Jor Khera
Jor Khera () is a village and site of Jat Fort in Palwal District of Haryana, India.
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History
G.C. Dwivedi[1] writes....[p.162]:Getting the news of the death of Balram, Suraj Mal sent a message to Jawahar Singh, then at Deeg, to call up troops and proceed towards Barsana apparently to watch the enemy movements.[2] Meanwhile, heartened by his success, Aqibat stiffened his offensive. Early in December, he plundered the villages of Mitraul and Hathin (12 miles south west of Palwal). The villagers stoutly resisted him all day long but evacuated their places in the night. Then he raided other villages around Palwal. On 20th December 1753, he went to Delhi at Imad's call. On 27th December (1st Rabi I) he despatched Gangadhar and Sukh Ram towards Faridabad and he himself followed the same day, taking Khandoji with all his troops, to resume operation against the Jats. But the situation there had changed during his absence. Taking advantage
[p.163]: of the soldiers' defiance of the jamadar, whom Aqibat had left behind, the Jats recaptured Garhi Hathin and other places. Unable to cope with the situation, Aqibat and the Marathas requested Imad to come in person and so he rushed from Delhi to Ballamgarh, without waiting for the reticent Emperor to accompany him.37
According to their mutual understanding, Khandoji and Imad put simultaneous pressure on the Jats along both sides of the Yamuna, while Suraj Mal apprehending the onrush of the Maratha myriads any day, was not in a position to reinforce his struggling tribesmen. Making Hodal his base, Khandoji, towards the close of December, 1753 ravaged and occupied various Jat 'garhis' including Garhi Hathin, Jorgarhi (?) and Panah Garhi.
References
- ↑ The Jats - Their Role in the Mughal Empire/Chapter IX,p.162-163
- ↑ Sujan, 205.
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