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A
golden age dawned upon the old city of Bharatpur,
traditionally the home of Jats. Otherwise
the tillers of the land, the Jats establish their pre-eminence
in the region long before the before the emergence of
rajputs. Uniting under the able leadership
of rulers like Badan Singh and Suraj mal,
the Jats expanded their territory far beyond its original
boundaries. Such was the might of the Jats that Bharatpur
came to be known as the impregnable city. The beautiful palace
and gardens at Deeg and the Bharatpur fort,
both built by Surajmal, symbolized the coming of age of the
Jat state. Soon, nobody dared question the Jats’ prowess in
battle.
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A British general, Lord Lake, thought
otherwise and paid dearly with his life for his decision to
besiege the Lohagarh Fort. At Deeg, the maharaja’s
men successfully took on the might of a combined mughal and
Martha army of 80,000. Growing from strength to strength,
the Jats even dared to attack the Red Fort in
Delhi, the ultimate icon of power!
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The Deeg Palace
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