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((Short description|Maharaja Bahadur of Benares from 1770–1781))
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'''Rafa'at wa Awal-i-Martabat Maharaja Shri Chet Singh Sahib Bahadur''' (died 29 March 1810), commonly known as '''Raja Chet Singh''', a [[Bhumihar Brahmin]] king from the [[Narayan dynasty]], was 3 rd ruler of [[Benares State|Kingdom of Benaras]] in northern [[India]].<ref name=":0">((Cite book |last=Yang |first=A. A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ck4jmD7H34UC&pg=PA67 |title=The Limited Raj: Agrarian Relations in Colonial India, Saran District, 1793-1920.  |publisher=United Kingdom: University of California Press. |year=1989 |isbn=9780520057111 |edition=1st |location=United Kingdom |pages=66–69 |language=English))</ref>[[File:Chait Singh of Benares.jpg|thumb|19th century sketch of Raja Chet Singh of Benares State]]

Chet Singh succeeded his father, [[Maharaja Balwant Singh of Benares|Maharaja Balwant Singh]], to the throne as the next Raja of Benares in 1770. Although the [[Nawab of Awadh]] still wished to hold total suzerainty over the control of Beneras, the British authorities encouraged him to recognise Chet Singh as King in 1773. Two years later, the Nawab, by now fed up with British interference, transferred the domain to the [[East India Company]] under control of the [[Governor-General of India|Governor-General of Bengal]], [[Warren Hastings]]. Under the new British terms, Chet Singh was forced to contribute [[cavalry]] and maintenance grants for the company's [[sepoy]] battalions. The Raja refused to do this and he began to secretly correspond with enemies of the Company in hopes of forcibly breaking the increasing control of the company in India. The company discovered his plan with the help of some traitors and tried to place him under [[house arrest]] in August 1781, pending interview with Hastings.

== Revolt of Benares ==
The insurrection against Company control in Bihar took on a new dimension when Raja Chait Singh of Banaras rose to power in August 1781. It posed a threat to connect with other local uprisings and turn into a large regional conflict. Due to Chait Singh's vigorous pursuit of support from Bihar zamindars (most of them were Bhumihars along with Few Rajput zamindars as he was related to them by Caste-ties or Kinship) and his familial and caste links to many of them, the contingency loomed big.<ref name=":0" />  Not only did Banaras give money to [[Fateh Bahadur Sahi|Fateh Sahi]], but Chait Singh also wrote him letters inciting him to kill Europeans and their sepoys (Indian soldiers - The British Hired only Upper Caste sepoys at the time in the British Bengali Army which were mostly Rajputs, Brahmins and Bhumihars <ref>((Cite book |last=Chattopadhyay |first=Kunal |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781405198073 |title=The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest |date=2009-07-28 |publisher= |isbn=978-1-4051-8464-9 |editor-last= |editor-first= |edition=1 |pages=1–9 |language=en |doi=10.1002/9781405198073.wbierp0743))</ref><ref>((Cite web |last=Misra |first=Shubhangi |date=2022-05-05 |title='Slaughtered ten by ten': How 1857 martyrs shot by British firing squad were found in Punjab well |url=https://theprint.in/india/slaughtered-ten-by-ten-how-1857-martyrs-shot-by-british-firing-squad-were-found-in-punjab-well/941414/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204095651/https://theprint.in/india/slaughtered-ten-by-ten-how-1857-martyrs-shot-by-british-firing-squad-were-found-in-punjab-well/941414/ |archive-date=4 Dec 2023 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US))</ref> ). Furthermore, most of the landowners in the district declined to comply with local authorities, some even started assaulting the emissaries of the Company.

Hastings came for the interview and as the Raja and his men were waiting for this chance, they defeated the Company's troops, killed British officers and arrested Hastings himself, but they were advised by Munshi Sadanand (ancestor of [[Sampurnanand]]) against killing Hastings and this proved to be a fatal mistake. Hastings escaped, with the help of the traitors and left Benaras disguised as a women. This incident gave rise to "Godhe Pe Hawda, Haathi pe Jeen, Aise Bhaga Warren Hastings".<ref>((Cite web |last=Sanyal |first=Tamal |date=2019-07-22 |title=Unsung Battle of Shivala (Varanasi) that Forced Warren Hastings to Flee |url=https://www.myindiamyglory.com/2019/07/22/unsung-battle-of-shivala-varanasi-that-forced-warren-hastings-to-flee/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204100643/https://www.myindiamyglory.com/2019/07/22/unsung-battle-of-shivala-varanasi-that-forced-warren-hastings-to-flee/ |archive-date=4 Dec 2023 |access-date=2021-08-05 |website=myIndiamyGlory |language=en-GB))</ref> The Raja gathered his small forces, appealing for assistance against Britishers, from local rulers, who, except Raja Fateh Bahadur Shahi, did nothing. 

Maharaja Chet singh's last hope was the [[Mahadaji Shinde]], the Raja of [[Gwalior State|Gwalior]] who also signed a treaty in which maharaja gave him land, protection and labourers for making [[ghat]]s and in return he promised to give troops when needed but he did not help him and he lured him on pretext of helping him but arrested him and detained him in Gwalior after the battle. In various battles with the company's forces, Chet Singh's troops were defeated, the rebellion crushed with the help of traitors, several patriot warriors fell in battlefields, their family members and innocent citizens were and the state confiscated and given to Avsaan Singh in reward for his treachery, but revolt restarted. Then Company was forced to install the nephew of Maharaja Chet Singh (son of his sister Maharajkumari Padma Kuwar), Rafa'at wa Awal-i-Martabat Raja Sri Mahip Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur on 14 September 1781 and free his father Babu Durgvijay Singh from their custody who was arrested for assisting Maharaja Chait Singh and fighting against the Company. Chet Singh was granted a [[jagir]] for a while until it was later confiscated.

== Aftermath ==
Chait Singh's nephew, Maharaja Sri Mahip Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur, succeeded his maternal uncle on 14 September 1781 under the terms of the [[British East India Company]], which were that he should serve to dispense justice within his domains and make an annual contribution of 40 [[lakhs]].The incident greatly tarnished Hastings' image and capability, leading to a failed [[Impeachment of Warren Hastings|attempt to impeach him]] by the British parliament.

== Later life ==
He died in Gwalior on 29 March 1810, leaving three sons. His Chattri is still at Gwalior. Carved stone from Chait Singh's palace was later taken and incorporated into the palace of the Maharajas of [[Cossimbazar]].<ref>"Cossimbazar" in ''[[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]'', Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1908–1931 [v. 1, 1909]</ref>
[[File:Chet Singh Ghat in Varanasi.jpg|thumb|Chet Singh [[Ghats in Varanasi|Ghat in Varanasi]] ]]

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