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The
Mud Fort of Kuchesar tells of the chequered history of the Jata
who vied with the Sikhs, Marathas, Rohillas & Rajputs as well as
French adventurers and the East India Company to fill the vacuum
of the declining Mughal power. By the 1740s the Jats had become a
first rate military power.
The Jat rulers of Kuchesar, who hail from Mandoti in Haryana,
built their mud-fort somewhere in the mid 18th century. The family
traces its adventurous descent from the Jats of the Dalal
sub-caste. Bhual and his three brothers first arrived in this area
early in the 18th century. His grandson Chhatar Singh served with
Mirza Ali Beg, the Jagirdar of Chitsauna, obtaining both power and
a large estate. His sons joined Jawahar Singh, the Jat ruler of
Bharatpur to avenge the death of his father Suraj Mal. Najib-ud-daulah
recalled them back and offered the jagir of Kuchesar with the
title of Rao and the office of 'chormar', destroyer of thieves. In
1763, the Jat fort of Kuchesar was captured and razed. By 1782, it
was recovered and has since remained with the family, which was
granted a perpetual lease in 1790 by the Mughal Emperor Shah Alam
and then by the British in 1807.
The
Mud Fort of the Jats of Kuchesar was built in the mid 18th century
with seven turrets as a defence against British cannon attack, and
a wide moat was dug to create the remparts. Its main palace sits
atop a larage bastion overlooking gardens on three sides and the
ruins of a replica of Robert Clive's Calcutta house to its west.
The
banks of Brijghat, 24 kms away on the holy Ganges, make an
interesting picnic outing among fields of sugarcane and mango
orchards. Guest can ride horse and swim at The Mud Fort.
Only 80 kms from New Delhi, Kuchesar is a short drive from the
stress and crowding of the capital.
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