Milovan Resavac (; d. 1809), also known as Bimbaà ¡a Milovan (), was a Serbian revolutionary, a comrade of vojvoda Stevan SinÃÂeliÃÂ.
Resavac was born in Stenjevac and lived in Radoà ¡in in the ÃÂuprija nahiya. He was a hajduk (brigand) with the rank of bimbaà ¡a.
In late 1803, Resavac joined the conspiration to overthrow the Dahije from the Sanjak of Smederevo. Among other conspirators of Resava were knez Petar of Resava, knez Stevan SinÃÂeliàof Grabovac, Milija Zdravkoviàand his cousin knez Pana from Lomnica, merchant ÃÂurica StoÃÂiàfrom Svilajnac, priests Stanià ¡a from Crkvenac and ÃÂorÃÂe from Gloà ¾ane, and host ÃÂika (uncle) Jova from Velika Resavica. The Resava region assembled on the order of KaraÃÂorÃÂe through his son-in-law priest Miljko of the Miljkovo Monastery, and they upheld communication with à  umadija and the neighbouring Poà ¾arevac nahiya. An important contact of theirs was KaraÃÂorÃÂe's associate Stojko KrivokuÃÂa of the Smederevo nahiya. The Dahije murdered knez Petar of Resava in the "Slaughter of the Knezes" (January 1804). The Serbs of the ÃÂuprija nahiya chose SinÃÂeliàas their leader following the murder of Petar. The ÃÂuprija nahiya was known as the kneà ¾ina of Resava among the people, who thus appointed SinÃÂeliàthe knez of Resava. When the uprising broke out in à  umadija, the Resava area was risen by ÃÂurica StoÃÂiÃÂ, Stevan SinÃÂeliÃÂ, Milovan Resavac, Milija Zdravkoviàand hajduk buljubaà ¡a RanÃÂe, among others.
In the beginning of the uprising KaraÃÂorÃÂe's buljubaà ¡a Petar Jokiànoted the following notables of Resava, among SinÃÂeliÃÂ's men: bimbaà ¡a Milovan, advisor Milija Zdravkovià"from Brestovac", buljubaà ¡a Stanoje Rosiàin ÃÂuprija, buljubaà ¡a ÃÂurica StoÃÂiàfrom Vojska, and the heroic soldier and advisor priest Stanià ¡a of Crkvenac. The first fights with the Turks in the area came near Jasenjar on the SvilajnacâÂÂÃÂuprija road, where forces under the command of Milija, SinÃÂeliàand KrivokuÃÂa defeated them.
320 rebels in ambush attacked the kñrcalñ under Alija Guà ¡anac, numbering 800âÂÂ900 men, at Duboki Potok by the Morava river near ÃÂuprija on . The Serb detachment included Stojko KrivokuÃÂa, Petar Dobrnjac, Paulj MatejiÃÂ, Milovan Resavac, Stevan SinÃÂeliàand Milija ZdravkoviÃÂ. The kñrcalñ had 80 killed, many wounded, and Guà ¡anac's horse fell. They tried to break through to Jagodina but were defeated by Mladen Milovanoviàat Gilje, and then tried to push through by the right Morava banks via Svilajnac to Poà ¾arevac, but were countered by the Resava army under Milovan Resavac at the Hum hill and forced back to ÃÂuprija. Guà ¡anac managed to break through to Jagodina in late March, owing partly to the weak Serbian defensive points around the town.
The Turks retreated to ÃÂuprija and then successfully attacked the Serbs at Grabovac, killing KrivokuÃÂa. SinÃÂeliàand bimbaà ¡a Milovan Resavac commanded the Resava rebels throughout 1804 and stopped Turk attacks. While Resava was liberated, the Turks held ÃÂuprija for some time, receiving reinforcements from ParaÃÂin and Nià ¡, outside the Belgrade Pashalik.
In 1805, Ottoman sultan Selim III ordered that the Serbian uprising be quelled, and dispatched Hafiz Pasha from Nià ¡ with over 20,000 troops. On 18 August, Hafiz clashed with Serbian rebels at Ivankovac in the ÃÂuprija nahija and were decisively defeated. The rebels were commanded by SinÃÂeliÃÂ, Milenko Stojkoviàand Dobrnjac, who became the most famed among the rebels in Pomoravlje. This was a very important victory, as it expanded the military and political width of the uprising. According to contemporary accounts, KaraÃÂorÃÂe promoted SinÃÂeliàto vojvoda of Resava following the battle.
SinÃÂeliàand the Resava force accompanied Dobrnjac in the skirmishes that pushed out the Turks from ÃÂuprija, ParaÃÂin, Raà ¾anj. Following this, they fortified Deligrad in order to thwart an invasion from the Sanjak of Nià ¡. SinÃÂeliàbecame based at Deligrad, from where he constantly fought Ottoman units, and successfully defended. The Ottomans were decisively defeated at Deligrad (September 1806). After Deligrad, the Serbian rebels waited for the large army of Ottoman commander Hurshid Pasha whose forces were stationed in the Nià ¡ Fortress.
Resavac fell at Kamenica (31 May 1809).