Bhim Singh Rana

Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana (c. 1707–1756) was the most powerful Jat ruler of princely state 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.

Bhim Singh Rana
Maharaj Rana of Gohad Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana Jat
Reign	1717-1756 CE
Predecessor	Jaswant Singh
Successor	Girdhar Pratap Singh
Born	1707
Died	1756
House	Bamraulia Dynasty
Religion	Hindu

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. Dr Natthan Singh (2004) : Jat-Itihas, Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad, Gwalior, p. 359
4. Dr Natthan Singh (2004) : Jat-Itihas, Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad, Gwalior, p. 359

Further reading

• Jat Samaj, Agra: October–November 2004