Jayakrushna Rajaguru Mohapatra (Aged 67), popularly known as Jayi Rajaguru, was born on 29 October 1739 and was a prominent figure of the Indian independence movement in the state of Odisha.
During the war between the Khurda King and Januji Bhonsala at Badamba Gada in 1779, Narasingha Rajaguru, who was handling the army, was killed. In this precarious condition, Jayi Rajaguru was appointed as the head of the administration and the chief of the Army of Khurda, and he carried out his duties until his death.
Taking advantage of the weak administration during the battles, the attacks of Burgis intensified on the people of Khurda, which was intolerable to the patriot Rajaguru. He personally moved from village to village to encourage the moral strength of the Paiks.
However, the main trouble started in 1757 when the British won the Battle of Plassey and occupied the provinces of Bengal, Bihar, and Medinapur in Odisha. In 1765, they occupied a vast region of Andhra Pradesh from the Parsis and the Nizam of Hyderabad. Filled with rage, Rajaguru rearranged his army and occupied the four Praganas on his own with the intention to drive the British out of his state and country. But the British tried to capture Khurda by force.
Rajaguru requested all the Kings of the State to join hands for a common cause against the British. The Kings of Kujanga, Kanika, Harishapura, Marichipura, and others made an alliance with the King of Khurda and prepared themselves for the battle. Finally, the historical fight occurred between the military of Khurda and the British. The fight continued for a long period, and Rajaguru was arrested from the Khurdha fort and was taken to Barabati fort.
He was ordered to be hanged till death, but was brutally killed on 6 December 1806 in a procedure in which executioners tied his legs to the opposite branches of a tree, and the branches were let off splitting his body into two parts.
Jayi Rajaguru
(1739 – 1806) – (Odisha)
Jayakrushna Rajaguru Mohapatra (Aged 67), popularly known as Jayi Rajaguru, was born on 29 October 1739 and was a prominent figure of the Indian independence movement in the state of Odisha.
During the war between the Khurda King and Januji Bhonsala at Badamba Gada in 1779, Narasingha Rajaguru, who was handling the army, was killed. In this precarious condition, Jayi Rajaguru was appointed as the head of the administration and the chief of the Army of Khurda, and he carried out his duties until his death.
Taking advantage of the weak administration during the battles, the attacks of Burgis intensified on the people of Khurda, which was intolerable to the patriot Rajaguru. He personally moved from village to village to encourage the moral strength of the Paiks.
However, the main trouble started in 1757 when the British won the Battle of Plassey and occupied the provinces of Bengal, Bihar, and Medinapur in Odisha. In 1765, they occupied a vast region of Andhra Pradesh from the Parsis and the Nizam of Hyderabad. Filled with rage, Rajaguru rearranged his army and occupied the four Praganas on his own with the intention to drive the British out of his state and country. But the British tried to capture Khurda by force.
Rajaguru requested all the Kings of the State to join hands for a common cause against the British. The Kings of Kujanga, Kanika, Harishapura, Marichipura, and others made an alliance with the King of Khurda and prepared themselves for the battle. Finally, the historical fight occurred between the military of Khurda and the British. The fight continued for a long period, and Rajaguru was arrested from the Khurdha fort and was taken to Barabati fort.
He was ordered to be hanged till death, but was brutally killed on 6 December 1806 in a procedure in which executioners tied his legs to the opposite branches of a tree, and the branches were let off splitting his body into two parts.
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