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| name = Jaswant Singh Rathore<br />
|title=[[Maharaja]] of [[Jodhpur State|Marwar]]| image = Jaswant Singh of Marwar.jpg<br />
| caption = Jaswant Singh Rathore of Marwar<br />
| succession = Ruler of Marwar<br />
| reign = {{nowrap|6 May 1638 – 28 November 1678}}<br />
| coronation = 25 May 1638<br />
| predecessor = Maharaja [[Gaj Singh of Marwar|Gaj Singh]]<br />
| successor = Maharaja [[Ajit Singh of Marwar|Ajit Singh]]<br />
| spouses = Mahamaya and Others<br />
| issue =Prithviraj Singh<br>[[Ajit Singh of Marwar|Ajit Singh]]<br>Others<br />
| issue-link = #Marriages and issue<br />
| house = [[Rulers of Marwar|Rathore]]<br />
| father = Maharaja [[Gaj Singh of Marwar|Gaj Singh]]<br />
| mother =Maharani [[Pratap Devi]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1626|12|26|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Burhanpur]], Deccan, [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1678|12|28|1629|12|26|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Jamrud]], [[Khyber Pass]], [[Mughal Empire]]<br />
| religion = [[Hinduism]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Jaswant Singh Rathore''' (26 December 1626<ref>The Mertiyo Rathors of Merto. Volume II, p. 60. </ref> – 28 December 1678) was a [[Maharaja]] of [[Jodhpur State|Marwar]] in the present-day Indian state of [[Rajasthan]]. His father was Maharaja [[Gaj Singh of Marwar|Gaj Singh]]. He was a distinguished man of letters and author of "Siddhant-bodh", "Anand Vilas" and "Bhasa-bhusan".<br />
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He was the Subedar of [[Assam]] from 1656 to 1666.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Jaswant Singh succeeded his father on his death by special decree of the Emperor [[Shah Jahan]], in accordance with his father's wishes, on 6 May 1638.<ref>[[John F. Richards]]. ''[[The New Cambridge History of India]]: The Mughal Empire'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993) p. 180-181</ref> He was invested by Imperial authority and inherited the parganas of [[Jodhpur]], [[Siwana]], [[Merta]], [[Sojat]], [[Phalodi]] and [[Pokhran|Pokharan]] (Satalmer) in [[jagir]].<br />
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He was installed on the gaddi at Sringar Chowki, [[Mehrangarh]], Jodhpur, on 25 May 1638. He was granted the personal title of Maharaja by the Emperor Shah Jahan, on 6 January 1654.<br />
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==Battle of Dharmatpur==<br />
Jaswant Singh was appointed by [[Shah Jahan]] to stop the advance of the rebel prince [[Aurangzeb]] and prince [[Murad Bakhsh|Murad]]. Army of Jaswant Singh and combined army of both the princes met at Dharmatpur, fifteen miles from [[Ujjain]]. The battle was fought on 15 April 1658. Jaswant Singh's advisers suggested a night raid to destroy Aurangzeb's artillery and gunpowder as the Rajput army was almost entirely made up of light cavalry, while Aurangzeb had a well equipped army of heavy cavalry, Artillery and Muskets. However Jaswant Singh replied by saying "It is inconsistent with the manliness of the Rajputs or usage, to employ stratagems or make a night attack".<ref>The Rajputs of Rajputana: A Glimpse of Medieval Rajasthan By M. S. Naravane pg.85</ref> Jaswant Singh was defeated and lost 6,000 of his soldiers.<ref>War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849 By Kaushik Roy pg.33</ref> [[Ratan Singh Rathore]], Maharaja of [[Ratlam]] and Mokand Das Hada, Rao of [[Kota State|Kota]] were amongst those slain in the battle.<ref>Madhya Pradesh District Gazetter: Ratlam pg.366</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Stuart Cary Welch |title=The Emperors' Album: Images of Mughal India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FDIyr9LRJ0MC&pg=PA304 |year=1987 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-0-87099-499-9 |pages=304}}</ref><br />
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==Death and succession==<br />
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Prithviraj Singh was Jaswant Singh's son. It is chronicled in Marwar 'khyats' that Aurangzeb presented Prithviraj Singh [[poison dress|a dress which was poisoned]]. On wearing the dress Prithviraj died on 8 May 1667 in great pain at Delhi. Prithviraj was a good leader and a brave prince. Jaswant could not get over the shock of his son's death. He was very saddened because he had no male heir who could seek revenge.<br />
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Jaswant died at [[Jamrud]], near [[Peshawar]], on 28 December 1678. At the time of his death two of his wives were pregnant, and both would later bear sons. This led to a war in which there were attempts to install Jaswant Singh's elder surviving son [[Ajit Singh Rathor]] as ruler of Marwar.<ref>[[John F. Richards]]. ''[[The New Cambridge History of India]]: The Mughal Empire'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993) p. 180-181</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Rulers of Marwar]]<br />
*[[List of Rajputs]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*Rathaurha, Vira Durgadasa (2005). ''Ved Prakash'' Publisher: Rajbhasha Pustak Pratishthan, Shivaji Marg, Delhi 110053. First published 2005. {{ISBN|81-88613-10-X}}<br />
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| after = [[Ajit Singh of Marwar|Ajit Singh]]<br />
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