Bamrauli Katara

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Bamrauli Katara (बमरौली कटारा) is a large, historical village in Agra tahsil and Agra district in Uttar Pradesh.

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History

Rana is the ruling clan of Jat rulers of Gohad in Madhya Pradesh and Dholpur in Rajasthan. They were originally Bamraulias from Bamrauli village near Agra.

As per Rajputana Gazetteer, the Jagir of Bamrauli was transferred to Deshwal Jat zamindars of Bairath (near Alwar, Rajasthan) during the rule of Tomars in Delhi in 11th century. During Feroze Tughlaq's regime on Delhi, the satrap of Agra was Muneer Mohammad, who forced the Jats to leave the Bamrauli village in 1367. The Bamraulia Jats moved from Bamrauli to Gwalior region beyond Chambal River.

According to Cunningham and William Cook, Bamraulia gotra Jats from village Bamrauli founded the city Gohad near Gwalior in 1505. Later, it developed into an important Jat State.

Though Gohad was given to the Gwalior ruler the Rana of Gohad was in lieu of it given Dholpur that State continued till independence of India. The Jat rulers of Gohad were awarded the title of Rana.

Rana Jai Singh

Seal of Dholpur State

Seal of Dholpur State-Mitra Mitra, Amitra Amitra" (sure friend, sure foe).

Bamrauliya (Suryavanshi) Vansh-History

Bamraulia clan belong to the Deshwali section of Jats. They came in prominence in 1068 AD when Rana Jai Singh, who acquired territories near Bairat, south of Alwar. Loyal to Emperor Anang Pal Tomar, he received the hereditary title of Rana in ca 1068, together with the usual Royal insignia of a parasol and chamra or yak-tail. Rana Palun Singh, transferred his allegiance to Prithvi Raj Chauhan, and was slain in 1175 fighting the Muslim force. Rana Birhan Pal, son of Rana Palun Singh, settled at Bamroli, near Agra in 1195. It is from this place that the family derives their name. His descendants ruled there until driven out by the Muslim Governor of Agra in 1367. Rana Ratan Pal Singh, eighth in descent from Birhan Pal Singh, joined the service of the Tuar ruler at Gwalior. His son Rana Singhadev Singh supported Raja Barsingh Dev of Gwalior, helping him to win his independence from their Muslim overlords in 1375 He married a Jat lady of Bisotia clan and later settled at Baghthurra, near Gohad. Rana Sujan Deo/Singhadev Singh II, fifth in descent from Rana Ratan Pal, received Gohad from Raja Man Singh of Gwalior in 1505. His title to that state being later recognised by the Emperor Sikander Lodi.

Thereafter, his descendants gradually extended and added to their territories, which eventually amounted to 56 mahals or districts, yielding revenues of Rs 66 lakhs per annum. Maharaj Rana Bhim Singh, the thirteenth ruler of Gohad, pronounced his independence from Mughals expanded the state and become the overlord of whole trans Chambal region even succeeding the historic fortress of Gwalior in 1761, but lost it to the Mahrattas and died fighting them.

Burning with resentment against the Scindia, his nephew and successor Maharaj Rana Chhatra Singh did everything to oppose them. Maharaj Rana Chatra Singh showed his sense of the importance by seizing the fortress of Gwalior and defeated Marathas in numerous struggles but then lost it to Scindias in 1784 (because of treachery), who then crushed his opponent by seizing the whole of Gohad. Maharaj Rana Chhatra Singh reached to the neighbouring Karauli, but was returned to Scindia as a state prisoner, confined at Gwalior fort, then quietly poisoned in 1788.

The Bamraolia clan Jagidars and castellan had effectively been destroyed by the Scindia then spent the next twenty-years fighting each other in a bloody tussle for power. Eventually all the clan leaders resolved to settle their differences by choosing a single ruler in the person of Maharaj rana Kirat Singh, a cousin of the deceased rana. Installed at Baghthurra Fortress in 1803, he at once revived the alliance with the British. They agreed to restore Gohad to him in return for his help in crushing the Maratha power. However, once hostilities ceased, Scindia opposed the restoration. The Rana then agreed to surrender Gohad in 1805, receiving Dholpur, Bari and Rajakhera as compensation in the following year. The ancient town of Dholpur became the capital of the new state, from which the state also took its name.

The Barmaraulias that supported Mahadji Scindia against Maharaja Rana Chatra Singh remained Jagirdars of Karwas. Still 300 Bamraulia Forts in Trans Chambal region tell the glorious past of this clan. Some of the important Forts are Gohad,Behat, Utila, Garhi Padavali, Baghthura and Bilhetis. Currently Rana Jai Singh descendants is Maharaj Rana Hemant Singh of Dholpur.

Source - [1]

कड़वास स्टेट

ठाकुर देशराज[1] ने लिखा है .... [पृ.567]: शिवि वंशी वीरभद्र की एक शाखा बमरोलिया जाटों की है। गोत्र इनका है राणाउत्तर प्रदेश के बमरोली गांव से मध्य भारत में जाने के कारण बमरोलिया गोत्र हुआ।

गोहद के राणाओं की यह एक शाखा है। गोहद मध्य भाग में मराठों के पहले एक शक्तिशाली राज्य था। महादजी सिंधिया ने जब गोहाद पर चढ़ाई की तो गोहाद को फतह करने में कुछ दिन तक नाकामयाब रहा।

आखिर महादजी सिंधिया की विजय हुई। तब उसने इस खानदान के कुछ प्रभावशाली लोगों को खुश रखने के लिए स्वतंत्र जागिरें दी। राजा अमानसिंह, अचलसिंह और ठाकुरदास जी को महादजी सिंधिया ने अकाझरी कैंप में बुलाकर अंताकी, कड़वास, अतरसोहा, छिरेटा, अंतऊआ, चित्तौड़ा आदि गांव जागीर में दिये।

अब यह स्टेट तीन हिस्सों में बटी हुई है। राजा उदयभान सिंह, श्री गणेशसिंह और दीवानसिंह इन तीनों हिस्सों के अधिपति हैं।

राजा उदयभान सिंह जी एक योग्य और शिक्षित सरदार हैं। सिंधिया हाई स्कूल में आपने शिक्षा पाई है। ग्वालियर राज्य सभा के प्रेसिडेंट रहे हैं। हिम्मत के आप बड़े धनी हैं। दुश्मन से घबराते नहीं हैं। आप


[पृ.568]: संत मत के अनुयाई हैं। आपके भतीजे भगवानसिंह जी श्री गणेशसिंह जी के सुपुत्र हैं। कौमी सेवा में भाग लेते हैं। ग्वालियर राज्य जाट सभा को उन्होंने अपनी सेवाएं दे रखी हैं। तीसरे दीवानसिंह जी का स्वर्गवास हो गया है। राजा उदयभान सिंह जी इस समय 42-43 साल के नौजवान व्यक्ति हैं और बड़े उत्साही हैं।

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Population

Total population : 11489
(Males: 6131, Females: 5358)
(according to statistical data of Census 2011)[2]

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