A Town Full of Surprises: Jat Chieftain Rajasthan India Jhunjhunu Hindu Nehra Samvat Faujdar Nawabs
A Town Full of Surprises: Jat Chieftain Rajasthan India Jhunjhunu Hindu Nehra Samvat Faujdar Nawabs
a Jat chieftain of Rajasthan in India who gave name to theJhunjhunu town situated in Rajasthan.
He was born in a Hindu Jat family of Nehra gotra in samvat 1721 (1664 AD). His father was
afaujdar of Nawabs.
Jujhar Singh when became young was made the general of the army of Nawabs. He had a
dream to establish Jat rule in India. He was planning to have a joint rebellion against the Muslim
rule in India. He had heard the stories of rebellion by Jats of Bharatpur such asGokula and Raja
Ram. Meanwhile he came in contact with one Rajput Shardul Singh, who was an employee of
the Nawabs. The Jats through Jujhar Singh and Rajputs through Sardul Singh agreed upon a
proposal to fight united against Muslim rulers and if the Nawab were defeated Jujhar Singh would
be appointed the Chieftain.
Jujhar Singh one day found the right opportunity and attacked Nawabs at Jhunjhunu and Narhar.
He defeated the army of Nawab Sadulla Khan on Saturday, aghan sudi 8 samvat 1787 (1730
AD).
According to the book Rankeshari Jujhar Singh, written by Kunwar Panne Singh, Jujhar Singh
was appointed as Chieftain after holding a darbar. After the tilak ceremony of appointment as a
sardar or chieftain, the Rajputs could not digest it and killed Jujhar Singh in 1730 AD at a lonely
place. Jujhar Singh thus became a martyr for his community. The town Jhunjhunu in Rajasthan
was named so after the memory of Jujhar Singh or Jhunjha.[full citation needed]
28 July 2009 A hidden secret of Jhunjhunu town in northern Rajasthan is its syncretic culture. Better known for the Rani Sati Temple,
built to commemorate the death of a woman who flung herself on her husband's funeral pyre - and which became the centre
of controversy when the once dead tradition of sati came alive again in 1987 - Jhunjhunu is unexpected in more ways than
one.
A district headquarters town, Jhunjhunu lies in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, and can boast of several things. The
district is home to many of the best-known business houses in India, local residents who are multi-millionaires. The big
names include Birla, Piramal, Modi, Singhania, Goenka, Poddar, Kanodia etc. The original havelis of these business families
- many are repositories of original Shekhawati art - are still used by the families and also open to the curious tourist.