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| [[File:FB IMG 16042385081305887-02.jpg|thumb| Khet Singh Khangar]]
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| '''Garh Kundar Naresh Maharaja Khet Singh Khangar''' was the ruler of the [[Garh Kundar |Khangar Dynasty]].<ref name="myth">{{cite news |title=सजेती में मनाई जाएगी महाराज खेत सिंह की जयंती |url=https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/ghatampur/maharaja-khet-singh-jayanti-will-be-celebrated-in-sajeti |work=Amar Ujala |date=16 December 2017 |language=hi}}</ref> He was born in the royal family of the King of [[Junagadh]] in the state of [[Gujarat]] (Saurashtra), [[India]] in 1197.
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| == Biography ==
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| Khangar, the son of King Rudradeva, was born on 27 December 1140 in [[Junagadh]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]] in the royal family of the [[Junagadh]] in Vikram Samvat in Pausha month of Chaitra Shukla Paksha. His father, was the King of Gujarat. He was originally from Banara. He moved to [[Bundelkhand]] in 1180 and occupied [[Junagadh]]. The 16th century Hindu epic [[Prithviraj Raso]], written by Chand Bardai Rao, indicates that [[Khangar]] was in a battle at Jejak Bhakti in 1161 AD during the [[Mahoba]] war fought with [[Prithviraj Chauhan]] as a commander. The epic describes how the conflict resulted in the killing of Chandela King [[Udal of Mahoba]] and his brother [[Alha]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Agrawal |first1=Rohit |title=Khajuraho Paryatan Book |publisher=Rohit Agrawal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SpYYEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA80&dq=Khet+Singh+Khangar&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjyqfz9lvbxAhVDOSsKHY48BKMQ6AEwAHoECAsQAw#v=onepage&q=Khet%20Singh%20Khangar&f=false |language=en}}</ref>
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| [[File:Garh Kundar.JPG|thumb|left|The Ruins of Garh Kundar Fort]] | |
| Khet Singh Khangar fought several uncertain wars with the help of Prithviraj Chauhan. After the two achieved victory, Prithviraj Chauhan declared Khet as the king of state who was crowned as ruler in 1181 A.D. Khet named this state as Jijhotikhand (in modern-day Bundelkhand) and established the capital at Garh Kundar.<ref>{{cite news |title=UP: बांदा में महाराजा खेत सिंह खंगार की जयंती मनी, शोभायात्रा में उमड़े हजारों लोग |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/banda-banda-people-celebrates-maharaja-khet-singh-khangar-birth-anniversary-uptab-nodrj-2726680.html |work=News18 India |date=28 December 2019}}</ref> The battle of Tarain was fought between Prithviraj Chauhan and foreign invader [[Muhammad of Ghor]], who invaded [[Delhi]] and subsequently Khet declared Jijhotkhand as the independent Hindu Republic.<ref>{{cite news |last1=जैन |first1=सुविज्ञा |title=किन रहस्यों से भरा है गढ़कुंडार का किला |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/navbharatgold/we-the-people/mystery-of-garhkundar-fort-of-india/story/80449832.cms |work=Navbharat Gold |date=9 April 2021 |language=hi}}</ref>
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