Chingünjav Chingünjav ( , also known as " Marshal Chingünjav " , , 1710 – 1757 ) was one of the two major leaders of the 1755 - 1756 rebellion in Outer Mongolia . Although his rebellion failed , he is nowadays often hailed as a fighter for Mongolia ' s independence from the Manchu , who were ruling China at that time . Early life and career . Chingünjav was born in 1710 at the shore of lake Sangiin Dalai nuur , in the Khotgoid ' s Erdenedüüregch vangiin khoshuu of Zasagt Khan aimag , or today ' s Bürentogtokh sum of Khövsgöl aimag . His father Bandi was the khoshuu ' s Zasag Noyon . In 1738 , Chingünjav succeeded his father . Chingünjav made a career in the Manchu military and eventually reached the rank of an assistant general of Zasagt Khan aimag . Conspiracy with Amursanaa . During the 1755 Manchu campaign against the Zungar Khanate , Chingünjav and Amursanaa conspired to start a rebellion in autumn of the same year . However , their seniors came to know of their plans and separated them . Chingünjav was sent to fight in Uriankhai , and Amursanaa was summoned to Beijing for demanding too big a share of the Zungar Khanate . On the way , his escort let him escape . This led to the trial and execution of the commander of the escort , a brother of the Jebtsundamba Khutugtu and direct descendant of Chingis Khan , in early 1756 , an event that gravely disturbed the Khalkha nobility . Rebellion . In the summer of 1756 , Chingunjav began his rebellion by leaving his post , gathering troops in his home area , and sending a letter to the Qianlong Emperor . However , although there was widespread unrest throughout Khalkha , support from other nobles and even from the 2nd Jebtsundamba Khutughtu was not forthcoming , and Chingünjav never managed to command more than 1 , 000 - 2 , 000 troops . By the time the Manchu were able to reinforce their loyal Outer Mongolian troops with detachments from Inner Mongolia , Chingünjav had achieved little more than spending time by waiting for an answer for his appeals to the nobility and the Jebtsundamba , and consequently was not able to face the Manchu in an open battle . He retreated northward towards the Darkhad area , with his force continuously shrinking through desertions . When he was captured at a place now known as Wang Tolgoi , about 10 km from Khankh , in January 1757 , all but 50 of his men had left him . Aftermath . Chingünjav , together with almost his whole family , was brought to Beijing and executed . The Manchu , although not as brutal as against the Zungars , sent punitive units to Mongolia to deal on the spot with all those rebels they could find . Nobles that were suspected of having sympathized with Chingünjav were also executed . The Jebtsundamba Khutugtu " died " in 1758 , the Tüsheet Khan shortly afterwards . The Qianlong Emperor declared that all future incarnations of the Jebtsundamba Khutugtu were to be found in Tibet . On the other hand , the Mongolian debts to Chinese trading firms were partially annulled , and the rest being paid for by the emperor , in order to tackle the economic sources of the unrest in Khalkha . Legacy . Although never having had a realistic chance to succeed , Chingünjav passed into the realm of folklore . A small monument has been raised at remains of a fort attributed to him , some kilometres south of Bürentogtokh , in 1978 . A statue of him was erected in Mörön in 1992 and another one in 2010 . Literature . Charles R . Bawden , " The Modern History of the Mongols " , London 1968 , p . 114 - 134