Himmatgarh

Author: Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

Himmatgarh (हिममतगढ़) is a village and site of Jat Fort (Doderiyan Jats) in Chinnore tahsil of Gwalior District in Madhya Pradesh.

Location

Village - Himmatgarh (हिम्मतगढ़), Tehsil Chinour, district Gwalior Madhya Pradesh Himmatgarh is a Gram Panchayat village of Tehsil Chinour , it covers the villages Himmatgarh , Rawat Banwari and Gujar Banwari . आसपास के गांव - रावत बनवारी , गुजर बनवारी , पार , बनवार , मउछ , पनिहार , बरई , नयागांव , रामपुर , रिछेरा , अमर्धा , धिरोटी , निकोड़ी

Jat Gotras

History

Cannon at Himmatgarh Fort, Madhya Pradesh

Himmatgarh Fort Built by Maharaja Hamir Deo of Pichhore.

Source - Jat Kshatriya Culture

Himmatgarh Village is Jat fort Village under Gwalior district . There were many cannons in the fort , however few are available at present only . Shree Pratap jat was the owner of this fort at the time of Jiyajee Rao Scindia Gwalior .

The Jats of Pichhore

Like their Bambrolia Kinsmen in Gohad the Doderiyan Jats of Pichhore were also reluctant emigrants from the Punjab. About the year 1340 A.D. Raja Bhagirath founded a settlement around the village of Keo some 35 miles South East of Gwalior, which subsequently became famous as Pichhor. Raja Bhargirath had four sons, namely Chandermani, Sinhmani, Akshamani and Mado Singh.

Chandermani the eldest succeeded his father. On Chandermani's death, his only on Dhruve Angad became the ruler of Pichor. He started the building of Pichhor fort in 1448 which was completed by his son Raja Hamir Deo the First, whose reign partly coincided and probably overlapped the reign of the famous Tomar chief Raja Man Singh. Hamir Deo the First saw hard days in his conflicts with the chiefs of Narwar and Orchha. But by the very able stratagem of his wife Ganga Kumari he was able to overcome his problems and continued to rule Pichhore for many years and was probably still alive when Babar appeared on the Indian scene. After that there is a hiatus in the Doderiyan tradition.

During the rule of Hamir Deo the second, a contemporary of Shah Jahan I (1628-58 A.D.), the Pichor principality grew into a modest size. His just rule and martial exploits are to this day extolled by the itinerant bards of Northern Bundhel Khand. Hamir's sense of Justice is reputed to have led him to sentence his own beloved son to death for an unintentional misdemeanor in a hunting field.

Hamir Deo was succeeded by Raja Padam Singh, who ruled Pichhore during The greater part of Aurangzeb's reign. Padam Singh had two sons. Hindupati and Prithvipati. Hindupati was a reputed scholar and poet. He wrote a religions tract called Tattva-Bodha which is still extant. Hindupati was succeeded by his son Pahar Singh. During 1767, Pahar Singh had joined forces with Jawahar Singh or expelling the Maratha troops from the Bhind area and in the latter's expedition to Ajmer and Pushkar. However, about the year 1783-84 Pahar Singh had accepted a feudatory status under Mahadji Sindhia. Chhattar Singh the successor of Pahar Singh was treacherously deprived of Pichor by Daulat Rao Sindhia. His wife's blood stained palm impression in the citadel at Pichor still commemorates her exile from that ancient fortress.