Jat rebellion
Also called: Jat revolts · Topic: The Mughal Empire: Babur to Aurangzeb · NCERT: Class 8, Ch 2 "Reshaping India's Political Map"
Meaning
The Jat rebellion was a series of risings by Jat peasants against Mughal rule. It took place in the Mathura–Agra region, south of Delhi, in the 17th century. The peasants were angry about heavy land revenue and harsh Mughal officials, and later about Aurangzeb's religious policies. The first big rising was crushed, but Jat resistance went on. In the 18th century it produced the Jat kingdom of Bharatpur. It was one of many movements that wore down the empire from its edges by the time Aurangzeb died in 1707.
Example
In 1669, the Jat leader Gokula led a peasant rising near Mathura. Aurangzeb's army defeated him, and he was captured and executed. Later Jat leaders kept up the fight, and Suraj Mal made Bharatpur a strong Jat state in the mid-18th century.
Don't confuse with
- Satnami revolt: a 1672 rising by a religious sect of peasants and artisans around Narnaul (Haryana). The Jat rebellion was led by Jat peasant leaders of the Mathura–Agra region and lasted much longer.