February 11 1707

Surajmal Jat was born

Surajmal was born February 11 1707 in Bhatatpur, India. He was the eldest son of Jat Emperor of Bharatpur, Maharaja Badan Singh, and his wife Rani Devki of the Jat Family from Kama.

Surajmal was the Eldest of 30 sons of Maharaja Badan Singh, of which only 20 survived. out of his surviving sons Surahmal and his brother Pratap Singh were popular and competent for the throne of Bhrarpur. to avoid any future family feud Badan Singh constructed two seperate forts and palaces, at Kumher for Surajmal and at Weir for Pratap Singh. Due to his health conditions Bafan Singh handed over the state of weir to Pratap Singh around 1738-40 and declared Surajmal as successor for the rest of state and handed over the administration to him. due to untimely death of his son Pratap Sing on 2 November 1745 and severity of his eye problem he decided to retire from active royal affairs. He had virtually exercised the sole management of the affairs of the state of Bharatpur for over twenty years before and after the death of Badan Singh. On November 1745 Surajmal became the ruler of Jat Empire.