Battle of Tilpat (1669)
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The Battle of Tilpat was fought between Jats and Mughal Subahdars on 12 May 1669. Gokula jat burnt the city of Saidabad near Mathura which caused Mughal commander Abdul Nabi Khan to attack the village of Sūra. Abdul Nabi was wounded and killed. Aurangzeb sent Hassan Ali Khan to fight the rebels. Gokula Jat was captured alive in between the fight and immediately sent to Delhi.[2][3][4]
| Battle of Tilpat | |||||||
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| Part of Mughal vs Jat Wars | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Mughal forces | Jat chiefs of Tilpat | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Hasan Ali Khan |
Gokula Jat  Uday Singh Jat | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Heavy | Less | ||||||
Rebellion
Gokula jat plundered the city of Saidabad near Mathura. Mughal commander Abdul Nabi Khan attacked the centre of Rebels at Sūra.Abdul Nabi was wounded by a bullet and later died. Aurangzeb was enraged and sent Hassan Ali Khan to suppress the rebels.[4][2][3]
Aftermath
Gokul Singh was captured, taken to Agra. Jat women committed Jauhar. Gokula offered pardon if he accepted Islam. To tease the Emperor, Gokula demanded his daughter in return. Gokula and Uday Singh were hacked to death piece by piece at Agra Kotwali on January 1, 1670. The Jats dispersed but continued raiding royal pargnas around Tilpat. The Jat rebellion continued with their next chief, Raja Ram Jat.[5]
References
- ^ Mughal empire,Chugh Publications, 1974 , Ishvari Prasad, p.585, The Jat youths were killed and Gokula and his uncle Udaysingh with 6000 Jat peasants were made prisoners
- ^ a b Pande, Ram (1970). Bharatpur Upto 1826: A Social and Political History of the Jats. Rama Publishing House.
- ^ a b Awrangābādī, Shāhnavāz Khān (1979). The Maāt̲h̲ir-ul-umarā: Being Biographies of the Muḥammadan and Hindu Officers of the Timurid Sovereigns of India from 1500 to about 1780 A.D. Janaki Prakashan.
- ^ a b Dwivedi, Girish Chandra; Prasad, Ishwari (1989). The Jats, Their Role in the Mughal Empire. Arnold Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7031-150-8.
- ^ Encyclopaedia Indica: Princely states in colonial India-I. Anmol Publications. 1996. p. 121. ISBN 978-81-7041-859-7.