Bhim Singh Rana

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Bhim Singh Rana
Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana.jpg
Portrait of Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana
Maharaj Rana of Gohad
Reign1717–1756 CE
PredecessorJaswant Singh
SuccessorGirdhar Pratap Singh
Maharaj Rana of Gwalior
Reign1740–1756 CE
SuccessorMahadji Shinde
Born1707
Died1756
Gwalior
SpouseRoshani
DynastyBamraulia
FatherJaswant Singh Rana (Bamraulia)
ReligionHindu

Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana (c. 1707–1756), was the most powerful Jat ruler of Kingdom of Gohad in northwestern Madhya Pradesh, India. According to Alexander Cunningham and William Crooke, Bamraulia gotra Jats from village Bamrauli (near Agra) in 1505 founded the city Gohad near Gwalior.[1][2][3]

Chhatri near Bhimtal in memory of Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana on the Gwalior Fort.

Death[]

In 1756 Marathas attacked the Gwalior Fort under the leadership of the Great Warrior Shinde Scindia with a huge army. There was a battle between the Jat Army and the Maratha Army down below the fort. At one point during the battle, when Bhim Singh Rana was not riding his horse, Maratha Atrao attacked Rana with a sword. Bhim Singh Rana was wounded and carried out of the battle by his soldiers. He died after three days during the month of Chaitra in 1756. His queen Roshani committed jauhar. The fort was occupied by Marathas.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Dr. Ajay Kumar Agnihotri (1985) : Gohad ke jaton ka Itihas (Hindi), Nav sahitya Bhawan, New Delhi, p.14-15
  2. ^ JN Sharma: Jaton ka navin Itihas, p. 46
  3. ^ (2004) : Jat-Itihas, Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad, Gwalior, p. 359
  4. ^ (2004) : Jat-Itihas, Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad, Gwalior, p. 359


Bhim Singh Rana
Bamraulia Dynasty
Born: 1707 Died: 1756
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Jaswant Singh
Maharaj Rana of Gohad
1717–1756
Succeeded by
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