Ballabgarh

Balramgarh, formerly known as Ballabhgarh, is a town and a tehsil in Faridabad District of Haryana, India, and is part of the National Capital Region. Jat Raja Nahar Singh was the last king of the princely state, he was executed for taking part in the 1857 war of independence in 1858. The state was founded by Balram Singh, in 1739, who also built the Nahar Singh Mahal palace in the same year. The small kingdom of Ballabhgarh was only 20mi from Delhi, and today lies on the National Highway 2, a major portion of historical Grand Trunk Road.HistoryThe name Ballabgarh is named after Balram Singh, a Jat chief who held the surrounding country as a feudatory of Suraj Mal of Bharatpur, built the Nahar Singh Mahal fort and palace in 1739. In 1775 the estate was transferred by the Delhi emperor to Ajit Singh, whose son Bahadur Singh was recognised in 1803 as chief and built the town.The founders of the princely state of Ballabgarh had come from village of Janauli. Gopal Singh, a Tewatia Jat, left Janauli in 1705 and settled at Sihi, a village of Tewatia Jats about 5km from Ballabhgarh. The Mughal ruler Aurangzeb had died. Gopal Singh started establishing power in Delhi, Khair and Mathura areas. With the help of villagers of Lagon he attacked Rajput Chaudhary of that area and did a treaty with Mughal officer Murtija Khan of Faridabad and became Chaudhary of Faridabad pargana in 1710. He wanted to expand his army and collect huge wealth but soon died. His successor was Charan Das, who was also ambitious. When he saw weakening of the Mughal rule, he stopped paying malgujari (octroi). The army of Mughals arrested Charan Das.