The old baba was right with what he did, had he not fought back his whole village would have been swept away. It wasn't as if he couldve called the police to come and protect them, the British weren't bothered at all, they just wanted to pull out as fast they could so for his survival he had to take matters into his own hands.
On a lighter note after listening to the Baba's story my dad was like "Ehja Baba Al-qaeda de pischay shudna chaheeda", "This sort of Baba should be put after the Al-qaeda"