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'''Raja Desingh''' or '''Raja Tej Singh''' was a king of the [[Bundela]] Rajput who ruled [[Gingee]] in 1714 CE.<br />
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==Background==<br />
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The [[Mughal Empire]] defeated the [[Maratha Empire]] at Gingee in February 1698.<ref>http://thirunelveli.org/Where_a_Tamil_Ballad_immortalised_a_Rajput_hero.pdf</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2017}}<br />
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In return for military services,<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/tale-of-a-forgotten-hero/article2457097.ece</ref> the Mughal Emperor [[Aurangzeb]], granted a [[Mansabdar|mansab]] rank of 2,500 and [[jagir]] land grant of 12 lakhs (1,200,000) to Raja [[Swarup Singh of Gingee|Swarup Singh]], a [[Bundela|Bundela Rajput]] chieftain, along with the {{transl|hi|[[Kiladar|kiladari]]}} (fort commandership) of Gingee in 1700 AD. Raja Swarup Singh died of old age in 1714 AD. Differing accounts have the [[Arcot State|Nawab of Arcot]], [[Saadatullah Khan I]] somewhat recalcitrant to the Mughal Empire,<ref name=whostory>https://whostory.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/gingee-troy-of-the-east/</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2017}} and the terms of the grant from Aurangzeb were disputed, nevertheless a debt was claimed after Aurangzeb's death ... a debt that the Raja refused to pay, eventually the arrears of payments due amounted to 70 lakhs rupees (7 million), and being a defaulter for ten years; the Nawab of Arcot reported this matter to the Mughal Emperor at the time, [[Bahadur Shah I]] at Delhi. Hearing about the death of his father, Desingh, the newly married son of Raja Swarup Singh, started for Gingee from Bundelkhand, his ancestral home.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Srinivasachari|first=C. S.|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.500497|title=A History Of Gingee And Its Rulers|date=1943|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Battle for Gingee==<br />
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Traditional plays and ballads are sung in and around Gingee about the gallantry displayed by Desingh at the young age of 22, against the more powerful Nawab Sadatulla Khan of Arcot in a struggle that was unmatched from the outset (Desingh’s army consisted of only 350 horses and 500 troopers, while the Nawab’s army had 8,000 horsemen and 10,000 sepoys). Desingh eventually died in battle and his small army was defeated. His young wife committed [[Sati (practice)|Sati]] on his funeral pyre.<ref name=whostory />{{Unreliable source?|date=May 2017}} However, the fortress of Gingee lost its pre-eminent position and political importance within a few years of the extinction of the Rajput rule.<br />
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==References==<br />
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