Suraj Mal

Maharaja Suraj Mal (13 February, 1707-25 December, 1763) was a Hindu Jat ruler of Bharatpur state in Rajasthan, India. Most of his campaigns were against the Mughal Empire whose authority in North India had weakened heavily due to the constant Maratha raids and conquests. Maharaja Suraj Mal took this opportunity to form the his kingdom with its capital at Bharatpur, Rajasthan. He captured the Mughal garrison of Agra. He also removed the Jizya tax on Hindus imposed by the Mughals.

Under him, the Jat rule covered the present-day districts of Delhi, Agra, Aligarh, Alwar, Bharatpur, Bulandshahr, Dholpur, Etah, Etawa, Faridabad, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon, Hathras, Jhajjar, Kanpur, Mainpuri, Mathura, Mewat, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Palwal, Rewari, Saharanpur and Rohtak. In addition to the troops stationed at his forts, he had an army of approximately 25,000 infantry and 15,000 cavalry when he died.^[1][2]