In the 1857 revolt for independence, Tatya Tope’s Rajasthan journey is an important incident. After Tatya was unsuccessful in Gwalior, he left for Lalsoth and reached Tonk to get help. In Tonk, he was supported by the ruler’s army. From there, he went to Salumbar.
Rawat of Salumbar helped him. After this, Tatya Tope reached Hadoti and he controlled Jhalrapatan but in the month of September, he was defeated twice by the Britishers that made him disappointed and he left Rajasthan.
In December Tatya Tope again came to Rajasthan and via Vaswada to Salumbar through Bindar reached Tonk in January 1858 and he visited Dausa and Sikar. British soldiers defeated and turned him out. Due to cheating of Narwar landlord Man Singh, Tatya Tope was arrested by Britishers and in April 1859 he was hanged.