Ghasera Fort

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Ghasera Fort
Ruined Fort
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Ghasera Fort
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Ghasera Fort
Coordinates: 28°08′10″N77°04′36″E / 28.1362471°N 77.0765927°E / 28.1362471; 77.0765927
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Haryana
District Mewat district
Elevation
199 m (653 ft)
Demonym Mewati
Languages
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code IN-HR
Vehicle registration HR
http://www.mewat.gov.in

Ghasera Fort is a ruined fort in Ghasera village in Nuh district of Haryana state in northern India, which has been notified as a protected monument by the state government. [1] Currently, the majority of the residents of the village are Muslim Meos, though Hindus also live there.

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History

The ruined Ghasera Fort lies at Ghasera village 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from Nuh city on Nun-Sohna highway. In the 18th century, Ghasera was ruled by Bargurjar Rajputs whose territory included the parganas of Ghasera, Indor, [lower-alpha 1] Kotla, and Sohna. To their north was the Princely State of Nawabs of Farrukhnagar which was founded in 1732. To their west was the jagir of the Raos of Rewari, ancestors of Rao Tula Ram. They possessed forts at Gokulgarh and Gurawra (or, Guraora). In the south were the Jat rulers of Bharatpur State, and Kachwaha Rajput rulers of Alwar State. The Mughals, who were protected by Marathas, had seen their territory shrink to a nominal area from Delhi to Palam.

During the Battle of Ghasera, Surajmal captured Ghasera fort, killing the Bahadur Singh Bargujar, and his son, Ajit Singh of Kol (Chakala Koil, or present day Aligarh, on the outskirts of Palwal) with help of Mughal Wazir Safardgunj. [2] [3]

Battle of Ghasera

Battle of Ghasera
Date1753
Location
Ghasera
Result Bharatpur victory [4] [5] [6] [7]
Belligerents
Flag of Bharatpur1.png Bharatpur State
Wazir of Safdar Jang		 Samthar State CoA.png Bargujar clan
Commanders and leaders
Suraj Mal
Mir Muhammad Panah  † 		Bahadur Singh Bargujar  †
Strength
20,000 [8] 8,000 [9]
Casualties and losses
1,500 died 8,000 died and all women's commit Jauhar in fort

The battle of Ghasera fought between Jat, Ahir and Pathan ruler against the Rajput ruler. This battle was the result of Mughal Rebellion. The Jats, Ahir and Pathans defeated Rajputs in Ghasera and killed his chief Bahadur Singh Bargujar. Initially surajmal and Mir Muhammad Pannah had an army of 20,000 but during the siege their 1,500 men were killed. Bahadur Singh had an army of 8 thousand, but during the siege, which lasted months, in the end he was left with just 25 soldiers. Then all the women in the fort committed johar out of fear.

Battle In 1753, Surajmal , Gujarmal and Mir Muhammad Panah killed Bahadur Singh Bargujar and his son Ajit Singh of Koil (Chakala Koil or present day Aligarh on outskirts of Palwal) in the Battle of Ghasera and captured the Ghasera fort. [3] This was the siege of Ghasera. Suraj Mal offered Bahadur Singh to leave the front on the condition of paying Rs 10 lakh to him along with artillery handed over him. [10] But he was not agreed to hand over cannons. The war placed on the night and next day Mir Mohammad Panah along with 1,500 Jat, 1200 Ahirs and Pathan soldiers killed, but army entered in the Ghasera fort. [11] Bahadur Singh Bargujar and his son Ajit Singh fought with very bravery but defeated by Suraj Mal and Rao Gujarmal. [12] [13]

Architecture

Ruined walls and a grand entrance in stone and lakhori bricks built with surkhi (crushed baked red bricked)-lime mortar show that Ghasera was a historical village. [1] Of the four entrances, only one remains. [14]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Indor still exists. It is located near Bhiwadi in the present day Alwar district in the state of Rajasthan, approximately 28 kilometres (17 mi) from Ghasera. It is now within the tehsil of Tijara. Although similarly named, it is not related to the city of Indore.

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References

  1. 1 2 Haryana to take 5 monuments in Nuh under State protection, Daily Pioneer, 23 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Jat Kingdom of Bharatpur
  3. 1 2 Major General S. D. S. Yadava, 2006 Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India, Lancer Publishers, page 51-52.
  4. ↑ "5 Nuh monuments get state protection - Tribune India". The Tribune. 23 June 2018.
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  14. ↑ Photos: 71 years after independence, Gandhi Gram Ghasera battles neglect, Hindustan Times, 1 October 2018, pp. 2,7.
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