Original: Resentment against colonial rule had been mounting for many years and there had been occasional isolated uprisings against British rule at various times since the British had established themselves in the subcontinent.
Simplified: The Pir of Dewal had also died fighting in Dewal against the Sikh army chief Hari Singh Nalwa, Nalwa then built a fort on between Punjab and NWFP in 1815, now called Aarhi or Hadd.