Gokula Singh (also known as Veer Gokula, or Gokal or Gokul Singh Jat; died on 1 January 1670 AD) was a

Jat The Jat people ((), ()) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan. Originally pastoralists in the lower Indus river-valley of Sindh, Jats migrated north into the Punjab region in late medieval times, and su ...

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Tilpat Tilpat is a census town in Faridabad district in the Indian state of Haryana that comes under the Capital Region. It is famous for the revolt against Mughals. It also has the Tilpat 1 & 2 ranges of Indian Air Force on the banks of Yamuna.

, belonging to Haga(Agre/Agha) gotra, in what is now the state of

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, India. The second of four sons born to Madu, his birthname was Ola.Narendra Singh Verma: Virvar Amar Jyoti Gokul Singh (Hindi), Sankalp Prakashan, Agra, 1986, p. 5 Gokula provided leadership to the Jats who challenged the power of the

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Rebellion

Abdul Nabi had also committed some excesses on the Jat Hindus, which incited the rebellion. Abdul Nabi established a cantonment near Gokul Singh and conducted all his operations from there. They gathered at the village of Sahora where, During May 1669, Abdul Nabi was killed while attempting to seize it. Gokula and his fellow farmers moved further, attacking and destroying the Sadabad cantonment. This inspired the Hindus to fight against the Mughal rulers, who were there to destroy all Hindu rebels in exchange of Gokula Land and territories. The fighting continued for five months. In the meantime, after Gokula's death, Churaman had strengthened the Jat fort of Sinsini near Bharatpur, and they sacked regions around Agra and Delhi. Akbar's tomb was looted and according to legends the grave of Akbar was dug up..

Battle of Tilpat

In 1669, Gokula Singh with 20,000 followers faced the Mughals 20 miles from

. Abdul nabi attacked them. At first he appeared to be gaining ground, but in the middle of the fighting he was killed on 12 May 1669 (21st Zil-Hijja, 1079 A.H.). They retreated to Tilpat, where Hasan Ali followed and besieged them with the reinforcement of 1000 Musketeers, 1000 Rocketmen, and 25 artillery pieces. Amanulla, the

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of the environs of

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were also sent to reinforce Hasan Ali.

Death

Gokula was killed brutally for treason on 1 January 1670.

References

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Rebellion

Battle of Tilpat

Death

See also

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