Rao Jeet Singh Solanki (Jeeta)
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Rao Jeet Singh Solanki (Jeeta) was a Jat from Palam Delhi. He was 15th ruler of Palam.
Karar Singh Chattri Palam
- The 15th Sardar of Palam was Rao Jeet Singh Solanki (Jeeta) who was a Jat and ruled from 1648 to 1691, he was very strong leader and had a large army. Jeeta had a brother Rao Karar Singh Solanki (1604-1681). Like other Royal families Karar Singh also had hobbies of hunting and luxury. In July of 1681 AD he went on for hunting in the nearby Aravalli hill forest (which is now in between Mehrauli and Faridabad area). While hunting he got lost in the hills but found out the whereabouts of the enemy tribe, their hiding camps and villages. This tribe was an archenemy of Jats and use to steal cows and buffalos. Upon locating them he started a battle and killed many of them. Karar Singh didnt had army with him just his other Royal friends and personal bodyguards, against many villages who were expert in fighting and hiding in the hills. Karar Singh was outnumbered and killed. When Jeet Singh Solanki's brother Karar Singh didn't reach Palam after many days of hunting expedition, he sent his spies in that area and came to know about his death. Jeet Singh called out all his Khap Pardhans for support, specially the Pardhan of Tihar who had 12 villages under him, he was a Muslim Tyagi, an official set by the Badshah to be a coordinator in between Mughal court and the warring rebel Jats and their Khaps of that area. Alamgir Aurangzeb was the Mughal Badshah at that time and he had no other option but to send help to Palam because of the insurgencies by the Jats of Braj he just faced and a lesson learnt about the powers of Jats and Jeet Singh was relatives of many of those Jats . Though Palam Khap was also an enemy of Mughals and they have supported their clansmen Kanha Rawat, Gokul Singh and Ram Singh. But Aurangzeb couldn't afford another Jat rebellion at that time for no reason and he was forced to send help to Palam. Palam Army, other Khap battalions and support of the Badshah they marched towards the hiding camps of the thieving tribe and destroyed their territory. Settled many Jat villages in that area to keep the remaining cattle robbers away. Pardhan of Tihar was gifted 12 more villages to his khap and had 24 village after this. A Chhatri was built behind Shiv Mandir of Badiyal Panna of Palam Village in year 1691 in the memory of the brave Karar Singh because of whom the Jats got rid of the cattle thieves which was a very major issue in that time. The Chhatri is still there and it is called Chaudhary Karar Singh Chhatri.
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