- Kirat Singh
Kirat Singh Rana or Rana Kirat Singh was the last
Jat ruler ofGohad state (1803 -1805 ) inMadhya Pradesh ,India . He was the first Jat Rana ruler ofDholpur (princely state) (1806 -1836 ). He was fromBamraulia gotra ofJats .After the death of
Rana Chhatar Singh in1785 the entireGohad area suffered from anarchy, killing and other disruptive crimes for the next 18 years. The Jat rebels could be controlled neither by Marathas nor by the British. The revolutionary Jats unanimously declared Kirat Singh son of Samant Tarachand of villageNeerpur in 1803. Samant Tarachand was a cousin of RanaChhatar Singh . The coronation ceremony of Kirat Singh took place at ‘Bagathara fortress’, situated at a distance of 12 miles from Gohad, as Gohad and Gwalior were in possession of Sindhias.In the
Second Anglo-Maratha War atLaswari on1 November 1803 ,Lord Lake defeatedSindhia and tarnished his reputation. In this war theJats helped the British. The British army officers had great affection for Jats.Later the British entered a treaty with Jats and with their help defeated Marathas and won back Gwalior and Gohad from them. The British kept Gwalior with them and handed over Gohad to Jats in
1804 .Kirat Singh moved to
Dhaulpur Gohad was handed over to Marathas under a revised treaty dated22 November 1805 between Marathas and Britishers. Under this treaty Gohad ruler Rana Kirat Singh was givenDhaulpur , Badi and Rajakheda in exchange forGohad . Rana Kirat Singh moved to Dhaulpur in December1805 . Maharaja Kirat Singh ruledDhaulpur up to1836 . He died in 1836 ( on baishakh sudi 5 samvat 1892). Thus he was the firstRana ruler of Dhaulpur. He had two sons namely,Rana Pohap Singh andRana Bhagwant Singh . His successor wasRana Pohap Singh .----
----References
*Dr. Ajay Kumar Agnihotri (1985) : "Gohad ke jaton ka Itihas" (Hindi)
*Dr. Natthan Singh (2004) : "Jat Itihas"
*Jat Samaj, Agra: October-November 2004
*Dr. Natthan Singh (2005): Sujas Prabandh (Gohad ke Shasakon ki Veer gatha – by Poet Nathan), Jat Veer Prakashan Gwalior
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