Raja Ram (reign 1670–1688) was the first

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leader, who organised a rebellion against

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 ...

. He was the chieftain of

Sinsini Sinsini is a village in Bharatpur district in Rajasthan, India, situated 20 km to the south from Deeg Deeg is a historical town and a municipality in Bharatpur district in the state of Rajasthan, India. It is situated north of Bharatp ...

. Before Rajaram the Jats were organised by different village heads dotted around Agra, Mathura and the Jamuna river. To avenge the death of

Gokula Gokula Singh (also known as Veer Gokula, or Gokal or Gokul Singh Jat; died on 1 January 1670 AD) was a Jat zamindar of Tilpat, belonging to Haga(Agre/Agha) gotra, in what is now the state of Haryana, India. The second of four sons born to Madu, ...

, Rajaram destroyed Akbar's tomb and dragged Akbar's bones and burned them with the help of

Zamindars of Braj. After his death, his brother Churaman and son Rupa continued the struggle against Aurangzeb.Jadunath Sarkar, A History of Jaipur: C. 1503-1938 pg.152
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Mughal campaigns against Rajaram

In the first of the two military campaigns of Mughal Nawab Khan-i-Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jang Kokaltash against the Jats of

, the armies of Amber state ruler and

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'' joined him. But the combined three forces were defeated by the Jats under the leadership of Rajaram. The ''

pargana Pargana ( bn, পরগনা, , hi, परगना, ur, پرگنہ) or parganah, also spelt pergunnah during the time of the Sultanate period, Mughal times and British Raj, is a former administrative unit of the Indian subcontinent and each ...

s'' of Bhuma,

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, Kuthumbar, and

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came under the control of Jats after this defeat of Mughals. Based on a contemporary ''arzdasht'' (petition), historian R. P. Rana states that this was the period when the Jats living around Agra and Delhi appeared to have revolted. It was the active support of these Jats that made Rajaram victorious. The Jats also ousted imperial revenue officials and the ''jagirdars agents from the ''parganas'' in between Delhi and Agra. The Mughals lost control of the region, and after an unsuccessful campaign of one month, Khan-i-Jahan retreated to

. In his second campaign against the Jats, Nawab Khan-i-Jahan besieged Ram Chahar's fortress in Sogar. Nawab successfully captured the fortress and casualties on the Jat side included Ram Chahar. Nawab next targeted Sinsini, but he had to retreat to Mathura after Rajaram defeated him in a battle near Sinsini. This battle also resulted in the killing of many prominent Rajput leaders from Amber who were fighting on the side of the Mughals. This victory made the Jats even more assertive, and they set up their ''thanas'' (police posts) after removing those of the Mughals in Ao,

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, Khohri, Sahar, and Sonkhar.

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