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Line 20: }} '''Gajpati Ujjainia''' (also known as '''Gajpati Sahi''') (1484-1577) was a chieftain of the [[Ujjainiya]] [[Rajput]] clan and also a commander in the army of [[Sher Shah Suri]], the ruler of the [[Sur Empire]].<ref name="Ahmad">{{cite book |title=Popular Literature And Pre-Modern Societies In South Asia |editor1-first=Surinder |editor1-last=Singh |editor2-first=I. D. |editor2-last=Gaur |pages=76–77 |publisher=Pearson Education India |year=2008 |isbn=978-81-317-1358-7 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVA0JAzQJkYC |chapter=State Formation and Consolidation under the Ujjainiya Rajputs in Medieval Bihar: Testimony of Oral Traditions as Recorded in the ''Tawarikh-i-Ujjainiya''|first=Imtiaz |last=Ahmad |access-date=2 January 2012}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=June 2022}}<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ansari |first1=Tahir Hussain |title=A Political Biography of an Ujjainia Chief of Bhojpur: Raja Gajpati |journal=Karatoya |date=2014 |volume=7 |pages=40–48 |url=http://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/3840}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=June 2022}} ==Early life== Gajpati was the son of the Ujjainiya chief, Badal Singh and the nephew of Dalpat Sah.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Garg |first1=Sanjay |title=Studies in Indo-Muslim History by S.H. Hodivala Volume II: A Critical Commentary on Elliot and Dowson's History of India as Told by Its Own Historians (Vols. V-VIII) & Yule and Burnell's Hobson-Jobson |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780429757778 |page=55 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JM5wDwAAQBAJ&dq=gajpati+ujjainia&pg=PA363}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=June 2022}} Following a war of succession, Gajpati, his mother and his brother, Bairi Sal were banished and Shivram Singh became the chief of the Ujjainiyas. In 1532, his mother requested [[Sher Shah Suri]] to help her sons get back their chieftaincy. With the support of Sher Shah Suri, Gajpati defeated and killed Shivram Singh and came into power in 1534.<ref name="Ansari2019">{{cite book|author=Tahir Hussain Ansari|title=Mughal Administration and the Zamindars of Bihar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kUueDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT234|date=20 June 2019|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-00-065152-2|pages=234–240}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=June 2022}}<ref name="Ahmad" />{{Verify source|date=June 2022}} He originally controlled a village named Bihiya.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Raza Khan |first1=Ahsan |title=Chieftains in the Mughal Empire During the Reign of Akbar |date=1977 |publisher=Indian Institute of Advanced Studies |isbn=9780896843769 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=shAdAAAAMAAJ&q=gajpati+ujjainiya}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=June 2022}} ==Battle of Surajgarha== The Ujjainiyas under the leadership of Raja Gajpati helped [[Sher Shah Suri]] in the battle of Surajgarha against the [[Bengal sultanate]] who at the time were a major regional power. Raja Gajpati handpicked 2000 of his best men and was able to help Sher Shah Suri in achieving victory. General Ibrahim Khan was killed by Raja Gajpati and all the camp equipment, elephants and artillery pieces of the Bengal army fell into the hands of Ujjainiyas. In return for their help, the Ujjainiyas were entitled to any of the spoils of war that they looted from the defeated army. Sher Shah also assigned Buxar to him as a reward and gifted a sword to his brother, Bairi Sal.<ref>{{cite journal | title=The Role of Ujjainia Chiefs of Bhojpur in the Battle of Surajgarha (1530 A.D.): Summary | author=Muhammad Iftekhar Alam | journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |volume = 52| year=1991 | pages= 122–127|jstor = 44142625}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=June 2022}} ==Aftermath== Following the battle, Gajpati was embroiled in another familial feud with Birbhan of Arail who requested Emperor [[Humayun]] in gaining the throne of Bhojpur in 1538.<ref name="Ansari2019" />{{Verify source|date=June 2022}} Humayun provided him with some retainers and they succeeded in driving Gajpati out of his stronghold. Birbhan also supported Humayun in his clashes with Sher Shah Suri as a result of this. Gajpati in turn, after being dispossessed from his estate, joined Sher Shah Suri and possibly took a leading role in the [[Battle of Chausa]]. He then managed to recapture his estate.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nain Prasad |first1=Rajiv |title=History of Bhojpur, 1320-1860 A.D. |date=1987 |publisher=Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute |pages=37–41 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qsMtAAAAMAAJ&q=gajpati}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=June 2022}} Later in his life, he eventually did wear fealty to the Mughals but oftentimes did raise the standard of rebellion.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khan |first1=Iqtidar |title=The Political Biography of a Mughal Noble, Munʻim Khan Khan-i Khanan, 1497-1575 |date=1973 |publisher=Orient Longman for the Department of History, Aligarh Muslim University |pages=99–109}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=June 2022}} ==References== | |||