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== Support for Ajit Singh == | == Support for Ajit Singh == | ||
Jaswant Singh was campaigning in Afghanistan when he died in December 1678, leaving no heir. Aurangzeb took the opportunity to intervene by imposing Muslim rule over Marwar | [[File:DurgadasAndAjitSingh.jpg|thumb|Durgadas Rathore and Ajit Singh]] | ||
Jaswant Singh was campaigning in Afghanistan when he died in December 1678, leaving no heir. Aurangzeb took the opportunity to intervene by imposing Muslim rule over Marwar.<ref name=CHIp247>{{cite book|author=Henry Herbert Dodwell|title=The Cambridge History of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yoI8AAAAIAAJ|year=1928|publisher=CUP Archive|page=247}}</ref> | |||
Soon after Jaswant Singh's death two of his ranis (queens) each gave birth to male children. One of these sons died soon after his birth, leaving the other – [[Ajit Singh of Marwar|Ajit Singh]] – as sole heir.<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-93-80607-34-4 |page=189}}</ref> This news reached Aurangzeb by February 1679 but he chose not to recognise the child as the legitimate heir. He imposed [[jizya]], a tax on non-Muslims, and soon after sold the kingdom to another chieftain, Indra Singh. Aurangzeb had moved his base from [[Delhi]] to [[Ajmer]] to oversee the subjugation but in April 1679 returned to his capital, leaving administrative and military support in Marwar for the unpopular new ruler.<ref name=CHIp247 /> | Soon after Jaswant Singh's death two of his ranis (queens) each gave birth to male children. One of these sons died soon after his birth, leaving the other – [[Ajit Singh of Marwar|Ajit Singh]] – as sole heir.<ref name="sen2">{{Cite book |last=Sen |first=Sailendra |title=A Textbook of Medieval Indian History |publisher=Primus Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-93-80607-34-4 |page=189}}</ref> This news reached Aurangzeb by February 1679 but he chose not to recognise the child as the legitimate heir. He imposed [[jizya]], a tax on non-Muslims, and soon after sold the kingdom to another chieftain, Indra Singh. Aurangzeb had moved his base from [[Delhi]] to [[Ajmer]] to oversee the subjugation but in April 1679 returned to his capital, leaving administrative and military support in Marwar for the unpopular new ruler.<ref name=CHIp247 /> | ||
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== Opposition to the Mughals == | == Opposition to the Mughals == | ||
[[File:Durgadas Rathore painting.jpg|250px|thumb|Durgadas Rathore's painting in [[Mehrangarh Fort|Mehrangarh museum]]]] | [[File:Durgadas Rathore painting.jpg|250px|thumb|Durgadas Rathore's painting by [[Archibald Herman Müller]] in [[Mehrangarh Fort|Mehrangarh museum]]]] | ||
Aurangzeb reacted to these events by deposing the incompetent puppet ruler of Marwar, Indra Singh, and placing it under direct Mughal rule. His forces moved in to occupy the region and "anarchy and slaughter were let loose on the doomed state; all the great towns in the plain were pillaged; the temples were thrown down." He also substituted the son of a milkman for Ajit Singh, raised the child as if he was the rightful heir to Jaswant Singh and denounced the real heir as an imposter.<ref name=CHIp248 /> | Aurangzeb reacted to these events by deposing the incompetent puppet ruler of Marwar, Indra Singh, and placing it under direct Mughal rule. His forces moved in to occupy the region and "anarchy and slaughter were let loose on the doomed state; all the great towns in the plain were pillaged; the temples were thrown down." He also substituted the son of a milkman for Ajit Singh, raised the child as if he was the rightful heir to Jaswant Singh and denounced the real heir as an imposter.<ref name=CHIp248 /> | ||
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[[File:Stamp of India - 1988 - Colnect 165262 - Durgadas Rathore.jpeg|200px|thumb|Durgadas Rathore dak ticket (stamps) of Rs. 0.60 also released on 16 August 1988]] | [[File:Stamp of India - 1988 - Colnect 165262 - Durgadas Rathore.jpeg|200px|thumb|Durgadas Rathore dak ticket (stamps) of Rs. 0.60 also released on 16 August 1988]] | ||
* Paintings of Durgadas by | * Paintings of Durgadas by painter [[Archibald Herman Müller]] (1893) at [[Mehrangarh Museum]], Jodhpur and the [[Government Museum, Bikaner]]. | ||
* A play depicting the life of Durgadas was conducted in Jodhpur in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JOD-HMU-MAT-latest-jodhpur-news-052004-258180-NOR.html|title=दुर्ग गाथा {{!}} 400 से अधिक कलाकारों ने 17वीं शताब्दी के दृश्यों को जीवंत किया|date=2017-10-13|work=dainikbhaskar|access-date=2017-10-15|language=hi}}</ref> | * A play depicting the life of Durgadas was conducted in Jodhpur in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/RAJ-JOD-HMU-MAT-latest-jodhpur-news-052004-258180-NOR.html|title=दुर्ग गाथा {{!}} 400 से अधिक कलाकारों ने 17वीं शताब्दी के दृश्यों को जीवंत किया|date=2017-10-13|work=dainikbhaskar|access-date=2017-10-15|language=hi}}</ref> | ||
*Indian films based on his life include the [[Indian silent film|silent feature]] ''Veer Durgadas'' (1924) by Bhagwati Prasad Mishra and the 1960 biographical film ''[[Veer Durgadas]]'' by Ramchandra Thakur, starring [[Paidi Jairaj]] in the titular role.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|publisher=British Film Institute|year=1999|access-date=12 August 2012|url-access=registration}}</ref> | *Indian films based on his life include the [[Indian silent film|silent feature]] ''Veer Durgadas'' (1924) by Bhagwati Prasad Mishra and the 1960 biographical film ''[[Veer Durgadas]]'' by Ramchandra Thakur, starring [[Paidi Jairaj]] in the titular role.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|publisher=British Film Institute|year=1999|access-date=12 August 2012|url-access=registration}}</ref> | ||