensingh region of Bengal. Karam Shah a Sufi saint was the founder of that order. Adherents of a syncretic mixture of Hinduism, Sufism and Animism, the order sought to uphold religious principles and the rights of landless peasants in Bengal; under the leadership of Karam Shah's son Tipu Shah, the movement soon evolved into a popular, armed struggle against the British East India Company and the zamindar (landlord) system. It was crushed with the help of the army in 1833. It was a semi religious sect having influence in the northern districts of Bengal. Pagal panthi was the movement of Hodi, Garo and Hajong tribes. It was led by the Hodi leader Janku Pathar and Debraj Pathar.