Stamp issued by India in 1987 shows the the king on horseback.

Budelkhand Kesri Maharaja Chhatrasal (1649-1731) along with Chatrapati Shivaji and Guru Gobind Singh formed a trinity of rebels who rose against Aurangzeb's tyranny in the 18th century. He was born in Kachar Kachnai on 4th May, 1649, to Champat Rai and Lal Kunwar. 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Guru Gobind Singh Guru Gobind Singh (Punjabi: ) (Patna, Bihar, India, December 22, 1666 – October 7, 1708, Nanded, Maharashtra,India) was the tenth and last of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Guru on November 11, 1675 following in the footsteps of his father Guru Teg Bahadur. ... Abu Muzaffar Muhiuddin Muhammad Aurangzeb Alamgir (Persian: ابو مظفر محی الدین محمد اورنگزیب عالمگیر) (November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707), usually known as Aurangzeb, but also sometimes as Alamgir I, was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until 1707. ...

He fought under the Mughal army initially, but later took up cudgels against the Mughals in Bundelkhand and put an end to their rule in his motherland.

Chhatrasal raised the banner of revolt against the Mughals in Bundelkhand at the age of 22, with an army of 5 horsemen and 25 swordsmen, in 1671. In the first 10 years of his fight, (between 1671 and 1680) Chhatralsal met with enviable success. Within the first 10 years, he had conquered a large tract of land around the region between Chitrakoot and Panna in the east, upto Gwalior in the west, and from Kalpi in the north to Sagar, Garah Kota and Damoh in the south. Some of the reputed Mughal Generals who were defeated by him are Rohilla Khan, Kaliq, Munawwar Khan, Sadruddin, Sheikh Anwar, Sayyid Latif, Bahlol Khan and Abdus Ahmed. Chitrakoot is a religious town in the Bundelkhand region of central India, notable for the number of its temples and sites from Hindu mythology. ... Panna is a town in western Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Teli-ka-Mandir Gwalior is a city in Madhya Pradesh, India. ... KALPI, is a town in the Jalaun district of Uttar Pradesh state in India, on the right bank of the Yamuna. ... Sagar, or Saugor is a city in Madhya Pradesh state, India. ... View of ghantaghar at Damoh Damoh is a town in the Sagar Division of northeast Madhya Pradesh in India. ...

In the second phase of his struggle between 1681 and 1707, Chhatrasal suffered a few reverses, but due to the fact that Aurangzeb had also to protect his southern territories which were being constantly being attacked by the Marathas, he was able to keep a hold on the Mughals.