Historical Figures

key person of Jodha's lineage

In the lineage of Rao Jodha, there were many such persons who succeeded in making a special place for themselves in history. Encyclopedias like Encyclopedia Britannica and Encyclopedia Indica and world-class websites like Wikipedia are full of introductions to Jodha's descendants. Indian cinema gave place to many of Jodha's descendants on the cinema screen. The Government of India issued postage stamps on several descendants of Jodha. Jodha and her descendants have been mentioned in hundreds of books. Many descendants of Jodha built hundreds of temples in India and outside India, which are still in existence today. Many descendants of Jodha became formidable warriors, excellent painters, writers of excellent quality, high level devotees and great donors. His descendants will be known for the protection of Hinduism for ages.

Miran Bai

Meera Bai was the granddaughter of Duda, son of Rao Jodha and the daughter of Ratna Singh. Meera Bai was married to Bhojraj, the eldest son of Maharana Sanga. Meera Bai gained world fame by doing Krishna devotion and immortalized her name among Vaishnava devotees and in the Hindi literary world. Government of India issued a postage stamp on Mira Bai.

Jaimal Rathod

The grandson of Duda, son of Rao Jodha and Jaimal Rathod, son of Veeramdev, was a cousin of Mira Bai. At the time of Akbar's Chittor attack, he showed amazing valor while protecting the Chittor fort and attained martyrdom. Akbar got its idol installed in the palaces of Agra. Its sculptures were also installed in Agra, Delhi, Mandu and Kathmandu.

Kalla Rathod

Kalla Rathod, a descendant of Jodha, was the son of Asa Singh, the younger brother of Rao Jaimal. Meera was Kalla Rathod's aunt. During the Chittor siege of Akbar, when Rathore Jaimal was injured by Akbar's bullet, then this same Kalla Rathore had fought with Jaimal on his shoulders. Due to the sword being wielded by Jaimal with two hands and by Kalla with two hands, it is said that Kallaji appeared in the form of a quadrilateral. He is considered to be a four-handed folk deity and an incarnation of Sheshnag. He was a perfect treatment for snakebites. He has about five hundred temples in Marwar, Mewar, Banswara, Dungarpur, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

Maldev

Maldev became the most powerful king in Jodha's dynasty. With his might, he expanded the boundaries of the state of Jodhpur from Gujarat to Agra and Delhi. After being defeated by Sher Shah, Humayun sought refuge from Maldev but Maldev refused. Due to the deceit of Sher Shah, Maldev was defeated by Sher Shah but soon he again took control of his kingdom.

Chandrasen

Chandrasen, the son of Maldev, born in the lineage of Jodha, holds the same high position in history as Maharana Pratap for his valor as well as his love for freedom. This together with Maharana Pratap formed a confederacy of Rajputana kings against Akbar.

Kalla Rathod

This descendant of Jodha was the grandson of the Marwar king Maldev and the son of Raimal. It had got the jagir of Sivana. Once Akbar told the Hada ruler of Bundi that we wish that your daughter should be married to Prince Salim. Hada was stunned to hear this proposal in the filled court. He looked to the court for help. All the Hindu kings lowered their eyes, but Kalla Raimlot of Siwana boldly looked at Hada, flaunting his mustache. Hada found a way to escape as soon as Kalla saw her. Hada said, "My daughter is engaged. With whom the king asked? Kalla looked at his mustache and said, "With me." The emperor understood that there is no truth in this, but the arrogant king could not cut the talk of the Hindu king standing on the doorstep of self-respect. Kalla Raimlot had to pay for this courage shown in Akbar's court to protect the identity of a Hindu woman.

Amarsingh Rathod

He was the son of Maharaja Gaj Singh, the king of Jodhpur and elder brother of Maharaja Jaswant Singh. He was so self-respecting that he could not tolerate even his father's wrong words. Therefore it had to leave the state of Jodhpur. Shah Jahan granted him a separate state of Nagaur. This was the only Hindu king who killed Shah Jahan's Bakshi with a bare sword in the court of Shah Jahan. While protecting his self-respect, he was killed while fighting in the court of Shah Jahan.

Jaswant Singh

Jodhpur King Jaswant Singh was considered a symbol of Hindu power during the rule of Aurangzeb. In the war of succession between Dara and Aurangzeb, Jaswant Singh sided with Dara, but in the war of Dharamat, Dara had to face a severe defeat. Aurangzeb sent Jaswant Singh as the Subedar of Gujarat to fight against Chhatrapati Shivaji. Jaswant Singh did not earn much success against Chhatrapati. On this Aurangzeb became very angry with Jaswant Singh and sent him to Kabul to fight against the Pathans and got his son Prithvi Singh killed from behind. Jaswant Singh died on 28 November 1678 on the Kabul front. On receiving the news of his death, Aurangzeb said, "Today the door of Kufr is broken. At the same time the Begum of Aurangzeb said, "Today is a day of mourning because the strong pillar of the empire has been broken." After the death of Jaswant Singh, the state of Marwar was merged with the Mughal Sultanate. Jodha's descendants could not enter Jodhpur for 29 years.

Durgadas

Durgadas Rathod was the son of Askaran. Veer Durgadas and Mukundas Dhiki did the work of successfully removing the infant-king Ajit Singh from Aurangzeb's molar. When Aurangzeb took the Marwar Khalsa, Durgadas led the war for the independence of the Rathore kingdom for 29 years. For that this couplet is called-

'Dumbak Dumbak dhol baje, de-de thor nagaran ki.

Ase Ghar Durgo Nahi Ho, Hota Sunnah Saran Ki.'

Karn Singh

Jodha's descendant Karan Singh was the king of Bikaner and contemporary of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb. During his time, Aurangzeb conspired to take all the Hindu kings of India to Iran and do their Sunnah. Sahab's Syed Fakir told this to the Hindu kings. At that time these people were camping in Attock. Bikaner King Karan Singh decided to cut off his head for the protection of religion and decided that when Aurangzeb crossed the Attock river, then all the Hindu chieftains should return to their respective states. When Aurangzeb crossed the river, all the Hindu kings gathered boats and set them on fire. All the kings respected Karan Singh very much and gave him the title of Jangaldhar padshah. When Aurangzeb came to know about the determination of the Hindu kings, he took the Quran in his hand and came to the kings and asked the reason for doing so. Then the kings replied, you have hatched a conspiracy to make us Muslims, so you are not our king. Our emperor is the king of Bikaner. He will do whatever he says, he will not live by leaving religion. Then Aurangzeb took an oath by placing the Quran in front of him that this will not happen now, I will do as you say. You guys come to Delhi with me. If you people have called Karan Singh the king of the jungle, then he will remain the king of the jungle. Returning to Delhi, Aurangzeb snatched Karan Singh's kingdom and sent it to Aurangabad, where Maharaja Karan Singh ascended to heaven on 22 June 1669.

Anoop Singh

When the royal palace was snatched from Maharaja Karan Singh, Anoop Singh became the king of Bikaner. Anoop Singh was an official scholar of Sanskrit language, he wrote Anup Vivek (Tantrashastra), Kama Prabodh (Kamashastra), Shradh Prayog Chintamani and Gita Govind's commentary named Anupodaya. Many Sanskrit scholars lived in his court. Anoop Singh was also a master in music. He composed many books on music. Anoop Singh got the fort named Anupgarh built. He bought rare Sanskrit texts from all over the country and got them safe in the library of Bikaner so that Aurangzeb could not destroy them. Such a large number of books are stored in this library that it is surprising to see. Like books, he bought the idols from different places in India and got them stored in Bikaner so that they could be saved from being destroyed by the Muslims. This huge store of idols is called the temple of 33 crore gods.

Kesari Singh and Padma Singh

Maharaja Karan Singh's sons Kesari Singh, Padam Singh and Mohan Singh were very mighty. Aurangzeb had kept them in his possession by cleverness, deceit and artificial modesty. When Kesari Singh and Padma Singh defeated Dara Shikoh in the field of Khajuraho and brought him to Aurangzeb, Aurangzeb cleaned the dust of their armor with his handkerchief. Padma Singh is considered to be the bravest man of the Bikaner dynasty. The weight of his sword was eight pounds and the weight of the khanda was twenty-five pounds. He used to hunt lions with ballam on horseback.

Charumathi

Born in the lineage of Rao Jodha, Charumati was a princess of Kishangarh state and a great devotee of God. He has written many verses of devotion. When Charumati's brother and King Mansingh of Kishangarh was a minor, Aurangzeb ordered Charumati's doll. Charumati told Maharana Raj Singh of Mewar that I have accepted you as my husband, protect my religion. On this Raj Singh took Charumati and Aurangzeb kept watching.

Nagridas

Born in the lineage of Rao Jodha, Sanvaldas was the heir to the state of Kishangarh, but he devoted his life to the devotion of Shri Krishna and did not come to his kingdom and resided in Vrindavan. One of the names of Radharani is also Nagri, so Sawantdas changed his name to Nagridas. He introduced the painting style of Kishangarh. Bani-Thani's painting of this style became world famous. The Government of India issued a postage stamp on Bani-Thani.

Roop Singh

Raja Roop Singh of Kishangarh, born in the lineage of Rao Jodha, was a contemporary of Shah Jahan. He became immortal in the history of Vaishnava devotees by worshiping Lord Krishna. He composed many verses by offering them to the Lord. He was also a good painter. In the war of succession between the sons of Shah Jahan, Roop Singh took the side of Dara. In the battle of Shamugarh, he cut the rope of Ambari of Aurangzeb's elephant. Due to this Aurangzeb started falling down from the elephant but Aurangzeb's soldiers saved Aurangzeb and cut Roop Singh's body into pieces.

Vijay Singh

During the time of Jodhpur king Vijay Singh, the Marathas had been trampling the whole of North India. Maharaja Vijay Singh was the only king of North India who continued to take on the Marathas for 40 years. He won a historic victory by defeating Mahadji Scindia in the battle of Tunga. Maasirul Umra has written that the King of Marwar, Vijaysinh Riya Parvari, is famous for the upbringing of the subordinates and the head shikni of the rulers.

Mansingh

Jodha's descendant, Jodhpur King Mansingh was a prolific scholar. He composed more than two dozen texts which are full of devotion and makeup. Many poets and scholars found shelter in his court. Maharaja Mansingh made Nath Ayasnath his guru. English Resident Captain Ladlu captured the Naths and sent them to Ajmer and expelled many prominent Naths from the country, due to which Man Singh, being indifferent to the state, left the state and went to Mandore and renounced the body. The Maharaja gave lac pasav to 27 poets and jagirs to 61 poets. The well-known poet Asiya Bankidas was his poetic teacher, whom the king used to watch with great reverence, but the king expelled Bankidas only because he had criticized the Naths in a verse. The king once saw a donkey lying on a saffron cloth and saluted him with reverence. On being asked by the courtiers, the king told that the one who is wearing saffron is worshipable for me.

Ganga Singh

The descendant of Jodha, Ganga Singh became the majestic king of Bikaner. He got Ganganahar constructed in the state of Bikaner, due to which the water of the Himalayan mountain could be available to the farmers of Bikaner. He had great prestige under the British rule. In the First World War (E.1914-1919), his army went to fight on the front of Ganga Risala, Suez Canal, Egypt, Persia and Iraq. He participated in the First War Council of the British Empire and later in the Treaty of Versailles as a representative of the Indian kings. Maharaja Ganga Singh was one of the three Indians who were nominated to attend the Imperial Conference held in London in 1917. On 9 February 1921, he was elected the first chancellor of the Narendra Mandal, he remained in this post till 1926 AD.

Sadul Singh

Jodha's descendant Sadul Singh was the last king of Bikaner. He played a major role in the integration of India and thwarted the conspiracy under the leadership of Bhopal Nawab Hamidullah Khan, by which Muhammad Ali Jinnah wanted to weaken India forever by joining some Rajput princely states in Pakistan. Sardar Patel wrote a letter to this king praising him and wrote that India will always be indebted to you.

Maharaja Umaid Singh

Jodha's descendant was Jodhpur King Umaid Singh Prajapalak Raja. He is called the builder of modern Jodhpur. उसने जोधपुर में नागरिक उड्डयन सेवाएं आरम्भ कीं तथा किसानों के खेतों में सिंचाई के लिये जवाई बांध बनवाया। जब देश का स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन चरम पर पहुंचा और प्रजातंत्र के झौंके तीव्र हो गये तो इस प्रजापालक राजा ने सरदार समन्द क्षेत्र की भूमि अपने पैतृक पट्टे में लिखवाकर अपने को काश्तकार घोषित कर दिया। कहा जाता है कि एक बार उसने प्रजा के साथ भ्रष्ट आचरण करने वाले अपने एक सामंत को चाबुक से ठीक किया।