10-15-2005, 07:12 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The early life
Gokula or Gokul Singh was a Jat chieftain of village Sinsini near
Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, India. His father's name was Madu. Madu
had four sons namely, Sindhuraj, Ola, Jhaman and Saman. The second
son Ola later became famous as Gokula. More details about the birth
of Gokula are not available.
Left Sinsini
In year 1650-51 Madu and his uncle Singha had fight with Mirza Raja
Jaysingh in which Sindhuraj died and second son of Madu Ola became
the successor. After this war Singha along with other Jat families
in the fortress 'Girsa' moved to Mahavan beyond River Yamuna. Ola
(Gokula) also moved with Singha to this place.
Rise of Gokula
Gokula came on scene when the fanatic Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (1658-
1707) attempted to convert Dar-ul-Hurb (Hindustan) to Dar-ul-Islam
forcibly through persecution and dogmatic policies.
In early 1969 Aurangzeb appointed a strong follower of Islam
Abdunnabi as Faujdar of Mathura to curb the Hindus of this area.
Abdunnabi established a cantonment near Gokulsingh and conducted all
his operations from there. Gokula organized the farmers not to give
taxes to the Mughals. The Mughal soldiers started atrocities on the
farmers. This was the starting point of struggle of farmers.
Meanwhile Aurangzeb issued orders on April 9, 1669 to abolish the
temples of Hindus. As a result large number of Hindu temples and
ancient heritages of the period of Kushans were damaged. During
month of May, 1969 the faujdar Abdunnabi seized village Sihora.
Gokula was there and there was a fight in which Abdunnabi was
killed. Gokula and his fellow farmers moved further, attacked and
destroyed Sadabad cantonment. Sadullakhan had founded Sadabad during
the period of Shahjahan. This incidence inspired the depressed
Hindus to fight against atrocities of the Mughal rulers. The fights
continued for five months.
The battle of Tilpat
The Jat peasants of Tilpat (Mathura) had the audacity to challenge
the Imperial power under the leadership of Gokula. Jats were thus
first to unsheath their swords and to wield these against the mighty
Mughals.
Emperor Aurangzeb had to march himself on November 28, 1669 from
Delhi to curb the Jat menace. The Mughals under Hasan Alikhan and
Brahmdev Sisodia attacked Gokula Jat. Gokula and his uncle Uday
Singh with 20000 Jats, Ahirs and Gujars fought with superb courage
and tenacity, the battle at Tilpat, but their grit and bravery had
no answer to the Mughal artillery. After three days of grim fight
Tilpat fell. Losses on both sides were very heavy. 4000 Mughal and
3000 Jat soldiers were killed.
Gokula hacked to death
Gokula and Uday Singh were imprisoned. Jat women committed Jauhar.
Gokula offered pardon if he accepted Islam. To tease the Emperor,
Gokula demanded his daughter in return. Gokula and Uday Singh were
hacked to death piece by piece at Agra Kotwali on January 1, 1670.
References
*Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Delhi, 1934
*Narendra Singh Verma: Virvar Amar Jyoti Gokul Singh (Hindi),
Sankalp Prakashan, Agra, 1986
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Laxman Burdak
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JatHistory/message/2530<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Anyone here have the book "The Jats: Their Role in the Mughal Empire"
by Girish Chandra Dwivedi where he is supposed to have dealt with the
1669 rebellion in the 1st chapter in detail and does it have any more
info on Gokul Singh and the causes of the rebellion.
Gokula or Gokul Singh was a Jat chieftain of village Sinsini near
Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, India. His father's name was Madu. Madu
had four sons namely, Sindhuraj, Ola, Jhaman and Saman. The second
son Ola later became famous as Gokula. More details about the birth
of Gokula are not available.
Left Sinsini
In year 1650-51 Madu and his uncle Singha had fight with Mirza Raja
Jaysingh in which Sindhuraj died and second son of Madu Ola became
the successor. After this war Singha along with other Jat families
in the fortress 'Girsa' moved to Mahavan beyond River Yamuna. Ola
(Gokula) also moved with Singha to this place.
Rise of Gokula
Gokula came on scene when the fanatic Mughal emperor Aurangzeb (1658-
1707) attempted to convert Dar-ul-Hurb (Hindustan) to Dar-ul-Islam
forcibly through persecution and dogmatic policies.
In early 1969 Aurangzeb appointed a strong follower of Islam
Abdunnabi as Faujdar of Mathura to curb the Hindus of this area.
Abdunnabi established a cantonment near Gokulsingh and conducted all
his operations from there. Gokula organized the farmers not to give
taxes to the Mughals. The Mughal soldiers started atrocities on the
farmers. This was the starting point of struggle of farmers.
Meanwhile Aurangzeb issued orders on April 9, 1669 to abolish the
temples of Hindus. As a result large number of Hindu temples and
ancient heritages of the period of Kushans were damaged. During
month of May, 1969 the faujdar Abdunnabi seized village Sihora.
Gokula was there and there was a fight in which Abdunnabi was
killed. Gokula and his fellow farmers moved further, attacked and
destroyed Sadabad cantonment. Sadullakhan had founded Sadabad during
the period of Shahjahan. This incidence inspired the depressed
Hindus to fight against atrocities of the Mughal rulers. The fights
continued for five months.
The battle of Tilpat
The Jat peasants of Tilpat (Mathura) had the audacity to challenge
the Imperial power under the leadership of Gokula. Jats were thus
first to unsheath their swords and to wield these against the mighty
Mughals.
Emperor Aurangzeb had to march himself on November 28, 1669 from
Delhi to curb the Jat menace. The Mughals under Hasan Alikhan and
Brahmdev Sisodia attacked Gokula Jat. Gokula and his uncle Uday
Singh with 20000 Jats, Ahirs and Gujars fought with superb courage
and tenacity, the battle at Tilpat, but their grit and bravery had
no answer to the Mughal artillery. After three days of grim fight
Tilpat fell. Losses on both sides were very heavy. 4000 Mughal and
3000 Jat soldiers were killed.
Gokula hacked to death
Gokula and Uday Singh were imprisoned. Jat women committed Jauhar.
Gokula offered pardon if he accepted Islam. To tease the Emperor,
Gokula demanded his daughter in return. Gokula and Uday Singh were
hacked to death piece by piece at Agra Kotwali on January 1, 1670.
References
*Thakur Deshraj: Jat Itihas (Hindi), Delhi, 1934
*Narendra Singh Verma: Virvar Amar Jyoti Gokul Singh (Hindi),
Sankalp Prakashan, Agra, 1986
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Laxman Burdak
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JatHistory/message/2530<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Anyone here have the book "The Jats: Their Role in the Mughal Empire"
by Girish Chandra Dwivedi where he is supposed to have dealt with the
1669 rebellion in the 1st chapter in detail and does it have any more
info on Gokul Singh and the causes of the rebellion.