Bahin is a village in Hathin municipality in Palwal district, Haryana State, India.

History

Kanha Rawat

Kanha Rawat,a Hindu Jat born in Bahin village, fought against the oppression of

Aurangzeb Muhi al-Din Muhammad (; – 3 March 1707), commonly known as ( fa, , lit=Ornament of the Throne) and by his regnal title Alamgir ( fa, , translit=ʿĀlamgīr, lit=Conqueror of the World), was the sixth emperor of the Mughal Empire, ruling ...

's Islamic rule and his policy of persecuting Hindus, forcible conversion of Hindus to Islam, and high tax rate. While young he was married to ''Karpuri Devi'' and remarried ''Tarawati'' after the demise of first wife. On 9 April 1669, Aurangzeb issued a

firman A firman ( fa, , translit=farmân; ), at the constitutional level, was a royal mandate or decree issued by a sovereign in an Islamic state. During various periods they were collected and applied as traditional bodies of law. The word firman com ...

(islamic diktat) to destroy Hindu temples and schools, following which a large number of Hindu schools and temples were destroyed in Mathura region. In 1678, Aurangzeb's faujdar (commander) of Mathura region began persecuting Hindus and started to destroy temples, consequently Jats and farmers under the leadership of Gokul rose against the oppressive mughal rule and stopped paying taxes, and Hindus refused offer of conversion to Islam made at Bahin village by Aurangzeb's emissary "Sher Khan". Kanha too was captured, refused to convert to Islam and killed at Rawatpara by burying alive in a pit in 1684.Vijay Kumar Pal, INVADERS & Hidden Facts
Rudra Publications
pp55-56. Kanha's samadhi is at his native Bahin village, where ''Kanha Rawat Memorial Park'' was also constructed in his memory. A statue of Kanha was unveiled inside the park in February 2014 by Vishvendra Singh - the scion of Bharatpur State.

History

Kanha Rawat

Post-independence

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