Akheraj Singh Rajpurohit was the Rajguru and Sardar in the royal court of Marwar during the reign of Maharaja Jaswant Singh and Maharaja Ajit Singh.
Patshah Akheraj Rajpurohit | |
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| Born | 1645 Tinwari, Jodhpur |
| Died | March 1725 |
| Allegiance |  Kingdom of Marwar |
| Children | Surajmal, Kesari Singh Akherajot, Jaisingh, Mahasingh |
Background edit
Akheraj sevad was the thakur of Tinwari thikana. He was the member and leader of the Royal Council of Marwar. The Maharaja of Jodhpur granted him jagir of Khedapa, Bhaisarkot, Tinwari, Khinchan, Jatiyawas. Akheraj Singh was a solitaire politician of that time. He was the son of Thakur Dalpatsingh of Tinwari. He was the one of the trusted aides of Maharaja Ajit Singh.Along with Durgadas Rathore, he was fighting against Aurangzeb for the kingdom of Kunwar Ajit Singh.[1]
Legacy edit
After death of Maharaja Jaswant Singh, Emperor Aurangzeb wanted to usurp the Jodhpur. At that time Akheraj was serving the chief of the security council of Mehrangarh fort. Badshah sent his trusted sardars to Jodhpur. Badshah gave the mansab of jodhpur to Inder Singh, son of Rao AmarSingh of Nagaur. Inder Singh wanted to vacate the fort of Mehrangarh but he did not get success. So he sent a battalion to Tinwari pargana to take revenge. Akheraj's brother Nagraj Singh died in the battle of Tinwari. During this crisis in Jodhpur, Durgadas Rathore succeeded in getting kunwar Ajit Singh out ofJodhpur safely and kunwar was kept undercover in Deori village of Sirohi. Later Akheraj singh took him to kalindri. Mukundadas Khinchi kept guarding him in the guise of a monk. Akheraj stayed with kunwar Ajit Singh during his days of struggle and offered his services along with Durgadas.[1]
When kunwar Ajit Singh became the ruler of Marwar, he gave jagirs to all his associates. Akheraj got Tinwari, Khinchan, Jatiyawas, Khedapa again. Maharaja gave him titles of "Anvi Akheraj" and "Patshah Akheraj".[2] In his honour a subclan named 'Akherajot Sevad' was started in the Sevad clan of Rajpurohits, whose descendants are generally known as 'Akherajots of Tinwari'.
Akheraj has a heroic figure among the folk of marwar. Many folks' songs are sung in his memory even today. A couplet is famous in the folklore:
बण-ठण भटकियाँ भांखरा , अज संग अखेराज
प्रोहिता रा पातशाह , राखण कामधा राज ||[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Sevaṛa, Prahalādasiṃha (2021). Rājapurohita jāti kā itihāsa (Dvitīya saṃsodhita saṃskaraṇa ed.). Jodhapura. ISBN 978-93-90179-06-0.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Singh, Munshi Hardayal; MEHAR, JAHOOR KHAN. Report Mardumshumari Rajmarwar 1891 E. (in Hindi and English). RAJASTHANI GRANTHAGAR. ISBN 9788186103321.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help) - ^ Sevaṛa, Prahalādasiṃha (2021). Rājapurohita jāti kā itihāsa (Dvitīya saṃsodhita saṃskaraṇa ed.). Jodhapura. ISBN 978-93-90179-06-0.
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