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| father = Rao Puran
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'''Rao Tularam''' (''circa'' 9 December 1825 – 23 September 1863) was a King or chieftain of [[Rewari]].<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=p69GMA226bgC&pg=PA19 | title=Followers of Krishna: Yadavas of India| isbn=9788170622161| last=Yadava| first=S. D. S.| year=2006|pages=19, 161}}</ref> He was one of the key leaders of the [[Indian rebellion of 1857]] in [[Haryana]], where he is considered a state hero.<ref>{{cite web |title=Republic Day Celebrations |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080128/haryana.htm#1 |date= 28 January 2008|publisher=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] }}</ref>
'''Rao Tularam Singh''' (''circa'' 9 December 1825 – 23 September 1863) was a [[Yaduvanshi Ahir]] King or chieftain of [[Rewari]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sehgal |first=Vineeta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wGqVEAAAQBAJ&dq=rao+tula+ram+born&pg=PA156 |title=1857 Augarnath Temple Meerut Beginning of India's Freedom Fight |date=2022-10-17 |publisher=Blue Rose Publishers |language=en}}</ref> He was one of the leaders of the [[Indian rebellion of 1857]] in [[Haryana]], where he is considered a state hero.<ref>{{cite web |title=Republic Day Celebrations |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080128/haryana.htm#1 |date= 28 January 2008|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
He was born on 9 December 1825 in Rampura suburb of Rewari in an Ahir family to Puran and Gyan Kaur. He was young when his father died.<ref>[https://www.bhaskar.com/haryana/hisar/news/great-warrior-were-rao-tularam-fought-for-last-breath-from-british-ajit-singh-022051-3385121.html महान योद्धा थे राव तुलाराम, अंग्रेजों से आखिरी सांस तक लड़े : अजीत सिंह], Dainik Bhskar, 10 Dec 2018.</ref>
He was born on 9 December 1825 in Rampura suburb of Rewari in an Ahir family to Puran Singh and Gyan Kaur. He was young when his father died.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_xNDAAAAYAAJ&q=1825 |title=Proceedings |date=1999 |publisher=Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. |isbn=978-81-7380-651-3 |language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bhaskar.com/haryana/hisar/news/great-warrior-were-rao-tularam-fought-for-last-breath-from-british-ajit-singh-022051-3385121.html महान योद्धा थे राव तुलाराम, अंग्रेजों से आखिरी सांस तक लड़े : अजीत सिंह], Dainik Bhskar, 10 Dec 2018.</ref>


==Reign==
==Reign==


==={{anchor|Battle of Nasibpur}} War of independence===
==={{anchor|Battle of Nasibpur}} Indian Rebellion of 1857===
{{see also | History_of_Haryana#Colonial_period | Ballabhgarh#History | Farrukhnagar#Under_British_Raj | Nahar Singh | label 1 = Haryana in 1857| label 2 = Ballabhgarh history | label 3 = Farrukhnagar history | label 4 = Nahar Singh }}
{{See also | History_of_Haryana#Colonial_period | Ballabhgarh#History | Farrukhnagar#Under_British_Raj | Nahar Singh | label 1 = Haryana in 1857| label 2 = Ballabhgarh history | label 3 = Farrukhnagar history | label 4 = Nahar Singh }}


====Initial success====
====Initial success====
On 17 May 1857 he along with his cousin, Rao Gopal Dev, and four to five hundred followers, deposed the local tehsildar and occupied Rewari. He raised a force of about 5000 soldiers and set up a workshop for manufacturing the guns and other ammunition. Rao Tula Ram helped Emperor Bahadur Shah and other rebel forces who were waging war against British in [[Delhi]]. He sent Rs 45000/- through General Bakht Khan, ten days before the fall of Delhi and supplied large quantities of necessary commodities and supplied two thousand sacks of wheat.{{cn|date=May 2020}}
On 17 May 1857 he along with his cousin, Rao Gopal Dev, and four to five hundred followers, deposed the local tehsildar and occupied Rewari. He raised a force of about 5000 soldiers and set up a workshop for manufacturing the guns and other ammunition. Rao Tula Ram helped Emperor Bahadur Shah and other rebel forces who were waging war against British in [[Delhi]]. He sent Rs 45000/- through General Bakht Khan, ten days before the fall of Delhi and supplied large quantities of necessary commodities and supplied two thousand sacks of wheat.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}


==== The battle ====
==== The battle ====
Rao's forces, which were led by his cousin Rao Kirshan, fought against the British on 16 November 1857 in the field of Nasibpur on outskirts of [[Narnaul]]. The first charge of Rao Tularam's forces was irresistible and the British forces scattered before them; several British officers were killed or wounded.<ref name="glimphar">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=4jhXAAAAMAAJ&dq=battle+of+narnaul&q=+English+felt+jubilant|title=Glimpses of Haryana|date=1967|publisher=University of Kurukshetra|isbn=|location=|page=110|language=en|quote=|via=|last=Prakash|first=Buddha}}</ref>
Rao's forces, which were led by his cousin Rao Kirshan Singh, fought against the British on 16 November 1857 in the field of Nasibpur on outskirts of [[Narnaul]]. The first charge of Rao Tularam's forces was irresistible and the British forces scattered before them; several British officers were killed or wounded.<ref name="glimphar">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4jhXAAAAMAAJ&q=+English+felt+jubilant|title=Glimpses of Haryana|date=1967|publisher=University of Kurukshetra|page=110|language=en|last=Prakash|first=Buddha}}</ref>


The British successfully retaliated and after the battle of Narnaul Rao Tularam moved in to Rajasthan and joined the force of [[Tantia Tope]] for one year but the forces of the Tantia Tope were defeated by British forces in the battle of [[Sikar]] in Rajasthan. After which Rao Tularam left India to seek help from the [[Shah of Iran]] (also see [[Anglo-Persian War]] from November 1856 to April 1857), [[Dost Mohammad Khan]] ruler of [[Emirate of Afghanistan]] (also see [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] from 1938 to 42) and [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]] [[Emperor of All Russia]] against British colonial empire. Rao Tularam's estates were confiscated by the British in 1859, though proprietary rights of his two wives were retained. In 1877, his title was restored to his son Rao Yudhister, who was made head of the [[Ahirwal]] area.<ref name="Googlebook2">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/?id=Eo8MAQAAMAAJ&q=Yudhishter&dq=Rao+tula+ram | title=The Panjab Past and Present, Volume 32 | publisher=Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Original from the University of Michigan | work=Punjab (India) | date=2001 | accessdate=7 October 2014 | author=Punjabi University | pages=76, 77, 78}}</ref>
The British successfully retaliated and after the battle of Narnaul Rao Tularam moved in to Rajasthan and joined the force of [[Tantia Tope]] for one year but the forces of the Tantia Tope were defeated by British forces in the battle of [[Sikar]] in Rajasthan. After which Rao Tularam left India to seek help from the [[Shah of Iran]] (also see [[Anglo-Persian War]] from November 1856 to April 1857), [[Dost Mohammad Khan]] ruler of [[Emirate of Afghanistan]] (also see [[First Anglo-Afghan War]] from 1838 to 42) and [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]] [[Emperor of All Russia]] against British colonial empire. Rao Tularam's estates were confiscated by the British in 1859, though proprietary rights of his two wives were retained. In 1877, his title was restored to his son Rao Yudhister Singh, who was made head of the [[Ahirwal]] area.<ref name="Googlebook2">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eo8MAQAAMAAJ&q=Yudhishter+Singh | title=The Panjab Past and Present, Volume 32 | publisher=Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Original from the University of Michigan | work=Punjab (India) | date=2001 | access-date=7 October 2014 | author=Punjabi University | pages=76, 77, 78}}</ref>


===Death===
===Death===
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==Legacy==
==Legacy==
[[File:Rao Tula Ram Chowk.jpg|thumb|upright=1.05|A statue of Rao Tularam in [[Jhajjar]]]]
[[File:Rao Tula Ram Chowk.jpg|thumb|upright=1.05|A statue of Rao Tularam in [[Jhajjar]]]]
The Government of India issued a postage stamp on 23 September 2001 featuring Rao Tularam.
The Government of India issued a postage stamp on 23 September 2001 featuring Rao Tularam.{{cn|date=October 2021}}

===Institutions named in his honour===
Institutions named in his honour include:

*Rao Tularam Memorial Hospital, [[Jaffarpur Kalan]], Delhi<ref name=Delhi>{{cite web|title=Directorate of Health Services|url=http://delhigovt.nic.in/dept/health/rtrm.asp|publisher=Department of Health|accessdate=30 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328014937/http://delhigovt.nic.in/dept/health/rtrm.asp|archivedate=28 March 2012}}</ref>
*Rao Tularam Market, Nihal Vihar, [[Nangloi]], Delhi
*Rao Tularam Market, Mohan Garden, [[Hastsal]], Delhi
*Rao Tularam Govt. Sarvodaya School, [[New Delhi]]
*Shri Tula Ram Public School, Sultanpuri, Delhi
*Rao Tularam Stadium, [[Rewari]], Haryana
*Shahid Rao Tularam Park, Near LIC office, [[Chandausi]], [[Sambhal district]], Uttar Pradesh
*Rao Tularam Marg, near [[IGI Airport]] Delhi
*Rao Tularam Chowk, Khera Village, [[Gurgaon]], Haryana
*Rao Tularam Chowk, Friends Colony, [[Mahendergarh]], Haryana
*Rao Tularam Chowk (Naiwali Chowk), [[Rewari]], Haryana
*Rao Tularam Memorial Park, [[Rewari]], Haryana
*Rao Tularam National Prograce Sen. Sec. School, [[Bikaner]], Rajasthan
*Rao Tularam Model Collage, Sec 51 [[Gurgaon]]
*Rao Tularam Circle (Jail circle), [[Alwar]], Rajasthan
*Rao Tularam Fountain Park, Sec 4, [[Gurgaon]]
*Rao Tularam Stadium, Dhana Kalan, [[Hisar, Haryana]]
*Rao Tularam Sen. Sec. School, Jamawadi, [[Hansi]], Haryana
*Shahid Rao Tularam Sen. Sec. School, [[Surjanwas]], Haryana
*Rao Tularam Khel Stadium, [[Patuada]], Haryana
*Rao Tularam Khel Stadium, [[Misri]], Chaki Dadari, Haryana
*Rao Tularam Chowk, [[Jhajjar]], Haryana
*Shahid Rao Tularam Park, Basant Vihar, [[Bahadurgarh]], Haryana
*Rao Tularam Vihar, [[Rewari]], Haryana


===Martyr's fair===
===Martyr's fair===
A two-day ''Shahidi mela'' (martyr's fair) is held annually in September at Rampura suburb of Rewari city to commemorate the death anniversary of Rao Tularam.<ref name="lnp">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/?id=VwopAAAAYAAJ&q=shaheedi+mela+rao+tula+ram&dq=shaheedi+mela+rao+tula+ram | title=Widowed and Deserted Women in Indian Society | publisher=India. Dept. of Women and Child Development & Harnam Publications | first=R. K. |last=Upadhyay | year=1996 | pages=71 | isbn=9788185247113}}</ref>
A two-day ''Shahidi mela'' (martyr's fair) is held annually in September at Rampura suburb of Rewari city to commemorate the death anniversary of Rao Tularam.<ref name="lnp">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwopAAAAYAAJ&q=shaheedi+mela+rao+tula+ram | title=Widowed and Deserted Women in Indian Society | publisher=India. Dept. of Women and Child Development & Harnam Publications | first=R. K. |last=Upadhyay | year=1996 | pages=71 | isbn=9788185247113}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Rao Mitra Sen Ahir]]
* [[Rao Ruda Singh]]
* [[Rao Ruda Singh]]


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Latest revision as of 01:03, 14 October 2024

Rao Tularam
Raja
Rao Tula Ram on a 2001 stamp of India
Reign1838 -1857
PredecessorRao Puran Singh
SuccessorBritish Raj
Borncirca (1825-12-09)9 December 1825
Rampura, Rewari, Ahirwal, Punjab region
Died23 September 1863(1863-09-23) (aged 37)
Kabul, Afghanistan
FatherRao Puran Singh
MotherRani Gyan Kaur

Rao Tularam Singh (circa 9 December 1825 – 23 September 1863) was a Yaduvanshi Ahir King or chieftain of Rewari.[1] He was one of the leaders of the Indian rebellion of 1857 in Haryana, where he is considered a state hero.[2]

Personal life

He was born on 9 December 1825 in Rampura suburb of Rewari in an Ahir family to Puran Singh and Gyan Kaur. He was young when his father died.[3][4]

Reign

Indian Rebellion of 1857

Initial success

On 17 May 1857 he along with his cousin, Rao Gopal Dev, and four to five hundred followers, deposed the local tehsildar and occupied Rewari. He raised a force of about 5000 soldiers and set up a workshop for manufacturing the guns and other ammunition. Rao Tula Ram helped Emperor Bahadur Shah and other rebel forces who were waging war against British in Delhi. He sent Rs 45000/- through General Bakht Khan, ten days before the fall of Delhi and supplied large quantities of necessary commodities and supplied two thousand sacks of wheat.[citation needed]

The battle

Rao's forces, which were led by his cousin Rao Kirshan Singh, fought against the British on 16 November 1857 in the field of Nasibpur on outskirts of Narnaul. The first charge of Rao Tularam's forces was irresistible and the British forces scattered before them; several British officers were killed or wounded.[5]

The British successfully retaliated and after the battle of Narnaul Rao Tularam moved in to Rajasthan and joined the force of Tantia Tope for one year but the forces of the Tantia Tope were defeated by British forces in the battle of Sikar in Rajasthan. After which Rao Tularam left India to seek help from the Shah of Iran (also see Anglo-Persian War from November 1856 to April 1857), Dost Mohammad Khan ruler of Emirate of Afghanistan (also see First Anglo-Afghan War from 1838 to 42) and Alexander II Emperor of All Russia against British colonial empire. Rao Tularam's estates were confiscated by the British in 1859, though proprietary rights of his two wives were retained. In 1877, his title was restored to his son Rao Yudhister Singh, who was made head of the Ahirwal area.[6]

Death

On 23 September 1863, he died in Kabul in Afghanistan at the age of 38 due to an infection that spread throughout his body.[6]

Legacy

A statue of Rao Tularam in Jhajjar

The Government of India issued a postage stamp on 23 September 2001 featuring Rao Tularam.[citation needed]

Martyr's fair

A two-day Shahidi mela (martyr's fair) is held annually in September at Rampura suburb of Rewari city to commemorate the death anniversary of Rao Tularam.[7]

See also

References

Further reading

  • K.C. Yadav, Rao Tula Ram, National Book Trust of India (2008). ISBN 978-81-237-5110-8
  • Er. Anil Yadav," Krantidoot- Rao Raja Tularam (1999) Sarita Book House, Delhi

Citations

  • Dr. Ravindra Singh Yadav & Vijay pal, 1857 Ki kranti k purodha: Rao Raja Tularam,2013 Punit Publication, Jaipur ISBN 978-81-88559-54-1
  1. ^ Sehgal, Vineeta (17 October 2022). 1857 Augarnath Temple Meerut Beginning of India's Freedom Fight. Blue Rose Publishers.
  2. ^ "Republic Day Celebrations". The Tribune. 28 January 2008.
  3. ^ Proceedings. Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University. 1999. ISBN 978-81-7380-651-3.
  4. ^ महान योद्धा थे राव तुलाराम, अंग्रेजों से आखिरी सांस तक लड़े : अजीत सिंह, Dainik Bhskar, 10 Dec 2018.
  5. ^ Prakash, Buddha (1967). Glimpses of Haryana. University of Kurukshetra. p. 110.
  6. ^ a b Punjabi University (2001). "The Panjab Past and Present, Volume 32". Punjab (India). Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Original from the University of Michigan. pp. 76, 77, 78. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
  7. ^ Upadhyay, R. K. (1996). Widowed and Deserted Women in Indian Society. India. Dept. of Women and Child Development & Harnam Publications. p. 71. ISBN 9788185247113.