Aurangzeb. Image Credit source: Huffpost
The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb had captured the throne, but extremism He was his biggest enemy. Malwa, Bundelkhand, Khandesh and Rajasthan I had started protesting against him. This Aurangzeb The first Hindu rebellion took place during the reign of Aurangzeb kept suppressing the rebellions, but could never put an end to it.
The most effective was the revolt of the Jats. Rajaram Jat of Sinsni forced the Mughals to chew gram. Rajaram Jat was the only person who dug Akbar’s grave in Sikandra and burnt his bones and also performed his Shraddha rituals according to Hindu customs.
Jat rebellion
This was the period when there was majority of Jats in Punjab, Northern Rajasthan and Western Uttar Pradesh. When Aurangzeb took over the reins of the Mughalia Sultanate in 1656, Jats had no political importance, but fed up with Aurangzeb’s fundamentalism, Jats got excited. The first rebellion took place in 1669 which was done by the Jat farmers.
In the book History of Mughal India, S. Mustaid Khan writes that the cases of fundamentalism were increasing. There was a war in Tilpat between the Jats and a piece of the Mughal army, in which the Jats were defeated. It is said that Gokula Jat was captured in the war, who was killed and the family’s religion was converted.
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the rebellion did not stop
The rebellion of Jats did not stop, in 1686 Rajaram Jat of Sinsani and Ramchera Jat of Sodhar took over the post of chieftains. There were encounters between the Jats and the Mughal contingent. By 1687, Rajaram had become famous for defeating and killing the Mughal general Mughir Khan and looting the Mughal Samant Mir Ibrahim, he was excited by the continuous victory over the Mughalia troops.
Akbar’s tomb was dug up and the bones were burnt
To teach a lesson to Aurangzeb, Rajaraj Jat dug up the tomb of Akbar’s tomb in Sikandra in 1687 and burnt his bones. In the book History of Mughal India, it has been written quoting Nicolao Manuchi that Rajaram Jat not only burnt the bones but also performed Shradhkarma according to Hindu customs. This shocked Aurangzeb a lot.
Rajaraj lost, but the rebellion did not end
In 1688, Aurangzeb sent Faujdar Bidar Bakht of Mathura along with King Vishan Singh of Amer to suppress the Jats. Rajaram lost after a tough fight. Mughal soldiers killed Rajaram, after which his nephew Churaman took over the rebellion. This rebellion continued till 1707.