Ghasera Fort is a ruined fort in
Ghasera village in
Nuh district
Nuh district, formerly known as the Mewat district, is one of the 22 districts of the northern Indian state of Haryana. The district is known for having the largest Muslim population in Haryana. It lies within the National Capital Region as wel ...
of
Haryana
Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...
state in northern India, which has been notified as a protected monument by the state government.
[ Currently, the majority of the residents of the village are ]Muslim
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Meos, though Hindus
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also live there. Battle of ghasera won by Combined forces of Jats and Ahirs against Rajputs.
History
The ruined Ghasera Fort lies at Ghasera village from Nuh city on Nun-Sohna
Sohna is a town and a municipal council in the Gurugram district of Haryana, India. A popular tourist weekend and conference retreat, it is on the highway from Gurugram to Alwar near a vertical rock. Sohna is known for its hot springs and Sh ...
highway. In the 18th century, Ghasera was ruled by Bargurjar Rajput
Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...
s whose territory included the pargana
Pargana or parganah, also spelt pergunnah, equivalent to Mohallah as a subunit of Subah (Suba), was a type of former administrative division in the Indian subcontinent during the time of the Delhi Sultanate, Mughal and British Colonial empire ...
s of Ghasera, Indor, Kotla, and Sohna
Sohna is a town and a municipal council in the Gurugram district of Haryana, India. A popular tourist weekend and conference retreat, it is on the highway from Gurugram to Alwar near a vertical rock. Sohna is known for its hot springs and Sh ...
. To their north was the Princely State of Nawabs of Farrukhnagar which was founded in 1732. To their west was the jagir
A jagir (), ( Hindustani: जागीर/جاگیر, ''Jāgīr''), ( Marathi: जहागीर, ''Jahāgīrá'') also spelled as jageer, was a type of feudal land grant in the Indian subcontinent at the foundation of its Jagirdar ( Zamindar ...
of the Raos of Rewari, ancestors of Rao Tula Ram
Rao Tularam Singh (''circa'' 9 December 1825 – 23 September 1863) was a King or chieftain of Rewari. He was one of the leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857 in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero.
Personal life
He was born on 9 ...
. They possessed forts at Gokulgarh and Gurawra (or, ''Guraora''). In the south were the Jat
The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in l ...
rulers of Bharatpur State
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, and Kachwaha Rajput rulers of Alwar State
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. The Mughal
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Related to the Mughal Empire
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* Mughal dynasty
* Mughal emperors
* Mughal people, a social group of Central and South Asia
* Mughal architecture
* Mug ...
s, who were protected by Marathas, had seen their territory shrink to a nominal area from Delhi to Palam.
Battle of Ghasera
The battle of Ghasera fought between Jat
The Jat people (, ), also spelt Jaat and Jatt, are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, many Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in l ...
ruler against the Rajput
Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...
ruler. This battle was the result of Mughal Rebellion. The Jats
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defeated the Rajput
Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...
s in ghasera.
Architecture
Ruined walls and a grand entrance in stone and lakhori bricks built with ''surkhi'' (crushed baked red bricked)-lime mortar show that Ghasera was a historical village.[Haryana to take 5 monuments in Nuh under State protection]
Daily Pioneer, 23 June 2018. Of the four entrances, only one remains.
Hindustan Times
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, 1 October 2018, pp. 2,7.
See also
* List of Monuments of National Importance in Haryana
This is a list of Monuments of National Importance (ASI) as officially recognized by and available through the website of the Archaeological Survey of India in the Indian state Haryana. The monument identifier is a combination of the abbreviatio ...
* State Protected Monuments in Haryana
* List of Indus Valley Civilization sites
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Harappan Civilisation, was a major early civilisation, existing from 3300–1300 BCE. It covered much of modern-day Pakistan and northwest India, as well as possessing at least one trading ...
in Haryana
Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...
, Punjab
Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...
, Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; Literal translation, lit. 'Land of Kings') is a States and union territories of India, state in northwestern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the List of states and union territories of ...
, Gujarat
Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the List of states and union territories ...
, India & Pakistan
* National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of Haryana
* List of Indian states and territories by highest point
This is the alphabetical list of the highest points of the Indian states and union territories.
States
Union territories
Gallery
Image:Kangchenjunga.jpg, Kangchenjunga (8,586 m)
Image:Nanda devi.jpg, Nanda Devi (7,816 m)
Image:Salt ...
* Tourism in Haryana
Tourism in Haryana relates to tourism in the state of Haryana, India. There are 22 tourism hubs created by Haryana Tourism Corporation (HTC), which are located in Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal ...
* Haryana Tourism
Haryana Tourism Corporation (HTC) is an agency of the Government of Haryana, India established in 1974. The organisation operates 44 tourist facilities spread across the state of Haryana. These facilities offer visitors lodging, dining, and r ...
Notes
References
External links
History of Bharatput Jat kings
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Forts in Haryana
Archaeological sites in Haryana
Tourist attractions in Haryana
Religious buildings and structures converted into mosques