Question
How did Watan Jagirs rise under Rajputs?
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Answer
- Aurangzeb’s religious policy had distanced the Rajputs from Mughals.
- The Rajput state of Mewar (now Udaipur), Marwar (now Jodhpur) and Amber (Jaipur) had become independent.
- Jodhpur and Jaipur came to play a more crucial role in post-Mughal period.
- The Maharajas of Jodhpur and Jaipur controlled large territories from Agra to Surat.
- There were scores of other smaller Rajput kingdoms which however, never attempted any confederation even after the decay of Mughal empire and remained loyal to the British as well.
- Some of the powerful Rajput rulers were Raja Ajit Singh of Jodhpur and Sawai Raja Jai Singh of Malwa.
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