Churaman

Churaman (died 1721) was a Jat chieftain of Sinsini, Rajasthan. He became leader of the Jats after Rajaram's death. Bahadur Shah I made him a mansabdar after he supported him against Muhammad Azam Shah in becoming the emperor. He was also made the faujdar of Mathura, and the imperial highway from Delhi to Agra was placed under his protection by the Mughal emperor.^[1]

Raja Churaman Singh
Ruler of Bharatpur
Portrait of Raja Churaman Singh
Reign	1695–1721 AD
Predecessor	Raja Ram Sinsinwar
Successor	Badan Singh
Died	20 September 1721 (1721-09-21)
House	Sinsinwar Jat dynasty
Father	Bhajja/Bhagwant Singh
Religion	Hinduism

In 1702 after the death of Bhajja Singh, Raja Churaman Singh came to the fore. Within a short period Raja Churaman Singh gathered 500 horsemen and thousands of soldiers. Nand Ram, the Zamindar of Hathras, joined him along with 100 horsemen. Raja Churaman Singh recruited a well-known brigand of Mendoo and Mursan to his army. He constructed a fort Thoon, 150 km west of Agra. Within a short span there were 80 villages under the Thoon state and an army of 14 – 15 thousands.^[2]

References

1. Bhardwaj, Suraj Bhan (2016). "The Bhomias". Contestations and Accommodations: Mewat and Meos in Mughal India. Oxford University Press. p. 211. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199462797.003.0006. ISBN 978-0-19-946279-7.
2. Chandra, Satish (2002). Parties and Politics at the Mughal Court, 1707–1740 (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 162–164. ISBN 978-0-19-565444-8.

Further reading

• Bhardwaj, Suraj Bhan (2020). "Churaman and the making of the Jat state in the late 17th and early eighteenth century". Studies in People's History. SAGE Publishing. 7 (1): 30–52. doi:10.1177/2348448920908238. S2CID 216320823.
• Rana, R. P. (2006). Rebels to Rulers: The Rise of Jat Power in Medieval India c. 1665–1735. Manohar. pp. 153–160. ISBN 978-81-7304-605-6.
• Dwivedi, Girish Chandra (1989). The Jats: Their Role in the Mughal Empire. Arnold Publishers. pp. 27–28, 37–39, 45, 47–48, 51–53, 55, 57–68, 70–80, 84–88, 91–92, 94–97, 170. ISBN 978-81-7031-150-8.
• Pande, Ram (1970). Bharatpur up to 1826: A Social and Political History of the Jats (1st ed.). Rama Publishing House. pp. 11–27. OCLC 555482496.