What is Suraj Mal?
'''Maharaja Suraj Mal''' (13 February 1707 – 25 December 1763) or '''Sujan Singh''', was a [[Hindu]] [[Gurjar]] ruler of Bharatpur in [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]. Under him, the Jat rule covered the present-day districts of the national capital [[Delhi]] and districts of [[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 25,000 [[infantry]] and 15,000 [[cavalry]] when he died. Most of his campaigns were against the [[Mughal Empire]] whose authority in [[North India]] had weakened heavily due to the constant [[Marathas|Maratha]] raids and conquests. Maharaja Suraj Mal took this opportunity to form the [[Hindu]] [[Jaat|Jat]] kingdom with its capital at Bharatpur in [[Rajasthan]]. He captured the Mughal garrison of [[Agra]]. He removed the [[Jizya]] tax on [[Hindu]]s imposed by the Mughals. [[Category:Indian monarchs]] [[Category:1707 births]] [[Category:1763 deaths]] [[Category:18th century in India]]