Suraj Mal
Maharaja Suraj Mal (13 February, 1707-25 December, 1763) was a Hindu Jat ruler of Bharatpur state in Rajasthan, India. Most of his campaigns were against the Mughal Empire whose authority in North India had weakened heavily due to the constant Maratha raids and conquests. Maharaja Suraj Mal took this opportunity to form the his kingdom with its capital at Bharatpur, Rajasthan. He captured the Mughal garrison of Agra. He also removed the Jizya tax on Hindus imposed by the Mughals.
Under him, the Jat rule covered the present-day districts of Delhi, Agra, Aligarh, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bulandshahr, Dholpur, Etah, Etawa, Faridabad, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Hathras, Jhajjar, Kanpur, Mainpuri, Mathura, Mewat, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Palwal, Rewari, Saharanpur and Rohtak.[source?] In addition to the troops stationed at his forts, he had an army of approximately 25,000 infantry and 15,000 cavalry when he died.[1][2]
Suraj Mal Media
- 1751 map of India from "Historical Atlas of India", by Charles Joppen.jpg
Map of the Indian Subcontinent in 1751.
- Temple of Kishn Soraba, Gobardun -View across the Kusum Sarovar Tank towards Suraj Mal's Cenotaph, Gobardhan-; a photo by William Henry Baker, 1860's.jpg
Suraj Mal's Cenotaph at Govardhan, a photo by William Henry Baker, c.1860.
- Musamman Burj (Agra Fort)-1.jpg
Agra Fort was captured by Suraj Mal in 1761.
- Chhatris of Kusum Sarovar.jpg
Kusum Sarovar, where the cenotaph of Suraj Mal is located.
References
- ↑ "Suraj Mal, the Jat ruler who plundered Delhi and never bowed to Mughals". India Today. 2024-10-20. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
- ↑ Singh, K. Natwar (2001). Maharaja Suraj Mal, 1707-1763: His Life and Times. Rupa & Company. ISBN 978-81-7167-510-4.