Chowdhury Abu Torab Khan

Chowdhury Abu Torab Khan (Bengali: চৌধুরী আবু তোরাব খাঁ), better known simply as Abu Torab (Bengali: আবু তোরাব), was an 18th-century Bengali Zamindar from Sandwip, an island in present-day Bangladesh. His hegemony later extended to islands of Hatiya and Bamni. He is best known as the leader of Bengal's first rebellion against the British East India Company. He had strong support from the local peasantry, and is regarded as a hero in the history of Bengal.