+Jat

Gokula Singh

died 1670 AD, who organized the Jat refusal to pay taxes and rebellion.

Raja Ram Singh (1670–1688)

chieftain of Sinsini, who, to avenge the death of Gokula, Raja Ram looted Akbar’s tomb and dragged Akbar’s bones and burned them with the help of Ahir Zamindars of Braj, looted the mausoleum of Awrangzib’s parents, better known as Taj Mahal, stripping it of the precious stones, while the emperor’s uncle Shaista Khan, who was earlier humbled by Shivaji, now the Governor of Agra, helplessly looked on, fatally shot on 4 July 1688.

Maharaja Suraj Mal

(February 1707 – 25 December 1763) or Sujan Singh, whose forces competed and cooperated with marATha-s and beat back mogols to establish an independent state.

  • SJ joined Bhau with 10K troops towards Delhi. Marathas captured Delhi on 22 July 1760.
  • SJ promised Imad the Delhi Fort and Wazir’s post. Bhau had refused having imad as wazir as he’d abandoned the fort twice without giving a fight, and as decided by nAnAsaheb.
  • But, Bhau agreed to other two prominent demands of Surajmal Jat. 1. Tributes payable to Peshwa should be excused for next 4-5 years. 2. Jat agent Rup ram should be given a jagirdar of 60K/year.
  • Even so, he refused to join bhAu and vishvAsrao in panipat - deserted them on 4th August.
  • Bhau sent Mahipat Rao Chitnis, Gangadhar Tatya and Ramaji Anant to coax Surajmal to return but he didn’t return.
  • Still, he who helped the tens of thousands of soldiers & civilians fleeing Panipat.

Jawahar Singh

(r. 1763–1768), who briefly captured Delhi and beat Najib-ud-daula, who facilitated the sacred bath of his proud mother Kishori in Jayapura, asserted independence from both the rAjaputras and marATha-s.

Ranjit Singh

(2 May 1745 – 6 December 1805), who beat back muslim mogol occupation, tried to support loosing maratha side upon asserting independence from them, ultimately bowing to the British.