Dalal
Dalal is gotra of Jats found in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Kuchesar was the princely state of Dalal gotra Jats in Uttar Pradesh in India. Kuchesar town is situated in present Bulandshahr district located at a distance of 80 km from Delhi. The Jat rulers of Kuchesar, who hail from Mandoti in Haryana, built their mud-fort somewhere in the mid 18th century. The Mud Fort of Kuchesar tells of the chequered history of the Jats who vied with the Sikhs, Marathas, Rohillas & Rajputs as well as French adventurers and the East India Company, to fill the vacuum of the declining Mughal power. The family traces its adventurous descent from the Jats of the Dalal clan. Around 1630 Dalal gotra Jats inhabited this area. Bhual, Jagram, Jatmal and Gurva were four brothers in Dalal gotra Jat family who founded the Kuchesar state.
Mr. Crook in his book "The Tribes and Castes of the north western provinces and Avadh" has written about the origin of Dalal gotra. Mr. Crook has mentioned that Deswal, Dalle and Maan were three sons from Dhannaray Jat and Badgujar Rajput woman of village Sillauti of Rohtak in Haryana. The descendants of the three sons were known as Deswal, Dalal and Maan Jats respectively.
Bhual had one son Maujiram. Maujiram had two sons namely Ramsingh and Chhatar Singh. Chhatar Singh was very brave. Chhatar Singh, the grandson of Bhual, served with Mirza Ali Beg, the Jagirdar of Chitsauna, obtaining both power and a large estate. His sons joined Jawahar Singh, the Jat ruler of Bharatpur to avenge the death of his father Maharaja Suraj Mal. Najib-ud-daulah recalled them back and offered the jagir of Kuchesar with the title of Rao and the office of 'chormar', destroyer of thieves.
After the war of Nawab of Delhi with Maharaja Jawahar Singh, the representative of Delhi rule at Aligarh attacked Kuchesar. Dalal Jats were defeated. In 1763, the Jat fort of Kuchesar was captured and razed. Rao Maganiram and Ramdhan Singh were arrested and imprisoned in the fort of Koyal. The two brothers escaped from there and reached Muradabad and aligned with Marathas.
In 1782 Maganiram and Ramdhan Singh along with army attacked the Muslim ruler of Kuchesar and recaptured it. Rao Maganiram died after this victory. His younger brother married with wife of Maganiram as per Jat customs. By 1790 Ramdhan Singh recaptured his entire state of Kuchesar. He also acquired Pooth, Siana, Thana Farida, Datyane and Saidpur on Malguzari lease from Delhi ruler. Since1782 the Kuchesar Mud fort remained with the family, which was granted a perpetual lease in 1790 by the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam and then by the British in 1807.
After the fall of Mughal Sultnate when British government came in power they also rcognized, in1803, the rights of Kuchesar state same as that in the Mugal rulers. Rao Ramdhansingh died in 1816. Rao Fatehsingh then became the ruler of the Kuchesar state. Rao Fatehsingh died in 1839 and his son Rao Bahadur Singh became the ruler who was killed in 1847. In 1857 Raja Gulab Singh helped the British government. He died in 1859. Raja Gulab Singh had no son. He had one daughter Bhup Kumari. After Rani Jaswant Kumari, Bhup Kumari became the ruler. She had no progeny. Bhup Kumari was married to Raja Khusal Singh, nephew of Raja Nahar Singh, of Ballabhgarh. So after the death of Bhup Kumari Khusal Singh became ruler. In 1868 the Panchyat court divided the state into three parts: 5/16 to Pratap Singh, 6/16 to Umrao Singh and rest 5/16 to Khusal Singh. In 1898 Umrao Singh died and Rao Giriraj Singh got his portion to rule.
The chronology of Kuchesar Jat rulers is as under:
Bhual, Maujiram, Rao Chhatar Singh, Rao Maganiram, Rao Ramdhan Singh, Rao Fateh Singh, Rao Bahadur Singh, Rao Gulab Singh, Rani Jaswant Kumari, Bhup Kumari, Khusal Singh, Pratap Singh, Umrao Singh, Giriraj Singh.
Reference
- Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Maharaja Suraj Mal Smarak Shiksha Sansthan, Delhi, 1934.
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