Gangar Soli

Gangar Soli (गंगार सोली) is a village in Kumher tahsil in Bharatpur district in Rajasthan.

Variants

• Gangarsauli

Location

Gangar Soli is a small Village/hamlet in Kumher Tehsil in Bharatpur District of Rajasthan State, India. It comes under Gangar Soli Panchayath. It belongs to Bharatpur Division . It is located 22 KM towards North from District head quarters Bharatpur. 7 KM from Kumher. 187 KM from State capital Jaipur. Gangar Soli Pin code is 321201 and postal head office is Kumher. Tamrer ( 2 KM ) , Saint ( 2 KM ) , Pala ( 3 KM ) , Sikrori ( 5 KM ) , Kasot ( 5 KM ) are the nearby Villages to Gangar Soli.

Monument of Khande Rao Holkar

K. R. Qanungo mentions that during the Siege of Kumher (Jan. 1754-May 1754)....The Maratha batteries failed to make any impression upon the walls of Kumher and their main army was held at bay by the resolute enemy. One day, young Khande Rao Holkar,² the only son of Malhar Rao Holkar, after taking his meal went, drawn by fate as it were, to an advanced battery and was shuck down by a stray bullet from a Jat swivel-gun (jazain).

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2. He was about thirty years of age at this time, The Waqa makes an entry, recording his death under the date 4th Jamada 1, 1167 A.H. = Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1754.^XVIII This corresponds with the time "About a month and half after the begging of the siege" by Bhao Bakhar, p.4.

XVIII. Date of Khanderao's death is 17 March 1754. See P.C. Chandavat, Maharaj Suraj Mal Aur Unka Yug, 113, f.n.6; G.C. Dwivedi though does not give exact date, also indicate middle of March not in the month of February. The Jats: Their role in the Mughal Empire, 147. The memorial of Khanderao is situated in Gangersauli Village near Kumher fort. - Ed.

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