Battle of Ghasera

The battle of Ghasera fought between Jat and Pathan ruler against the Rajput ruler. This battle was the result of Mughal Rebellion. The Jats 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 15,000 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 of Ghasera
Date1753
Location
Ghasera
Result Bharatpur victory[1][2][3][4]
Belligerents
Bharatpur State
Wazir of Safdar Jang		 Bargujar clan
Commanders and leaders
Suraj Mal
Mir Muhammad Panah †		 Bahadur Singh Bargujar †
Strength
20,000[5] 8,000[6]
Casualties and losses
15,000 died 8,000 died and all women's commit Jauhar in fort

Battle

In 1753, Surajmal 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.[7] This was the siege of Ghasera. Suraj Mal offered Raja Bahadur Singh to leave the front on the condition of paying Rs 10 lakh to him along with artillery handed over him.[8] But he was not agreed to hand over cannons. The war placed on the night and next day Mir Mohammad Panah along with 15000 Jat and Pathan soldiers killed, but army entered in the Ghasera fort.[9] Bahadur Singh Bargujar and his son Ajit Singh fought with very bravery but defeated by Suraj Mal

References
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  3. "India. Director of Census Operations, Haryana". Census of India, 1991: Rewari. Government of Haryana. 1993.
  4. Gazetteer of the Gurgaon District: 1883. 1883.
  5. Ahmad, Dr. Aijaz (2021). History of Mewat. Alina Books. ISBN 9788193391426.
  6. Ahmad, Dr. Aijaz (2021). History of Mewat. Alina Books. ISBN 9788193391426.
  7. Major General S. D. S. Yadava, 2006 Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India, Lancer Publishers, page 51-52.
  8. Ahmad, Dr. Aijaz (2021). History of Mewat. Alina Books. ISBN 9788193391426.
  9. Ahmad, Dr. Aijaz (2021). History of Mewat. Alina Books. ISBN 9788193391426.


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