Raja Suraj Mal was about 55 years old at the time of his death. He had virtually exercised the sole management of the affairs of the State for over twenty years before and after the death of Badan Singh. By his four wives, he left five sons: Jawahir Singh, Ratan Singh, Nawal Singh, Ranjit Singh and Nahar Singh. The first two were born of a lady, popularly reputed to have been a Rajputni, possibly of Gaurua caste, the third was the son of a Malin (gardener class) mother, the last two were born of the women of his own tribe. But the mother of none of these enjoyed the particular affection of the old Jajah, who loved most dearly his masculine and barren wife the famous queen Rani Kishori, popularly called Hansia. Jawahir was fortunate enough to be adopted by this lady, whose influence and affection shielded the rebellious youth from the worst effects of :-

          Wendel says four; but it is a common fact of history supported by the authority of Persian histories that Ranjit Singh, who succeeded his brother Fajah Nawal Singh, was also a son of Suraj Mal. This makes the number five. The narrative of Wendel though extremely valuable as a contemporary history, is vitiated by some inaccuracies about well-known facts.

          Col.Tod says that Jawahir and Ratan Singh were born of a wife of Koormi caste (an agricultural tribe inferior to the Jats). But father Wendel, who lived at the Court of Jawahir Singh, and knew him intimately asserts that they born of a wife of the Core caste. Elsewhere he adds, "There are men who claim that the Corees are a little more noble than the Jats, and that they are a species of decayed Rajputs, either fallen into decadence or mixed, but always one degree higher than the Jats as regards their extraction". This exactly tallies with the notice of the Gaurua caste, whom Sir H.M.Elliot calls "an inferior clan of Rajputs". The another of Imad-ud-Saadat maintains that Jawahir's mother was a Rajputtni .   

Maharajah Sawai Jawahir Singh Bharatendra

          After the death of Suraj Mal, the baronial party, headed by Balaram, brother of Rani Hansia proceeded to place Nahar Singh on the gadi of Bharatpur, as desired by the late Rajah. But one bold and well-judged stroke of Jawahir's policy brought about a dramatic change of the situation. He sent a messenger from  Farrukhnagar with a stern warning to his brother and the nobles, reproaching them with cowardice and unworthy scramble for gain. This was on season, so they were told, to think of giving successor to the illustrious dead but to exert themselves to propitiate his departed soul, crying for his slaver's blood. He would not claim at present, he said, his own birth right, but would go with the small force that remained with him against the enemy, and afterwards see who deserved most to succeed his father. This threat disconcerted the chiefs and so dismayed Nahar Singh, by nature timid and cowardly, that he fled the following night. With his family and partisans, he retreated to Dholpur to wait for a more favorable time to recover his legacy. Balaram gave up all hopes of resisting Jawahir's claim to the throne and thought it prudent to submit. Jawahir Singh returned to Deeg, and was installed there as master and sovereign of the Jat territory.

Rajah Ratan Singh Jat

          The glory of the Jats departed with Rajah Jawahir Singh and confusion fell on their kingdom when his iron grip on longer held the tribe together. His younger brother Ratan Singh, an imbecile and profligate youth, succeeded him, and reigned, according to the author of Imad-us-Saadat, for ten months and thirteen days. The few months of his rule were uneventful and spent wholly in ignoble diversions. Four thousand dancing girls surrounded his person; with them he started, a few days after his accession, for Brindaban to enjoy the rainy season there in gay revelry. All the scenes of the mythic past were acted once again by this reputed descendant of the Divine Lover of Braj, perhaps in a more magnificent manner. He never returned to his capital; his life tragically ended there at the hand of a Gosain named Rupanand.

Nawal Singh

          A mutilated State, a factious nobility, a demoralized army, a depleted treasury and an anticipated revenue were the legacy of the civil war to Nawal Singh who now became the de facto Rajah of Bharatpur, though nominally a Regent for his infant nephew Kheri Singh. Prospects abroad were equally gloomy for him. The interregnum at Delhi had come to an end. The exiled Emperor Shah Alam II re-entered the imperial city in Nov. 1771. Though the Emperor was weak, incapable and vacillating, the empire showed signs of recovery under the able administration of Mirza Najaf Khan, the last of the great foreigners who graced the Court of the Timurids. With the re-establishment of the legitimate authority of the Mughal Emperor, the Jat Rajah stood revealed as the arch rebel and usurper. The dispossessed Muslim Jagirdars of the Doab and Hariana, the shaikzadas of Mewat-whom Suraj Mal had expelled from their estates, looked up to the Emperor to restore their rights to them.

Rajah Ranjit Singh Jat

Rahah Suraj Mal had sown well the seeds of liberty and ambition in the heart of every Jat. If the parent-tree of the Jat State was withering in the land of Braj, its off-shoots grew up vigorously on newer soils and kept up the hope and faith of the people in their great political destiny. During the four years of the comparative neglect of the Doab by the Mughal Government since the battle of Dankaur, several Jat leaders, on their individual initiative, had been carrying on war with the object of carving out small principalities of themselves. They had not only created a powerful diversion to draw off a part of the Mughal army, but also found means to "send secret help to the besieged at Deeg". Mirza Najaf Khan sent Afrasiyab Khan to subdue them and restore order and peace in the Doab. Afrasiyab crossed the Jammuna with an army of fifteen thousand horse and a proportionate number of matchlockmen and guns. After having expelled from that region all the Jat officials who were the ring leaders of disturbance and rebellion, he laid siege to Aligarh. Jawahir Singh had spent a large sum of money in strengthening its fortifications, given it the name of Ramgarh and made it the grand depot of his military stores and treasure. After Afrasiya Khan had reduced the garrison to great straits by a siege of several months, Rajah Bhup Singh of Mudsan and Hathras commenced hostilities in his rear. 

Seth Ch. Chhaju Ram: Business legend

          The saga of  Indian corporate is full of inspiring and awesome stories of remarkable businessman who have established large and powerful business empires. There are marvelous rags to riches stories such as that of Dhirubhai Ambani  who was once an attendant at gas station, or M.S. Oberoi who started his career as a receptionist of a hotel or Mafat Lal Gagal Bhai, the Bombay Textile  Tycoon , who was once a cut piece vendor on street pavements. Seth Chhaju Ram was one of these legends.

India was a jewel in the Queen's crown., but most Indians were too poor to afford shoes. We were a colonial economy and it was heavily skewed in favor of  export of agricultural goods and raw materials, and the imports of finished goods. India made very few  products - almost every thing for the past century and more had been imported. At this time there were hundreds of Indian businessmen who used the shortcut for private gains and profits . But not Seth Ch. Chhaju Ram.

          Daanvir Seth Ch. Chajju Ram was born in village Alakhpura, Hansi, Hissar in 1861. Ch. Salig Ram father of Seth Ch Chajju Ram was a humble farmer . Like all village kids of his era, Ch Chhaju Ram also spent his child hood in his village performing every ritual and chorus associated with rural life. He did his primary education from a nearby village 'Bawani Khera, ' middle from Bhiwani and high school from Rewari. Due to prevailing family conditions , he could not study further.

          While studying in Bhiwani, Ch Chhaju Ram came in contact with one Aryasmaji engineer Sh. S. N. Rai who was highly impressed by his acumen , well defined goals and humble attitude. Engineer Sh. S.N. Rai took Ch. Chhaju Ram to Calcutta where he assigned him the job of teaching his children. Slowly-slowly Ch. Chhaju Ram came in contact with marwarhi traders and started teaching their children also. During  those day by and large , most of the marwarhis not well versed with English language which was a big handicap for them in their business. During his spare time , Ch Chhaju Ram starting writing and drafting business letters and accounts for marwarhi traders. By virtue of his fast learning ability and interpersonal relations , Ch Chhaju Ram made good friends and learnt the skills of running the business in a very short span of time.

          By the grace of almighty God, Seth Chhaju Ram started his own business of buying and selling old jute bags (Boris). He took exceptional risks and carved a name for himself as a fighter and negotiator. Progressively his business flourished and big business houses started giving him due recognition and respect. In his drive to build huge empire, he faced all kinds of challenges. From the way he tackled and cleared the obstacles  facing him, today's managers can learn how this savvy strategist warded off competitors attack , extracted best out of  labor and used the power of lobbying through associations to level the playing field. His main theatre of operations was jute. In a very short span of time , he bought shares of big companies and the entire jute business of Calcutta was under his sole control. People started calling "Jute Magnate". He  was director of 10 companies of Andrew Yule and two companies of Birla Brothers. He used to get divided of worth sixteen lakh rupee per annum from these companies. His business had reached pinnacle of his life and there was no turning back. Ch. Chhaju Ram attained the unique distinction and honour of becoming first citizen of Calcutta  to buy a Rolls Roy car in Rs. one lakh. He spent large amount of money to buy jamindari of many villages around his paternal village Alakhpura to attain the freedom for his village folks from the cruel crutches and yoke of British bondage. Some time it was popularly known as "Alkhpura Estate".

          No success or achievement in material terms is worthwhile unless it serves the needs or interests of the country and its people. Another reason for Ch. Chhaju Ram's fame and renown is his commitment to philanthropy and education. With the aim and objective of providing free education to society, he invested heavily in the tools for progress: schools and collages, whose alumini are the torch bearer of Ch. Chhaju Ram's noble passion. He was the moving sprit behind  the foundation and establishment of Gurukul Kangri, Kanya Gurukul Kunkhal , Gurukul Varnandavan, D.A.V. collage Lahore, Jat High schools at Rohtak, Hissar , Sangariya and Khera Garhi. Inter collage Barote (U.P.). Vishva Hindu University Banaras and Shantinekaten. In ever lasting memory of his daughter Kamla, he made Lady Hailly Hospital at Bhiwani where patients were treated freely. He constructed many cowsheds and wells. A large number of needy people were benefited by his benevolence and generosity during drought and other natural calamities. 

          Seth Chhaju Ram fostered a community sprit and brotherhood among Jats even though it meant making new rivals and more competition for himself. All India Jats Mahasabha was formed in 1906 at Muzzar Nagar(U.P.) and its congregation was graced by delegations from all over the globe. All the expenses of this solemn service were born by Seth. Chhanju Ram. Similarly he organized second congregation of All India Jat Memorial in 1925 at Pushkar (Raj). Seth Chhaju Ram patronised Ch. Chhotu Ram and helped him financially for his education and political activities. He made an elegant and majestic house popularly known as 'BLUE KOTHI' for Ch. Chhotu Ram at Rohtak which was the hub of independence struggle and political activities of bygone era. Seth Chhaju Ram and Ch. Chhotu Ram made formidable team to uplift the down trodden Jat community. 

          In many ways Seth Chhaju Ram was much more to Jat Community then a businessman or even a real person. As a businessman , Seth Chhaju Ram credited with placing his business on India's map and as a philanthropist, he was respected for keeping alive and building up educational and charitable institutions. He is legend for Jat community not because for his personal triumphs but for the impact his work and efforts  have on hundreds of other lives. A trader thinks of today's profits, an industrialist looks at tomorrow's balance but a legend thinks of the next generation

Sir Chhotu Ram (1881-1945)
The Man and His Mission

          A Leader should have a vision, be soft spoken, and carry a compassionate soul. Sir Chhotu Ram translated all this in action. During the period lasting well over two decades, Chhotu Ram had not only filled some very difficult roles with distinction - as, for instance, the co-founder of the Unionist Party, Leader of the party in the Legislature, Minister for Agriculture and development alternately, President of the Council for a short span of time - but also expanded a philosophy of secularism that is as much commended today as in his own times. While the non-agriculturists had outclassed the agriculturists in producing really outstanding men in almost all fields of human concern, especially in the spread of quality education, there had been a tragic dearth of such dedicated men in the rural areas during the last many decades, if not centuries. 

          There were many leaders in the Unionist Party hailing from far-flung rural areas - notably, Mian Fazl-i-Husain, Surjit Singh Majithia, Joginder Singh, Sikandar Hyat Khan, besides a number of nawabzadas - yet none was interested in seeking redressal of the peasants' grievances. It is not Known to many that the Bhakhra Dam Scheme was initially got approved by Sir Chhotu Ram.He laid the foundation of the 'Green Revolution' . A substantial portion of his salary as Minister, was set aside as scholarships to bright poor students. Sir Chhotu Ram collected a large amount of funds for the victims of Bihar earthquake of 1934. These were the Punjab Relief Indebtedness Act,1934 and the Punjab Debtor's Protection Act 1936, which emancipated the peasants from the clutches of the money lenders and restored the right of land to the tiller. However, it was Chottu Ram, more than any other, who spectacularly symbolized the cause of the peasants during the darkest hour of modern Indian history.

          Ch. Devi Lal was born to Shugna Devi and Ch. Lekh Ram on Sept. 25, 1914 in Teja Khera village of Sirsa district. Ch. Lekh Ram was a wealthy landlord of Chautala and he owned 2750 bighas of land. Ch. Devi Lal, whose original name was Devi Dayal,received 

 up to middle and then got training in wrestling from 'Akhara' of Badal village in Panjab.

 On 8 Oct, 1930 he received One years rigorous imprisonment for taking part in Salt movement in Hissar Jail and Lahore Jail. He took part in the movement of 1932 and was kept in Sadar Delhi Thana. In 1938 he was selected delegate of All India Congress Committee. In March 1938 his elder brother Ch. Sahib Ram was elected M.L.A. in a by-election on the Congress party ticket. In January, 1940 Ch. Sahib Ram courted arrest as a 'satyagrahi' in the presence of Ch. Devi Lal and over ten thousand people. He was fined Rs 100/- and sentenced to nine months imprisonment.

          Ch. Devi Lal was arrested on 5th October, 1942  and kept in jail for 2 years for taking part in 1942 quit India movement. Therefore in 1942, Ch. Lekh Ram's both sons , Ch. Sahib Ram and Ch. Devi Lal were in the Multan jail for taking part in the freedom struggle. Ch. Devi Lal was released from prison in October, 1943 and he got his elder brother Ch. Sahib Ram released on parole. In August, 1944, Sir Chhotu Ram, the then Revenue Minister, visited Chautala village. He along with Lajpat Rai Alakhpura made efforts to woo both Ch. Sahib Ram and Ch. Devi Lal to desert Congress and join the Unionist Party. But both the workers being dedicated freedom fighters refused to leave the Congress Party. After independence he started farmer's movement and was arrested along with his 500 workers. After some time, then Chief Minister Dr. Gopi Chand Bhargawa made an agreement and Muzzara act was amended.

          He was elected member of Panjab Assembly in 1952, Congress president Of Panjab in 1956. He played an active and decisive role in forming Haryana as a separate state. In 1958 he was elected from Sirsa. In 1971 he left the Congress after being in it for 39 years. He was elected in 1974 from Rori constituency against Congress. In 1975 Indira Gandhi  declared emergency, and Ch. Devi Lal along with all opposition leaders was sent to jail for 19 months in Hissar Jail and Mahendergarh fort. In 1977 emergency ended and general elections were held. He was elected on Janata Party ticket and became the Chief Minister of Haryana. He remained member of parliament from 1980 to 1982 and member of State assembly from 1982-1987. He formed Lok Dal and started Nyaya Yudh under 'Haryana Sangharsh Samiti' and became popular among masses. In 1987 state elections, the alliance led by Ch. Devi Lal won a record victory winning 85 seats in the 90 member house. Congress was routed in the state winning only 5 seats. Ch. Devi Lal became the Chief Minister of Haryana for the second time. In 1989 parliamentary election he was elected from Rohtak and became Deputy Prime Minister of India. He was elected to Rajya Sabha in August, 1998 and continues to be its member. At present his son Sh. O. P. Chautala is the Chief Minister of Haryana.

          Ch. Devi Lal fought against British rule and played a very important role. After independence he came out as leader of farmers in whole of India.. During his tenure as chief minister of Haryana he made several decisions which showed how much close he was to the masses. He always took decisions about the betterment of common people. He is so much popular among people that they call him 'Tau'.

Ch. Devi Lal passed away on April 6, 2001.

          Major Hoshiar Singh, son of Shri Hira Singh, was born on 5 May 1936, in village Sisana, Rohtak, Haryana. He was commissioned in the Grenadiers Regiment on 30 June 1963. He was also Mentioned-in-Despatches.

During the Indo-Pak war 1971, 3 Grenadiers spearheaded the advance of 54 Infantry Division  in Shakargarh sector on the Western front on the night of 5 December. The battalion made quick gain in the first ten days of war. On the 15 December, it was  assigned the task of establishing a bridgehead  across the Basantar River. The river was covered with deep minefields on both sides and protected by well fortified defences by the enemy.

          Major Hoshiar Singh, the Commander of 'C' Company launched an attack across the enemy minefield on Jarpal from the left. It was a well fortified position held in good strength by the enemy. The company came under intense shelling and crossfire from enemy medium machine guns and suffered heavy casualties. The Grenadiers, however, continued the assault doggedly and captured their objective. In this battle, most of the enemy bunkers could be cleared only after grim hand-to-hand fighting.

          The enemy's reaction to the loss of Jarpal was violent. He put in sharp counter-attacks, two of them supported by armour, to dislodge the Grenadiers on 16th December. Major Hoshiar Singh, unmindful of the enemy shelling and tank fire, went from trench to trench , encouraging his men to remain steadfast and fight. Inspired by is courage and leadership his company repulsed all attacks, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy.

          On 17 December, the enemy mounted yet another attack in battalion strength with heavy artillery n support. Though wounded seriously in enemy selling, Major Hoshiar Singh again went alone from trench to trench, moving in as open. On one occasion an enemy shell landed near his medium machine gun post, injuring the crew and rendering the gun inoperative. Major Hoshiar Singh , realising the importance of fire support at this juncture rushed to the machine gun pit and operated the gun inflicting heavy casualties on enemy. The enemy attack was repulsed, and he beat a hasty retreat leaving behind 85 dead including the Commanding Officer.

        Major Hoshiar Singh was seriously wounded in the battle but he refused evaluation till the cease-fire. During this grim struggle he inspired his command to perform outstanding acts of gallantry to defeat repeated enemy attacks. He was decorated with Param Vir Chakra, the highest gallantry award of our country.Colonel Hoshiar Singh PVC passed away on.........................