Battles involving the Jat
The Jat people ((), ()) are a community of traditional peasants and herders in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and subsequently into the Delhi Territory, northeastern Rajputana, and the western Gangetic Plain in the 17th and 18th centuries.
List of battles involving the Jat people
*Battle of Salasal (634)
**The Persian commander Hurmuz made an alliance with Jats against Arabian commander Khalid ibn al-Walid.
*Umayyad campaigns in India (712-740)
**When Muhammad ibn Qasim invaded Sindh, the Arabs made an alliance with Jats.
*Battle of the Indus River (1026)
**The Battle of the Indus River was fought between Jats of Sindh and Turk emperor Mahmud of Ghazni of Ghaznavid Empire.
*Battle of Hansi (1192)
**The Battle of Hansi was fought between Jatwan Malik, the Jat military commander of Haryana, and Qutb al-Din Aibak, an Afghan General of Muhammad of Ghor of Ghurid Empire, near Fort Hansi in 1193 after the death of Prithviraj Chauhan.
*Battle of Samana (1398)
**The Battle of Samana was fought between Jats and the Turkish emperor Timur when he invaded India in 1398.
*Battle of Tilpat (1666)
**The Battle of Tilpat (1666) was fought between Jats and Mughals near Tilpat in 1666. The Jats defeated the Mughals in this war.
*Battle of Tilpat (1669)
**The Battle of Tilpat was fought between Jat chief Gokula and Mughals near Tilpat Haryana.
*Battle of Firozpur Jhirka (1684)
**The Battle of Firozpur Jhirka was fought between Kanha Rawat, a Jat leader of Bahin village, and Mughals at Firozpur Jhirkha in 1684.
*Jat's invasion of Agra (1686)
**Rajaram Jat attacked Akbar’s tomb at Agra but Mir Abul Fazl turned him back. Rajaram attacked Shikarpur & Ratanpur on his way back.
*Rajaram Jat attacked Aghar Khan (1687)
**Rajaram Jat attacked Aghar Khan, who was going from Kabul to Aurangzeb’s Vijayapura camp via Dholpur. 5 miles from Dholpur, the Jats defeated Aghar Khan in a battle and killed him along with 80 of his followers.
*Rajaram's attack on Mahabat Khan general of Hyderabad (1688)
**Rajaram attacked Mir Ibrahim (Mahabat Khan) at Agra while Mahabat was going to Punjab, but was repulsed after a long & stubborn battle in 1688.
*Rajaram's invasion of Akbar's tomb (1688)
**In 1688, Rajaram made an attempt at the tomb of Akbar in Agra. The Jats took away the precious stones of the building, carpets, gold & silver vessels, lamps, etc., and damaged the building. Akbar’s bones were dragged out and thrown in the fire and burnt.
*Battle of Bijal (1688)
**The Battle of Bijal was fought between the Chauhan Rajputs Jat leader Rajaram Jat and Shekhawat Rajputs.
*Battle of Sinsini (1690)
**The Churaman Jat and Bishan Singh of Jaipur. In this Battle 700 Rajputs and 200 Mughals killed against 1500 Jats.
*Defeat of Mughals in Bayana, Hindaun (1692)
**Jat leader Fateh Singh defeated Mughal Kamal ul din Khan.
*Fall of Kasot (1692)
**The Fort of Kasot was captured for Jat leader Fateh Singh and Mughals moved towards the pingora, the stronghold of Fateh Singh.
*Battle of Sonkh (1694)
**This battle was fought between Raja Hathi Singh Jat ruler of Sonkh and Mughals. In 1694 AD, once again there was a war between the Mughals and the Jats, in which the Jat heroes of Hathi Singh defeated the Mughals. In this war, more than 800 Mughal Muslims were taken captive and hundreds of Mughals were killed.
*Capture of Sinsini (1704)
**In 1704, Churaman Jat recaptured the Sinsini Fort from Mughals.
*Battle of Fatehpur Sikri (1721)
**The Battle of Fatehpur Sikri was fought between Jat ruler Muhkam Singh and Dupty Governor of Mughals Nilkanth Nagar.
*Capture of Sogar (1733)
**Jat ruler Suraj Mal of Bharatpur occupied Sogar from Jat ruler Khem Karan Sogaria.
*Battle of Gwalior (1740)
**The Battle of Gwalior (1740) was fought between Jat ruler of Gohad Bhim Singh Rana and Mughals. Bhim Singh Rana captured Gwalior Fort from Mughals in 1740.
*Battle of Chandaus (1740)
**The Battle of Chandus was fought between Jat ruler Surajmal and Afghan ruler Asad Khan at Aligarh. Asad Khal was killed in this war.
*Battle of Gangwana (1741)
**Jats of Bharatpur and Rajputs of Karauli, Jaipur, Bondi, Kota attacked Jodhpur.
*Battle of Bagru (1748)
**Jats, Rajputs and Marathas fought to choose who would become the Jaipur king.
*Battle of Sarai of Sobhachand (1750)
**The Battle was fought between Jat ruler Suraj Mal of Bharatpur, Balram of Ballabgarh, Bhim Singh Rana of Gohad, Mughal commander Mir Bakshi and Sadat Khan in 1750.
*Battle of Aligarh (1753)
**The Battle of Aligarh in 1753 was fought between Jats and Rajputs in Aligarh Uttar Pradesh.
*Battle of Ghasera (1753)
**Battle fought between Jats and Bargujar rajputs on 1753 in ghasera near Mewat Haryana. King Surajmal and Bahadur Singh Bargujar fought this Battle.
*Siege of Delhi (1753)
**Siege of Delhi fought between Jat ruler Suraj Mal and Mughal Rulers.
*Battle of Kumher (1754)
**Battle of Kumher fought between Jats and Maratha on 1754. The battle was fought by Suraj Mal and Khanderao Holkar.
*Battle of Gwalior (1754)
**Bhim Singh Rana Jat ruler of Gohad defeated Marathas under Vitthal Vinchurkar.
*Capture of Alwar (1756)
**Jats captured Alwar from Mughals in 1756.
*Battle of Gwalior (1756)
**Battle of Gwalior 1756 was fought between Jat ruler Bhim Singh Rana and Maratha ruler Mahadaji Shinde.
*Battle of Bharatpur (1757)
**Battle of Bharatpur was fought between forces of Suraj Mal and Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali.
*Battle of Ballabgarh (1757)
**Battle of Ballabgarh 1757 fought between Jat ruler Jawahar Singh of Bharatpur and Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1757
*Capture of Delhi (1760)
**Jat and Maratha alliance captured Delhi from Mughal and Afghans.
*Battle of Gwalior (1761)
**After the Marathas defeated by Afghans in Third Battle of Panipat. Jat ruler Chattar Singh of Gohad recaptured Gwalior from Marathas.
*Battle of Agra (1761)
**Battle of Agra was fought between Jats and Mughals near Agra Fort on 1761.
*Battle of Farrukhnagar (1763)
**Battle of Farrukhnagar was fought between Jats and balochs.
*Battle of Hindon river (1763)
**Battle of Hindon river fought between Jats and Afghans.
*Battle of Tilpat (1764)
**Battle of Tilpat 1764 fought between Jat ruler Jawahar Singh and Afghan ruler Najib ad daulah at Tilpat near faridabad on 1764.
*Battle of Delhi (1764)
**Battle of Delhi 1764 fought between Jats and Mughals, Afghans. Jat ruler Jawahar Singh of Bharatpur lead a siege of Delhi against Mughals and Afghans.
*Battle of Moada and Mandholi (1767)
**Battle of Moadha and Mandholi fought between Jat ruler of Bharatpur and Kachwaha ruler of Jaipur.
*Battle of Kama (1768)
**Battle of Kama was fought between Jats and kachwahas on 1768.
*Battle of Gwalior (1780)
**Jat ruler Chattar Singh of Gohad captured Gwalior from Maratha Ruler Mahadaji Scindia in 1780.
*Battle of Deeg (1804)
**Jats fought against British East India Company in Deeg. Jat leader was Ranjeet Singh of Bharatpur.
*Siege of Bharatpur (1805)
**Siege of Bharatpur was fight between Jats and British East India Company.
*Siege of Hathras (1817)
**Siege of Hathras was fought between Raja Dayaram Jat ruler of Hathras and British East India Company in 1817.
*Battle of Bharatpur (1825-1826)
**Battle of Bharatpur 1825 fought between Jat ruler of Bharatpur and Britishers.
*Battle of Dograi (1965)
**Battle of Dograi 1965 was fight between 3 Jat of Jat regiment and Punjab Regiment, Baloch Regiment of Pakistan in India Pakistan war 1965.
Footnotes
List of battles involving the Jat people
*Battle of Salasal (634)
**The Persian commander Hurmuz made an alliance with Jats against Arabian commander Khalid ibn al-Walid.
*Umayyad campaigns in India (712-740)
**When Muhammad ibn Qasim invaded Sindh, the Arabs made an alliance with Jats.
*Battle of the Indus River (1026)
**The Battle of the Indus River was fought between Jats of Sindh and Turk emperor Mahmud of Ghazni of Ghaznavid Empire.
*Battle of Hansi (1192)
**The Battle of Hansi was fought between Jatwan Malik, the Jat military commander of Haryana, and Qutb al-Din Aibak, an Afghan General of Muhammad of Ghor of Ghurid Empire, near Fort Hansi in 1193 after the death of Prithviraj Chauhan.
*Battle of Samana (1398)
**The Battle of Samana was fought between Jats and the Turkish emperor Timur when he invaded India in 1398.
*Battle of Tilpat (1666)
**The Battle of Tilpat (1666) was fought between Jats and Mughals near Tilpat in 1666. The Jats defeated the Mughals in this war.
*Battle of Tilpat (1669)
**The Battle of Tilpat was fought between Jat chief Gokula and Mughals near Tilpat Haryana.
*Battle of Firozpur Jhirka (1684)
**The Battle of Firozpur Jhirka was fought between Kanha Rawat, a Jat leader of Bahin village, and Mughals at Firozpur Jhirkha in 1684.
*Jat's invasion of Agra (1686)
**Rajaram Jat attacked Akbar’s tomb at Agra but Mir Abul Fazl turned him back. Rajaram attacked Shikarpur & Ratanpur on his way back.
*Rajaram Jat attacked Aghar Khan (1687)
**Rajaram Jat attacked Aghar Khan, who was going from Kabul to Aurangzeb’s Vijayapura camp via Dholpur. 5 miles from Dholpur, the Jats defeated Aghar Khan in a battle and killed him along with 80 of his followers.
*Rajaram's attack on Mahabat Khan general of Hyderabad (1688)
**Rajaram attacked Mir Ibrahim (Mahabat Khan) at Agra while Mahabat was going to Punjab, but was repulsed after a long & stubborn battle in 1688.
*Rajaram's invasion of Akbar's tomb (1688)
**In 1688, Rajaram made an attempt at the tomb of Akbar in Agra. The Jats took away the precious stones of the building, carpets, gold & silver vessels, lamps, etc., and damaged the building. Akbar’s bones were dragged out and thrown in the fire and burnt.
*Battle of Bijal (1688)
**The Battle of Bijal was fought between the Chauhan Rajputs Jat leader Rajaram Jat and Shekhawat Rajputs.
*Battle of Sinsini (1690)
**The Churaman Jat and Bishan Singh of Jaipur. In this Battle 700 Rajputs and 200 Mughals killed against 1500 Jats.
*Defeat of Mughals in Bayana, Hindaun (1692)
**Jat leader Fateh Singh defeated Mughal Kamal ul din Khan.
*Fall of Kasot (1692)
**The Fort of Kasot was captured for Jat leader Fateh Singh and Mughals moved towards the pingora, the stronghold of Fateh Singh.
*Battle of Sonkh (1694)
**This battle was fought between Raja Hathi Singh Jat ruler of Sonkh and Mughals. In 1694 AD, once again there was a war between the Mughals and the Jats, in which the Jat heroes of Hathi Singh defeated the Mughals. In this war, more than 800 Mughal Muslims were taken captive and hundreds of Mughals were killed.
*Capture of Sinsini (1704)
**In 1704, Churaman Jat recaptured the Sinsini Fort from Mughals.
*Battle of Fatehpur Sikri (1721)
**The Battle of Fatehpur Sikri was fought between Jat ruler Muhkam Singh and Dupty Governor of Mughals Nilkanth Nagar.
*Capture of Sogar (1733)
**Jat ruler Suraj Mal of Bharatpur occupied Sogar from Jat ruler Khem Karan Sogaria.
*Battle of Gwalior (1740)
**The Battle of Gwalior (1740) was fought between Jat ruler of Gohad Bhim Singh Rana and Mughals. Bhim Singh Rana captured Gwalior Fort from Mughals in 1740.
*Battle of Chandaus (1740)
**The Battle of Chandus was fought between Jat ruler Surajmal and Afghan ruler Asad Khan at Aligarh. Asad Khal was killed in this war.
*Battle of Gangwana (1741)
**Jats of Bharatpur and Rajputs of Karauli, Jaipur, Bondi, Kota attacked Jodhpur.
*Battle of Bagru (1748)
**Jats, Rajputs and Marathas fought to choose who would become the Jaipur king.
*Battle of Sarai of Sobhachand (1750)
**The Battle was fought between Jat ruler Suraj Mal of Bharatpur, Balram of Ballabgarh, Bhim Singh Rana of Gohad, Mughal commander Mir Bakshi and Sadat Khan in 1750.
*Battle of Aligarh (1753)
**The Battle of Aligarh in 1753 was fought between Jats and Rajputs in Aligarh Uttar Pradesh.
*Battle of Ghasera (1753)
**Battle fought between Jats and Bargujar rajputs on 1753 in ghasera near Mewat Haryana. King Surajmal and Bahadur Singh Bargujar fought this Battle.
*Siege of Delhi (1753)
**Siege of Delhi fought between Jat ruler Suraj Mal and Mughal Rulers.
*Battle of Kumher (1754)
**Battle of Kumher fought between Jats and Maratha on 1754. The battle was fought by Suraj Mal and Khanderao Holkar.
*Battle of Gwalior (1754)
**Bhim Singh Rana Jat ruler of Gohad defeated Marathas under Vitthal Vinchurkar.
*Capture of Alwar (1756)
**Jats captured Alwar from Mughals in 1756.
*Battle of Gwalior (1756)
**Battle of Gwalior 1756 was fought between Jat ruler Bhim Singh Rana and Maratha ruler Mahadaji Shinde.
*Battle of Bharatpur (1757)
**Battle of Bharatpur was fought between forces of Suraj Mal and Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali.
*Battle of Ballabgarh (1757)
**Battle of Ballabgarh 1757 fought between Jat ruler Jawahar Singh of Bharatpur and Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1757
*Capture of Delhi (1760)
**Jat and Maratha alliance captured Delhi from Mughal and Afghans.
*Battle of Gwalior (1761)
**After the Marathas defeated by Afghans in Third Battle of Panipat. Jat ruler Chattar Singh of Gohad recaptured Gwalior from Marathas.
*Battle of Agra (1761)
**Battle of Agra was fought between Jats and Mughals near Agra Fort on 1761.
*Battle of Farrukhnagar (1763)
**Battle of Farrukhnagar was fought between Jats and balochs.
*Battle of Hindon river (1763)
**Battle of Hindon river fought between Jats and Afghans.
*Battle of Tilpat (1764)
**Battle of Tilpat 1764 fought between Jat ruler Jawahar Singh and Afghan ruler Najib ad daulah at Tilpat near faridabad on 1764.
*Battle of Delhi (1764)
**Battle of Delhi 1764 fought between Jats and Mughals, Afghans. Jat ruler Jawahar Singh of Bharatpur lead a siege of Delhi against Mughals and Afghans.
*Battle of Moada and Mandholi (1767)
**Battle of Moadha and Mandholi fought between Jat ruler of Bharatpur and Kachwaha ruler of Jaipur.
*Battle of Kama (1768)
**Battle of Kama was fought between Jats and kachwahas on 1768.
*Battle of Gwalior (1780)
**Jat ruler Chattar Singh of Gohad captured Gwalior from Maratha Ruler Mahadaji Scindia in 1780.
*Battle of Deeg (1804)
**Jats fought against British East India Company in Deeg. Jat leader was Ranjeet Singh of Bharatpur.
*Siege of Bharatpur (1805)
**Siege of Bharatpur was fight between Jats and British East India Company.
*Siege of Hathras (1817)
**Siege of Hathras was fought between Raja Dayaram Jat ruler of Hathras and British East India Company in 1817.
*Battle of Bharatpur (1825-1826)
**Battle of Bharatpur 1825 fought between Jat ruler of Bharatpur and Britishers.
*Battle of Dograi (1965)
**Battle of Dograi 1965 was fight between 3 Jat of Jat regiment and Punjab Regiment, Baloch Regiment of Pakistan in India Pakistan war 1965.
Footnotes
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