Nain Singh Nagar

Raja Nain Singh Nagar (Hindi: राजा नैन सिंह नागर) also known as Nain Singh Nagar of Parichhatgarh was a Gurjar king of Bahsuma,hastinapur&parikshitgarh in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh during the 18th century.^[1]

History

Temple built by Nain Singh Nagar

The Fort Parikshitgarh was restored by Raja Nain Singh in the 18th century. The fort was dismantled in 1857, to be used as Police Station. His relative from Rajasthan Kadma Bhati also joined him in 1857.^[2][3]

Hastinapur was controlled by Raja Nain Singh Nagar during the British Raj. In and around Hastinapur, he constructed several temples. Jains also use it as a destination of pilgrimage. Here are found renowned locations like as the Digamber Jain Mandir (Jambudweep), Pandeshwar Temple, and Hastinapur Sanctuary, etc.^[4][5]

An account about Raja Nain Singh Nagar in (1857) noted by Edwin Thomas Atkinson as;

As early as 1540 A.D. the Gujars of the Duab were powerful enough to interfere with Sher Shah whilst building his fort¹ and mosque at Dehli. Sher Shah himself marched against Páli and Páhal and reduced the Gújars to subjection. "He left orders that they should be expelled from that country; consequently, not a vestige of their habitations was left." They however did not attain to any political influence until the middle of the last century, when the foundations of the great mukararis of Rajas Ramdayál Singh and Raja Nain Singh were laid in the Saharanpur and Meerut Districts.^[6]

References

1. Thakur, Pradeep; Kalidasa; Ryder, Arthur W. (7 January 2012). ABHIJNANSAKUNTALAM (The Recognition of Sakuntala) Improvised Edition. Indianz. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-105-42805-0. During Mughal times areas Hastinapur was ruled by the Gujjar Raja Nain Singh Nagar. He built many temples in and around Hastinapur. In the present day, Hastinapur is a town and a nagar panchayat in Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, around 37 km from Meerut and 110 km from Delhi.
2. Imperial Gazetteer of India, vol. 20. Digital South Asia Library. p. 2. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
3. Experts, Arihant (22 July 2019). Know Your State Uttar Pradesh. Arihant Publications India limited. ISBN 978-93-131-9643-3.
4. Experts, Arihant (22 July 2019). Know Your State Uttar Pradesh. Arihant Publications India limited. p. 249. ISBN 978-93-131-9643-3.
5. Gupta, Hari Ram (1999). History of the Sikhs: Sikh domination of the Mughal Empire, 1764-1803. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 200. ISBN 978-81-215-0213-9.
6. Atkinson, Edwin Thomas (1875). Statistical, Descriptive and Historical Account of the North-western Provinces of India: Meerut division. 1875-76. Printed at the North-western Provinces' Government Press. p. 187.