Gokula

Gokula Singh (also known as Veer Gokula, or Gokal or Gokul Singh Jat; died 1670 AD) was a Jat zamindar of Tilpat, belonging to Haga(Agre/Agha) gotra, in what is now the state of Haryana, India. The second of four sons born to Madu, his birthname was Ola. Gokula provided leadership to the Jats who challenged the power of the Mughal Empire.

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• Next monlh Hasan Alt Khan defeated Gokla. The rebels, who mustered 20,000 strong, mostly Jat and other stalwart peasants, encountered the imperial forces at a place 20 miles from Tilpat. Bui after a very long and bloody contest they gave way before the superior discipline and artillery of the Mughals, and fled to Tilpat, which was besieged for three days and al last stormed at the point of the sword. Thehavoc was terrible. On the victors’ side 4,000 men fell and on the rebels’ 5,000, while 7,000 persons. Including Gokla and his family, were taken prisoner. The ]at leader's limbs were hacked off one by one on the platform of the police office of Agra, and his family was forcibly converted to Islam.
  • J Sarkar, A Short History Of Aurangzib" also in Lal, K. S. (1995). Growth of scheduled tribes and castes in medieval India. 89