Raja Vijay Singh Gujjar
Raja Vijay Singh Gujjar was the Gujjar king of Landhaura state and Kunja Bahadurpur Riyasat, which was formed by his uncle Raja Ram Dayal Singh in the 18th century.
Raja Vijay Singh played a significant role in the Indian Independence Movement and awakening the people of the imperative of winning freedom of the country.
Raja Vijay Singh appointed Raja Kalyan Singh Gujjar as his army general to fight against the British East India Company. Raja Kalyan Singh Gujjar was also a land lord of Kunja Bahadurpur.
From 1822–25 they held a fierce armed protest against British. At last in 1824–25 British managed to conquer the fort with a vast Gorkha Regiment and planned attack. Raja Vijay Singh and Raja Kalyan Singh Gujjar lost the battle of life in saving the motherland.
His present descendant is Kunwar Pranav Singh from Landhaura, Haridwar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.[1][2]
Commemoration
The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat paid tribute to the freedom fighter Gujjar on the occasion of his martyrdom day in Kunja Bahadurpur in Haridwar. He said several institutions, roads and scholarships would be renamed after the martyr in sync with the State Government’s commitment to hold him in grateful remembrance.
He announced that his contribution in the nation’s freedom movement will be incorporated in the history book at higher secondary level education, he announced while adding that the Government Inter College Kunja Bahadurpur in Haridwar would soon be renamed after him by way of remembering his supreme sacrifice for the posterity.
Also, the Government of Uttarakhand will observe Singh’s martyrdom day each year and the meritorious students from Other Backward Classes will be given scholarships in the name of Raja Vijay Singh.
The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat also announced that a veterinary hospital will be opened in Kunja Bahadurpur bearing the name of the martyr. The road connecting Bhagwanpur to Jhabrera will be renamed after "Raja Vijay Singh".[1][2]