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|name = Niš Committee
|caption = Photograph of the Niš Committee swearing oath
|caption = Photograph of the Niš Committee swearing oath
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|image = Polaganje zakletve 1874.jpg
|size = 200px
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|type = secret revolutionary organisation
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|formation = 24 September, 1874
|formation = 24 September, 1874

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Niš Committee
Formation24 September, 1874
Typsecret revolutionary organisation
PurposeLiberation of Niš and its surroundings and merging with Principality of Serbia
Standort
  • Niš
Key people
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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 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
  • 1841 Niš Uprising

History

Monument to the liberators of Niš - detail (one side) depicting the establishment of the Committee.

The Central Committee included Nikola Kole Rašić, Todor Milovanović, Dimitrije Đorđević, Milan Novičić, Tasko Uzunović, Đorđe Pop Manić, Mihajlo Božidarac and Todor Stanković.

See also

References

  • Lovrić, Bruno (1928). Istorija Niša (in Serbo-Croatian) (Digitalized ed.). Niš.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • 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.