Gohad is a town of historical importance of Bhind district in Madhya Pradesh in India. According to Cunningham and William Cook, Bamraulia gotra jats from village Bamrauli (near Agra) in 1505 founded the city Gohad near Gwalior. Later it developed into an important Jat State. The Jat rulers of Gohad were awarded the title of RANA.

Singhandev was the first Jat ruler of Gohad state. The chronology of Jat rulers of Gohad has 17 names including above: Singhandev (Second), Devi Singh, Udyaut Singh, Rana Anup Singh, Sambhu Singh, Abhay Chander, Ratan Singh, Uday Singh, Bagh Raj, Gaj Singh, Jaswant, Bhim Singh, Girdhar Pratap, Chhatra Singh, Kirat Singh and Pohap Singh.

Historically important rulers among above Jat rulers were Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana (1703-1756) and Maharaja Chhatra Singh Rana (1757-1782). They also occupied the Gwalior fort twice Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana (1740-1756) and Maharaja Chhatra Singh Rana (1780-1783). During this period they constructed historical monuments in the Gwalior Fort -The Chhatri of Maharaja Bhim Singh and Bhimtal. Jat Samaj Kalyan Parishad Gwalior organizes Mela here on Ram Navami every year.

The Jat rulers of Gohad had constructed forts, palaces, temples, wells, gardens etc., which are of archeological importance and historical monuments. To mention some of them are Gohad Fort, Itayali Darwaja, Chhatra Mahal, Shish Mahal, Satbhanwar, Laxman-tal, Rani-guru temple, Laxman temple, Modi-ki-Haveli etc.

References

• Dr. Ajay Kumar Agnihotri (1985) : Gohad ke jaton ka Itihas(Hindi)
• Dr. Natthan Singh (2004) : Jat-Itihas