A
golden age dawned upon the old city of Bharatpur, traditionally the home
of Jats. Otherwise the tillers of the land, the jats establish their
pre-eminence in the region long before the before the emergence of
Rajputs. Uniting under the able leadership of rulers like Badan Singh
and Surajmal, the Jats expanded their territory far beyond its original
boundaries.

Such
was the might of the Jats that Bharatpur came to be known as the
impregnable city. The beautiful palace and gardens at Deeg and the
Bharatpur fort, both built by Surajmal, symbolized the coming of age of
the Jat state. Soon, nobody dared question the Jats prowess in
battle.
A British general, Lord Lake, thought otherwise and
paid dearly with his life for his decision to besiege the Lohagarh Fort.
At Deeg, the Maharajas men successfully took on the might of a
combined Mughal and Maratha army of 80,000. Growing from strength to
strength, the Jats even dared to attack the Red Fort in Delhi, the
ultimate icon of power!