chatr

Updated: May 6, 2025

In 1771, when Shah Alam was returning to the throne of his ancestors, Chatr Singh, the then Zemindar, advanced money to the Treasury, and was soon after created a peer by the title of Maharaj Rana. Henceforth he figures in history as the "Rana of Gohad."

H. G. (Henry George) Keene - Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan