{"id":151190,"date":"2023-03-31T16:45:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T11:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=151190"},"modified":"2023-04-11T22:54:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T17:24:30","slug":"rampyari-gurjar-led-40000-soldiers-to-defeat-timur-no-credible-evidence-to-back-such-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/rampyari-gurjar-led-40000-soldiers-to-defeat-timur-no-credible-evidence-to-back-such-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Rampyari Gurjar led 40,000 soldiers to defeat Timur? No credible evidence to back such claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on March 11 unveiled a statue<\/a> of Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar at a police training school in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. During his speech at the programme, he said, among other things, that there were several instances of history not having any record of individuals who had valiantly fought against invaders.<\/p>\n

The official handle<\/a> of the Vice-President later tweeted a part of the speech. Here, the VP talks about three apparently forgotten brave-hearts of the past — 16-year-old Shivdevi Tomar who killed 17 Britishers near Meerut, Mahaviri Devi who was martyred along with 22 companions while fighting the British, and Rampyari Gurjar who, the VP says, fought with Timur by forming an army of 40,000<\/strong>. Their names are not found in our history, Dhankhar notes. (Archive<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Vice President of India (@VPIndia) March 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not the first time someone holding public office spoke about Rampyari Gurjar. We found that on January 28, 2023, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned her while talking about the valor and patriotism of the Gurjar community at an event in Bhilwara, Rajasthan. According to the PMINDIA website<\/a>, underlining the bravery and contribution of Gurjar women and paying tributes to Rampyari Gurjar<\/strong>, Modi said<\/a>, \u201c…It is the country\u2019s misfortune that such countless fighters could not get the place they deserve in our history<\/strong>. But New India is rectifying these mistakes of the past decades.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PM’s speech can be heard here. The mention of Rampyari Gurjar occurs at the 21.58<\/a>-minute mark onward.<\/p>\n

[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F824yTaTIZw]<\/p>\n

Former Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, too, had talked about Rampyari Gurjar on April 11, 2020, while addressing a meeting<\/a> of the Akhil Bhartiya Veer Gurjar Mahasabha. 8.10 minutes onward in the clip, he says Rampyari Gurjar defeated Timur Lang with an army of 40,000 soldiers<\/strong>. Without the mention of such warriors, Indian history is incomplete, the former VP says.<\/p>\n

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Vice President Venkaiya Naidu On Rampyari Gurjari, Raja Vijay Singh Kunjabahadurpur, Kalyan Singh Kalva Gurjar<\/p>\n

Posted by Akhil Bhartiya Veer Gurjar Mahasabha<\/a> on Saturday, 11 April 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

There are several blogs, opinion pieces<\/a> and YouTube videos<\/a> that mention Rampyari Gurjari. Many of them cite a book by Manoshi Sinha Rawal<\/a> called Saffron Swords<\/a> (Garuda Prakashan, 2019) as their source. On the author’s Twitter profile, one can find her thanking Tarek Fatah<\/a> for endorsing her book.<\/p>\n

On Pages 26 and 27, she writes about the valor of Rampyari Gurjar against Timur’s warriors. One can read it below.<\/p>\n