Thakur Kushal Singh of Auwa (Pali) in Rajasthan was not happy with the British and the Maharaja of Jodhpur. On his call the feudals of Aasopa, Aalniyawas and Gular reached Auwa. He got assistance from the feudals of Khejrala (Marwar) and Salumbar, Roopnagar, Laksaani of Mewar. On getting information, Maharaja Thakur Kushal Singh despatched his state army to Auwa to fight against the rebel forces. Kushal Singh forces gave a heavy defeat to the Jodhpur forces at Bithoda on September 8, 1857. On getting this news A.G.G George Lawrence himself accompanied his forces to Auwa, but he too was defeated on September 18, 1857. Monk Mason, the political agent of Jodhpur was killed by the rebels.
His head was hung on the gate of the Auwa fort. At the same time the revolutionary forces of Jodhpur marched towards Delhi. Army lod by Holmes attacked Auwa in January, 1858. Thakur Kushal Singh’s took rescue with feudal of Salumber. The British gave bribe to the guard of the fort to keep the gates open and took hold of the fort. The Auwa public was meted out inhuman treatment. In 1860 Kushal Singh surrendered to the British at Neemuch. The case was filed against him but he was freed of charges later.
