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{{War|name=Jat War |dates= Summary 1825-26 |image=|combatant1=[[East India Company]] |combatant2=Jats of Bharatpur |result=British victory |medal=[http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom104.htm Army of India Medal 1799-1826], Clasp: Burtpoor|category=[[:Category:Jat War 1825-26|Jat War]] }}

 == Synopsis ==The Raja of Bhurtpore ([[BhurtporeBharatpur]] (Bharatpur) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharaja_Baldeo_Singh Baldeo Singh ] had a treaty with the British which followed the [[2nd Maratha War]]. When he died his six year old son [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balwant_Singh_of_Bharatpur Bulwant Singh ] succeeded him under a regent. Durgan Sal, the boy's cousin, usurped the regency. [[David Ochterlony|Sir David Ochterlony]] the British Resident in Delhi warned the Jats not to obey the usurper and raised a force put him down. This was countermanded by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Amherst,_1st_Earl_Amherst Lord Amherst] the Governor General but later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapleton_Cotton,_1st_Viscount_Combermere Lord Combermere] was sent with 27,000 troops and war broke out on 10 December 1825. Bhurtpore was stormed, Durgan Sal taken prisoner and the young Raja reinstated. The nearby forts of Beana and Weir capitulated shortly afterward. 

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jat_people Jat People] Wikipedia <br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kTgQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61&dq=Bhurtpore&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=&f=false Jat War] Google Books===Historical books online===*[http://books.google.com/books?id=AuUqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA581 “Reminiscences of a (11th) Light Dragoon No 24- Jat People25”]from ''Colburn's United Service Magazine Part 3 1843'', page 581 Google Books