When British Government ordered King of Chotanagpur Govind Nath Shah to pay Rs.12000 tax to East India Company in 1812. Bakhtar Say refused to pay tax to East India Company on behalf of peasants of Nawagarh due to excessive tax. It provoked fight in which Bakhtar Say killed Ratu courtier Hira Ram who had come to collect tax. Then magistrate of Ramgarh sent an army from Hazaribagh. The force of Bakhtar Say consisted of farmers of that area. Parganait of Pahar Panri Mundal Singh reached Nawagarh and helped Bakhtar Say in Battle. Battle lasted for two days and British force got defeated. A month later, E.Refreez of Ramgarh Battalion marched to Nawagarh with a large army. The battle lasted for three days. Eventually Bakhtar Say and Mundal Singh were arrested and executed on 4 April 1812 in Kolkata.[2][4][5]