Madhu Mallick or Madhu Malik was one of the main revolutionary leaders of the First War of Independence in Assam and assisted Maniram Dewan in participating in the 1857 revolt against the British. He was a close aide of Maniram Dewan Baruah and Piyali Baruah. Dewan was a confidante and counselor to the Ahom King Purundar Singha. He was the first Indian to set up a tea garden at Chenimore in Jorhat. The Britishers deposed Purandar Singha and took control of the administration. By that time the Revolt of 1857 broke out at Meerut, Delhi, Lucknow, and Kanpur. Maniram thought of the possibility of organizing a similar type of revolt in Assam for overthrowing the British Government. Maniram wanted to take full advantage of the situation. So, he pursued the young prince Kandarpeswar Singha to take up arms against the British. At that time, there were two regiments in Assam, the First Assam Light Infantry stationed at Dibrugarh and the Second Light Infantry stationed at Guwahati. Most of the sepoys of the First Assam Light Infantry stationed at Dibrugarh were from Western Bihar. These sepoys were against British rule. To fight against the British, Maniram Dewan was greatly helped by a Dibrugarh Bengali Sepoy Madhu Mallik, and many others. However, till August 1857, the sepoys of Assam remained passive but restless. It was because the associates of Maniram in Assam were waiting for his signal to mobilize against the foreigners. But before Maniram could come to Assam to take the lead, a few of his secret letters were intercepted by the British government. Dewan and Piyoli Baruah were arrested and publicly executed by hanging at Jorhat jail on 26 February 1858. Madhu Mallik was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. He along with his associates Bahadur Gaon Burah, Dutiram Barua, Farmud Ali, Binoy Laskar, and Gopen Roy were deported to the islands in a ship.