Gajpati Ujjainia

Gajpati Ujjainia
Raja of Bhojpur
Born1484
Bhojpur, present-day Bhojpur district, India
Died1577
Bhojpur, present-day Bhojpur district, India
DynastyUjjainiya

Raja Gajpati Ujjainia (Hindi: राजा गजपति उज्जैनिया), also known as Raja Gajpati Sahi was a ruler of Bhojpur belonging to the Ujjainiya dynasty. [1][2]

He accepted the suzerainty of Sher Shah Suri and thus also served as a commander in the army of Sher Shah Suri, the ruler of the Sur Empire. Two of his most important military campaigns he fought was the Battle of Surajgarha and Battle of Chausa. As a reward, he was given the territory of Rohtas to his dominion. He was the first Ujjainiya chief to have a continued battle with Mughals.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Ahmad, Imtiaz (2008). "State Formation and Consolidation under the Ujjainiya Rajputs in Medieval Bihar: Testimony of Oral Traditions as Recorded in the Tawarikh-i-Ujjainiya". In Singh, Surinder; Gaur, I. D. (eds.). Popular Literature And Pre-Modern Societies In South Asia. Pearson Education India. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-81-317-1358-7. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
  2. ^ a b Ansari, Tahir Hussain (2014). "A Political Biography of an Ujjainia Chief of Bhojpur: Raja Gajpati". Karatoya. 7: 40–48.