Niš Committee

Organization

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The Serbian Liberation Committee of the Sanjak of Niš,^[1] known as the Niš Committee (Serbian: Нишки комитет/Niški komitet) was a Serb revolutionary organisation (national liberation movement) based in Niš, established in 1874, with the aim of not only liberating Niš and its immediate surroundings, but also the whole of the Sanjak of Niš, including Leskovac, Pirot, Vranje, Breznica, and Tran, from the hands of the Ottoman Empire.

Background

Serbian Revolution
1832/1833 uprisings in Serbia, whose nahija were merged into the Principality of Serbia
Niš rebellion (1841)
Serb revolutionary organizations

History

On February 24, 1874, the "Serbian Liberation Committee for the Sanjak of Niš", known simply as the Niš Committee, was founded and organized by Kole Rašić, Todor Milovanović, Dimitrije Đorđević, Milan Novičić, Tasko Tasa Uzunović, Đorđe Pop-Manić, Mihajlo Božidarac, and Todor Stanković.^[2] They gathered at Božidarac's house, and Orthodox priest Petar Ikonomović swore Oath on the Christian cross and Gospel, reminiscent of the Orašac Assembly (1804).^[2] Rašić was declared vojvoda.

So together, brothers, and the Almighty shall help us all in his mercy, and soon permit us to weave the triumphal flag of our only faithful IV Obrenović on the Niš fortification. Hooray! Hooray! Hooray! Long live our beloved knightly Prince Milan M. Obrenović IV. Long live Mother Serbia!
— Petar Ikonomović, priest of Niš (February 24, 1874)^[3]

Aftermath

Kumanovo Uprising

References

^ Dragoljub Simonović (1982). Zaplanje--priroda, istorija, etnografija, društveno-ekonomski razvoj, porodica, narodne pesme. Gradina. p. 127.
^ ^a ^b Milić 1983, p. 298
^ Branibor Debeljković; Olivera Stefanović (2005). Old Serbian photography. Narodna biblioteka Srbije. p. 165. ISBN 9788681695067.

Sources

Lovrić, Bruno (1928). Istorija Niša (in Serbo-Croatian) (Digitalized ed.). Niš.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Milić, Danica (1983). Istorija Niša: Od najstarijih vremena do oslobođenja od Turaka 1878. godine. Gradina.
Milićević, Milan Đ. (1884). Kraljevina Srbija. Beograd.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Nacionalno politička akcija Nišlija za oslobođenje 1860-1877 U:Istorija Niša I, strana 297–304, Gradina i Prosveta Niš, 1983.

Great Eastern Crisis

Wars and conflicts

Montenegrin	Herzegovina uprising (1875–1877) Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–1878)
Serb	Herzegovina uprising (1875–1877) Serbian–Turkish Wars (1876–1878) Kumanovo uprising
Bulgarian	April Uprising of 1876 Razlovtsi insurrection Kresna–Razlog uprising
Greek	1878 Macedonian rebellion Epirus Revolt of 1878 Cretan revolt (1878)
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) Romanian War of Independence Austro-Hungarian campaign in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878 Expulsion of the Albanians, 1877–1878