How did Shah Mal mobilize peasants against the East India Company?

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Illustration of De Kantzow defending the treasury at Mainpuri during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, showing a British officer confronting armed sepoys inside a building as tensions rise during the uprising. — Indian Rebellion of 1857 Indian sepoys (soldiers) corner a British officer amid their attack on a treasury in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh.

Shah Mal was a peasant from the region now known as Uttar Pradesh who played a significant role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He mobilized local peasants by organizing them against the specific policies enforced by the East India Company. As part of his resistance efforts, he led these rural supporters in attacks against groups of merchants who were associated with the company's interests.1