India, July 25 -- Man Singh's death caused an explosion of unprecedented rage among the Jats.

On 20 February 1985, Raja Man Singh, a seven-time Rajasthan MLA and younger brother of the former Maharaja of Bharatpur, was shot dead in the historic town of Deeg by members of the Rajasthan police in broad daylight. At the time elections were being held to elect MLAs to the Assembly. Raja Man Singh was an independent candidate from the Deeg constituency.

The Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Shiv Charan Mathur was also in Deeg to campaign for the Congress candidate. He had come by helicopter from Jaipur. Man Singh was a well meaning but temperamentally erratic individual. In a fit of anger he drove his jeep into the Chief Minister's helicopter, d...