12 Facts About Nahar Singh

Raja Nahar Singh was the Raja of the princely state of Ballabhgarh in Faridabad District of Haryana, India.

Nahar Singh fought against The East India Company in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.

Balram Singh Tewatia was the first ruler of Ballabhgarh State, and Nahar Singh was his descendant.

Nahar Singh's teachers included Pandit Kulkarni and Maulvi Rahman Khan.

Nahar Singh's father died in 1830, when he was about 9 years old.

Nahar Singh was an able and secular ruler who promoted communal harmony, his letter to Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar says:.

Nahar Singh refused to extend any help to District Collector William Ford, who was collecting forces to curb the uprising.

Nahar Singh actively recruited sepoys of the native infantry or cavalry, who revolted against the British, in services of his Ballbhgarh forces with enhanced pay and promotional ranks.

Nahar Singh revolted against the British rule, and joined the forces led by Emperor Bahadur Shah.

In letters to Bahadur Shah Zafar dated 22 May and 25 May 1857, Raja Nahar Singh wrote that he had secured the road from Delhi Gate to Badarpur, as well as drove the British away from the parganas of Pali, Palwal and Fatehpur.

Nahar Singh was charged by the colonial rulers for assisting rebellion with money, provisions and arms and by sending troops to Palwal, for taking it from the British Government in India.

Raja Nahar Singh was a hero of India's First War of Independencein 1857.