Khet Singh Khangar was one of the rulers of Garh Kundar. [1]
Khet Singh Khangar was one of the rulers of Garh Kundar. [1]
Maharaja khet singh Khangar, the son of rajput King Rudradeva, was born on 27 December 1140 in Junagadh, Gujarat, India in the royal family of the Junagadh in Vikram Samvat in Pausha month of Chaitra Shukla Paksha. His father, was the King of Gujarat. He was originally from Banara. He moved to Bundelkhand in 1180 and occupied Junagadh. The 16th century Hindu epic Prithviraj Raso, written by Chand Bardai Rao, indicates that Khangar was in a battle at Jejak Bhakti in 1161 AD during the Mahoba war fought with Prithviraj Chauhan as a commander. The epic describes how the conflict resulted in the killing of Chandela commander's Udal of Mahoba and his brother Alha. [2]
Maharaja Khet Singh Khangar fought several uncertain wars with the help of Prithviraj Chauhan. After the two achieved victory, Prithviraj Chauhan declared Khet as the king of state who was crowned as ruler in 1181 A.D. maharaja Khet singh named this state as Jijhotikhand (in modern-day Bundelkhand) and established the capital at Garh Kundar. [3] The battle of Tarain was fought between Prithviraj Chauhan and foreign invader Muhammad of Ghor, who invaded Delhi and subsequently maharaja Khet singh declared Jijhotkhand as the independent Hindu Republic. [4]
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