Vijay Singh Gujjar

Leader of 1824 Indian Revolution

Vijay Singh Gurjar was a Raja from Kunja Bahadurpur.

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  • According to an account by Mr. Grindall, as described in Cassell’s Illustrated History of India that finds mention of Raja Vijay Singh as ‘kower’, “part of the district has risen in rebellion that upwards of 800 men principally Goojurs, headed by a notorious freebooter named Kower, had taken possession of the ghurry of Koonja, in that neighborhood and was committing every species of atrocity. He announced his advent as Kali, the last of the Hindoo avatars, for the purpose of putting an end to the reign of foreigners.”
    • Grindall, in Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.
  • Kalyan Singh Gurjar has been described by the British author as a “gallant, athletic and gigantic pehelwan ’….who was perfectly naked, with the exception of a middle cloth…he was gaily and fantastically painted, ‘for this, his last battle’. He was armed with a sword and a shield…”
    • Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.
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