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Raja Nahar Singh
Raja Nahar Singh (died 1858) was a great Jat ruler of the princely state of Ballabhgarh in Faridabad District of Haryana, India. They built a fort in Faridabad around 1739.
He was involved in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Nahar Singh, the Raja of Ballabgarh was 32 years old when he threw his small army into the fray against the British during the 1857 uprising. Refusing an offer to save himself by acknowledging British supremacy, he was hung in Chandni Chowk on 9 January 1858 and his estate was forfeited. He was charged by the colonial rulers for assisting rebellion with money, provisions and arms and by sending troops to Palwal, for taking it from the British Government in India. British sentenced him to “be hanged by neck until he be dead and further to forfeit all his property and effects of every description.” His state was taken over by the British and thus sun set on the Jat state of Ballabhgarh.
Dhan Singh Gurjar
Dhan Singh Gurjar, also known as Dhunna Singh, was the Indian kotwal (police chief) of Meerut, who participated in the 1857 rebellion and led initial actions against the British East India Company in Meerut. On 10 May 1857, a rebellion against the East India Company rule broke out in Meerut during the 1857 uprising. As the kotwal of the city, Dhan Singh’s job was to protect the city. However, many of his officers deserted his force on that day, either to join the rebellion or to escape the rebels’ fury. Dhan Singh and several other policemen later deserted the police force (kotwali). He is believed to have led thousands of villagers from all across the Meerut district to the city’s jail. According to the official records, the rebels released 839 prisoners from the jail. These prisoners were among the rebels who participated in the siege of Delhi.