Maroth, Rajasthan

Maroth is a village in Nawan city tehsil, Nagaur district, in the state of Rajasthan, India.This region is called Gaurati(The Land Of Gaurs)[1]It was a principality granted by MaharajaVigharaj Chauhan to Maharaja Bawan Gaur in 1260 A.D. then it was granted by Aurangzeb to Maharaja Raghunath Singh in 1659 A.D. for his valuable services in the battlefield.[2]Gaur raputs paid more than 6.65% of the jama(estimated revenue) according to Ain-A-Akbari.[3]

Maroth
Village
Maroth
Location in Rajasthan, India
Maroth
Maroth (India)
Coordinates: 27.096668°N 75.085952°E / 27.096668; 75.085952
Country India
StateRajasthan
DistrictNagaur
Government
 • BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
369 m (1,211 ft)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total6,035
Languages
 • Officialmarwari
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
341507
Telephone code01586-277***
ISO 3166 codeRJ-IN
Vehicle registrationRJ-

It is approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Nawan and the same distance from Kuchaman city railway station.[4] It is a place of archaeological interest for tourists.

Location

Maroth is located at 27.096668°N 75.085952°E / 27.096668; 75.085952.[5] State Highway Number 19, which links Jodhpur to Jaipur, is nearby.[6]

History

Gaur Kshatriyas of Maroth region: Jagirdars of Maroth and Mothri became the masters of Vamana's grandson Moterao Kuchaman and Jaalim Singh of Maroth. In this region, the Gaurs increased their influence and expanded the kingdom. Due to the rule of Gaurs, this state is still famous by the name of Gaudati. The Gaurs here also fought the Amber kingdom. In the early 16th century, Riddmal became the ruler of Gaur Maroth, the Patvi leader of the Gaur rulers of the region

After the killing of Kolaraj Gaur by Rao Shekha(he was also killed in this battle) at Kololav pond near Ghatwa, there were 12 battles with Rao Shekha, a relative near Gaur. The twelfth battle was fought under the leadership of Riddmal, the veteran ruler of Maroth, collecting all the Gaur power and Riddmal had to make a treaty with Raymal, son of Rao Sheikha.

The Gaurs had a good relationship with Shah Jahan during Shahjahan's reign and were influential in the Delhi Durbar, but during Aurangzeb's era, the Gaudas of Maroth remained weak in the Delhi Durbar.

But even then it was not possible for Raghunath Singh Medtiya to defeat the Gaurs who had been relatively weak before. Raghunath Singh Mertiya took his relatives with the Kachhwahs for this.

Some of the Gaurs relocated to Alwar, Jhunjhunu,Ajmer,Jaipur,Jodhpur,Sopra(The village Sopra was given to Gaur Rajputs of Gaurati, Maroth as Jagir by HH Maharaja Jaswant Singh II of Marwar (Jodhpur) State. As per the ancestors and books of "Rao's" Maharaja of Marwar gave challenge that whoever will shot down the owl in the dark would be given the jagir of Sopra, at that time popular shooter Giridhari Singh ji Gaur accepted the challenge and shot the owl in his very first shot.

He was then given jagir of Sopra and was publicly honored and was also was given post of Thakur saheb. Sopra is known for its bravery, Thakur Shri Giridhari Singhji and Thakur Shri Nathu Singhji fought very bravely in various wars.)
and other places from Maroth region itself.
These Gaurs from Maroth are also known as Marothia Gaurs.

There is a lot of material available in the local history of this heroic Rajput dynasty, who once ruled in this region of Rajasthan, which needs further research. They had marital relations with his neighbors Shekhawat and Rathore Rajputs, information of which is also found in abundance in history.

Thakurs


1. Kunwar Rao Ajay Singh (1497-1537)

2. Rao Man Singh (1537-1542)

3. Rao Pan Singh (1542-1559)

4. Rao Josal Singh (1559-1580)

5. Rao Kanha Deo (1580-1584)

6. Rao Satal Singh (1584-1590)

7. Rao Suja Singh (1590-1632)

8. Rao Keshav Das (1632-1667)

9. Rao Amar Das Singh (1667-1702)

10. Gulab Singh

11. Hari Singh

12. Kan Singh

13. Anand Singh

How to Reach Panch Mahal Maroth

Bharu Nath Tample

Chaudhari Digambar jain mandir of chaudhari’s of maroth. This title was given by Aurangzeb to them, Aurangjeb with 2.5 million of army came to Ajmer for paying respect at Khawaja Darbaar, food for his army became short, people from maroth helped with the supplies of food thus the tile of “chaudhari” was given to the members of jain community. they are followers of Jainism majorities of Digambar jain patodi gotra chaudhari belongs from maroth The family of champalal Kanmal Umedmal, helped in building a maternity home of 50 beds in maroth by donating their 2560 square yard land and building there on, later some 1450 square yards of land for the government’s Community health centre was given to build health centre there. Chaudhari’s jain temple is in maroth, and people of chaudhari caste visit this place from all parts of India

References
  1. "Rural Settlements in Monsoon Asia: Proceedings of I.G.U. Symposia at Varanasi and Tokyo". 1972.
  2. History of Marotha, by Dr. Kailash Chand Jain, Vol. VIII - Nos. 3 & 4, Pg 201. 1959. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  3. Trivedi, K. K. (1978). "Non-Ruling Rajputs Families in the Mughal Nobility in Suba Agra". Proceedings of the Indian History Congress. 39: 337–344. JSTOR 44139367.
  4. "Tourist Places in Nagaur District". Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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  6. "State Highways" (PDF). 31 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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