 During the First Serbian Uprising, Begaljica was part of the Grocka nahija which was headed by "oborknez" Stevan Andrejić Palalija, murdered in the Slaughter of the Dukes (1804).Oborknez Palalija was buried in Rajinovac.The village is mentioned in collected Serbian epic poetry about the Serb Uprising against the janissaries (see The Revolt of the Serbs Against the Turks 1804–1913, p. 48).