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'''Ram Dayal Singh''' was the  [[Gujar]] &nbsp;Cheiftain of [[Landhaura]]. He was son of Chaudhari Nahar Singh.In 1790, Sikhs under Rae Singh Jagdhari and Sher Singh Buriya wrested Manglaur, Jaurasi and Jwalapur from Gujars of Landhaura and Landhaura became tributary of Sikhs.<ref>Sikh Domination of the Mughal Empire Vol 3, p. 246</ref> Later, in 1794, when Doab came under Maratha Governorship, he paid annual revenue to Gen. Perron and from 1803 onwards to British.<ref>Dirk H.A. Kolff: Grass in Their Mouths: The Upper Doab of India Under the Company's Magna Charta, 1793-1830 p. 462 </ref> Ram Dayal added number of villages to his estate with help of British Collector Mir Abdullah Khan.<ref> Dirk H.A. Kolff: Grass in Their Mouths: The Upper Doab of India Under the Company's Magna Charta, 1793-1830 p. 462</ref> He was styled as Raja but as an estate holder and fiscal manager, did not had any ruling power. Ram Dayal Singh paid Rs 1,11,597 to British every year.<ref>Saharanpur - A Gazetteer p.117</ref>


Ram Dayal Singh paid Rs 1,11,597 to British every year.<ref>Saharanpur - A Gazetteer p.117</ref>


In Sept 1804, when British called their garrison from Sharanpur to Delhi, there was a local rebellion popularly known as Azimgardi, after a Muslim Gujar Azim. Rebels killed Qanungo and many others. At this time, Ram Dayal Singh and Nain Singh Gujars supported East India Company.<ref> Dirk H.A. Kolff: Grass in Their Mouths: The Upper Doab of India Under the Company's Magna Charta, 1793-1830 p. 479-481</ref>  
<nowiki>'''</nowiki>Raja Ram Dayal Singh<nowiki>'''</nowiki> was a Gujjar ruler of the Landhaura riyasat in the Upper Doab region of northern India. He belonged to the Khubar clan of Gujjars and controlled extensive territories, including areas around Haridwar,Saharanpur and muzzfarnagar. Before and after the East India Company's conquest of the Upper Doab in 1803, his domain comprised approximately 900 villages, with an estimated annual revenue of at least five lakh rupees. He died in 1813, after which the British government resumed many of the villages and cancelled revenue-farming arrangements associated with his state.<ref>Dirk H. A. Kolff, <nowiki>''</nowiki>Grass in Their Mouths: The Upper Doab of India under the Company's Magna Charta, 1793–1830<nowiki>''</nowiki>, Brill, 2010, pp. 451–466</ref>


Ram Dayal Singh died on 29th March, 1813 and his death created succession dispute between his grandson Badan Singh (from elder son Siwai Singh Gujar) and infant son Kushal Singh, from wife Dhan Kunwar. Dhan Kunwar applied to British for Khilat for her infant son. British Collector Colin Shakespear considered Badan Singh of notoriously dissolute and disreputable conduct and recommended Khushal Singh as the heir. A settlement was reached where Dhan Kunwar paid a large sum of money and expensive goods to Badan Singh and kept Landhaura for her infant son.<ref> Dirk H.A. Kolff: Grass in Their Mouths: The Upper Doab of India Under the Company's Magna Charta, 1793-1830 p. 492-493</ref>  
British sources referred to him as the “Raja of Haridwar.” In her travel account published in 1823, Ann Deane described Munglore as a fortified palace belonging to “Ramdial Sing, Rajah of Hurdwar.<ref>Ann Deane, A Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan, 1804–1814 (1823), p. 192</ref>Raja Ram Dayal Singh of Landhaura was among the prominent chiefs of the Upper Doab during the Maratha period. A published account of General Louis Bourquin’s memoir lists “Raja Ram Dayal Gujjar” with a force of 20,000 men among the regional rulers and military contingents associated with General Perron’s forces.<ref>“Memoir of Louis Bourquien,” <nowiki>''Journal of the Panjab Historical Society''</nowiki>, vol. IX, 1923, p. 57.</ref>


In her book A Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan (1804–1814), published in 1823, Ann Deane described Raja Ramdial Singh, the Raja of Haridwar, and his fortified palace at Manglore. She described his eldest son as an exceptionally imposing man, reportedly seven feet tall, who escorted the visitors to the palace on horseback with numerous attendants. The Raja received the visitors with a silver tray filled with gold coins, which they politely declined. Deane portrayed the Raja as a gigantic figure with a powerful voice and distinctive clothing.<ref>Ann Deane, A Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan, 1804–1814 (1823), p. 192</ref>
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'''Raja Ram Dayal Singh''' was a Gujjar ruler of the Landhaura riyasat in the Upper Doab region of northern India. He belonged to the Khubar clan of Gujjars and controlled extensive territories, including areas around Haridwar,Saharanpur and muzzfarnagar. Before and after the East India Company's conquest of the Upper Doab in 1803, his domain comprised approximately 900 villages, with an estimated annual revenue of at least five lakh rupees. He died in 1813, after which the British government resumed many of the villages and cancelled revenue-farming arrangements associated with his state.[1]

British sources referred to him as the “Raja of Haridwar.” In her travel account published in 1823, Ann Deane described Munglore as a fortified palace belonging to “Ramdial Sing, Rajah of Hurdwar.[2]Raja Ram Dayal Singh of Landhaura was among the prominent chiefs of the Upper Doab during the Maratha period. A published account of General Louis Bourquin’s memoir lists “Raja Ram Dayal Gujjar” with a force of 20,000 men among the regional rulers and military contingents associated with General Perron’s forces.[3]

In her book A Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan (1804–1814), published in 1823, Ann Deane described Raja Ramdial Singh, the Raja of Haridwar, and his fortified palace at Manglore. She described his eldest son as an exceptionally imposing man, reportedly seven feet tall, who escorted the visitors to the palace on horseback with numerous attendants. The Raja received the visitors with a silver tray filled with gold coins, which they politely declined. Deane portrayed the Raja as a gigantic figure with a powerful voice and distinctive clothing.[4]

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  1. ↑ Dirk H. A. Kolff, ''Grass in Their Mouths: The Upper Doab of India under the Company's Magna Charta, 1793–1830'', Brill, 2010, pp. 451–466
  2. ↑ Ann Deane, A Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan, 1804–1814 (1823), p. 192
  3. ↑ “Memoir of Louis Bourquien,” ''Journal of the Panjab Historical Society'', vol. IX, 1923, p. 57.
  4. ↑ Ann Deane, A Tour through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan, 1804–1814 (1823), p. 192