Maharaja Surajmal was a popular ruler of Bharatpur. Surajamal founded the city of Bharatpur. After the death of king Jai Singh of Jaipur, in the struggle for the throne, with the cooperation of Surajmal, Ishwari Singh won and became the ruler of Jaipur. Surajmal took Firozshah Kotla under his control.
Surajmal took Ghaziabad, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Agra, Dholpur, Mainpuri, Hathras, Banaras, Farrukhnagar under his control. He was a matured personality with his political outlook. This is why in 1761 in the third battle of Panipat, even after beting defeated by Ahmad Shah Abdali, arrangement for food, treatment and clothes was made by Maharaja Surajmal for the retreating Marathas.
