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The diffenders of Aryan Culture - Veer Gurjars.
British Era
The retaliation by the Britishers in the 1857-revolt led to the killing of lakhs of Gurjars. Thousand of Gurjar families were finished; all of the revolutionaries were either hanged or blown into the pieces with cannon. Their properties were impounded and Gurjars were pushed towards the infertile lands. Almost all of the Gurjar riyasats were finished but any how few Gurjar riyasats like Landhore, Peel Nagar, Samther, Buklana, Mudlana etc. were left.
Britishers and their loyalties tried to prove the first fight of freedom as action of butchery, loot and crime. They not only impounded the lands of Gurjars but also they push Gurjar towards infertile lands. Moreover in 1871 Britishers brought an Act termed as Criminal Tribes Act and put Gurjar community in the criminal tribes list. This Act was repealed in 1952 by in Indian Union Government. After 1857 Gurjars were not taken in army, civil services and any government jobs, there was no support on the name of education not even a single school could be found in between the Gurjar villages.
Not only Britishers declared Gurjars as criminal tribe by defining Criminal Tribes Act but also they played with the Indian history and write the glorious history of Gurjars on the name of Rajputs. Their freedom struggle was always declared as crime and butchery. Britishers always played with the feeling of Indians by divide and rule policy, they established the regiment in the army on the name of castes and divide Indians on the name of caste. They opened the educational institutions on the name of castes and religions.
At the time of First World War, there was a shortage of soldiers in the British army, so they recruited 18296 Hindu Gurjars and same number of Muslim Gurjars. This was the first time in the British era when Gurjars were recruited in the army. In that war Gurjars fought with bravery. British officer General Thomson was impressed with Gurjars bravery especially in Subhaliland and many posts in Middle East. Captain Bharon Singh, Captain Ganga Ram, Captain Girdhari Singh, Lt. Sikari Singh, Subedar Mirchi Singh, Subedar Shivcharan Singh, Subedar Major Budh Singh, Subedar Major Jal Singh, Zamadar Harbans Singh and hundreds of Gurjar officers were rewarded with medals. After the bravery shown in the First World War Britishers allowed the recruitment of Gurjars in army, and in 8th Punjab Regiment one Gurjar company was regularized. But Britishers never got the courage to form Gurjar regiment, as the memories of 1857 revolt were at the back of their minds.
In Second World War, on the bravery of sepoy Kamal Ram Gurjar, he was awarded Victoria Cross the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry (which was awarded by the King himself in the battle field). After that Britishers change their policy towards Gurjars and agreed to form Gurjar regiment in the Indian army. Three British officers decided to made Gurjar regiment head quarter in Delhi, but after the second world war because of partition of India the hopes for the formation of Gurjar regiment was vanished.
In freedom struggle, Gurjar were working as main leaders of the non cooperation movement of Mahatma Gandhi in whole India. Freedom fighters could be found in each and every Gurjar villages. It is not possible to describe each freedom fighter on this small web page, but I would like to mention the two greatest names Vijay Singh Pathik (Bhup Singh Pathik) and Sardar Valabh Bhai Patel. Vijay Singh Pathik was born in Uttar Pradesh and he devoted his whole life in Rajasthan. Under his guidance Bijolia Satyagrah become most successful Satyagrah Andolan.
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel, the only thing could be said about him is “Iron Man of India”.