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== Occurrence of the event == | == Occurrence of the event == | ||
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{{Infobox historical event | |||
| title = Jauhar of Rasra | |||
| image = <!-- Add image file name here, e.g. NathBabaMandir.jpg --> | |||
| caption = Nath Baba Mandir, Rasra – site of the jauhar tradition | |||
| date = c. 1764 (mid‑18th century) | |||
| place = Rasra, Ballia District, Uttar Pradesh, India | |||
| participants = Sengars of Lakhnesar pargana (Rajput zamindars) | |||
| perpetrator = Maharaja Balwant Singh of Banaras (Narayan dynasty) | |||
| outcome = Rasra town set ablaze; ~400 Rajput women committed jauhar/sati | |||
| significance = Local tradition of Rajput resistance; memorialized at Nath Baba Mandir | |||
}} | |||