King of Mewar Maharana Pratap || rajasthan warrior

King of Mewar Maharana Pratap

Today we are going to talk about Maharana Pratap. So hello guys I am your host ram singh and welcome you to my blog where we talk about the real superhero of Indian history.

• Birth: Maharana Pratap was born on May 9, 1540 AD. Was held at Kumbhalgarh Fort in Rajasthan. Maharana Pratap's birth anniversary is celebrated every year on the Shukla Paksha Tritiya of Jyestha month according to the Vikram Samvat calendar.

• Family: His father was Maharana Uday Singh and his mother was Jaywant Kanwar. He was the grandson of Rana Sanga. In childhood, everyone used to call Maharana Pratap the name 'Kika'. Mewar has its own special place in the Rajputana states in which the pride of history has been born by Bappa Rawal, Khuman I, Maharana Hammir, Maharana Kumbha, Maharana Sanga, Uday Singh, and Veer Shiromani Maharana Pratap.

• Clan deity: Maharana Pratap was the king of the Sisodia dynasty in Udaipur, Mewar. Their clan deity is Ekling Mahadev. The adorable god of Rana's Ekling Mahadev has great importance in the history of Mewar. The temple of Ekling Mahadev is located in Udaipur. Bappa Rawal, the founder of Mewar, built this temple in the 8th century and installed the idol of Ekling.

• The Sultanate of Delhi: During the era of Pratap, Delhi was ruled by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, who wanted to hoist the Islamic empire throughout India by establishing the Mughal Empire under all the kings and emperors of India. Despite 30 years of continuous effort, Maharana Pratap did not accept the subordination of Akbar, Even Akbar offered to give half Hindustan instead of Mewar.

• Maharana's Pledge: Maharana Pratap vowed to Lord Eklingji that he would never accept Akbar as his emperor. Akbar sent peace messengers four times to convince them, but Maharana Pratap rejected every offer, Akbar.

• Power of Maharana Pratap and His Horse: Maharana Pratap had his favorite horse 'Chetak'. The horse that Maharana Pratap used to sit on was one of the best horses in the world. It is said that Maharana Pratap wore 72 kg of armor and then kept an 81 kg spear in his hand. The weight of the spear, armor, and shield-sword was 208 kg in total. Rana used to land on the battlefield with a weight of 208 kg. Think what his strength would have been then.

It is been said that in the battle of Haldighati, Maharana Pratap sliced one of the Mughal opponents, Behlol Khan, into two along with his horse two.

• Elephant of Maharana Pratap: Maharana Pratap's elephant Ramprasad was so intelligent and powerful that he alone killed 13 elephants of Akbar in the battle of Haldighati and made a circle of 7 elephants to capture that elephant and placed 14 Mahavathas on them. Was able to take him captive. Akbar named him Peeraprasad. The Mughals gave sugarcane and water to Ramprasad, but that loyal elephant did not eat or drink the grain of the Mughals for 18 days and he became a martyr when Akbar said that 'Maharana Pratap whose elephant I could not bow in front of me. Will I be able to bow down? 

• Coronation: Maharana Pratap was crowned at Gogunda. Amidst the outbreak of war, Rana Udai Singh left Chittor and encamped on the Aravalli mountain and established a new city called Udaipur which also became his capital. At the time of his death, Uday Singh entrusted the throne to his younger son Jagmal due to his attachment to the Bhatiyani queen. Whereas, Pratap's eldest son was the natural heir. The decision of Uday Singh was also opposed by the Sardars and Jagirdars at that time.

On the other hand, the people of Mewar also loved Maharana Pratap. Public resistance and disappointment came upon Jagmal getting the throne. Due to this, the Rajput chieftains jointly installed the Vikram Samvat 1628 Falgun Shukla 15, that is, on 1 March 1576, Maharana Pratap ascended the throne of Mewar. Jagmal became his enemy after this incident and joined Akbar.

Udaipur was the capital of Mewar of Maharana. He took 1568 to 1597 AD. Ruled until. Thinking that the Yavanas, and Turks could easily attack Udaipur, and on the advice of the feudatories, Pratap left Udaipur to make Kumbhalgarh and the mountainous region of Gogunda his center.

• Jagmal meets Akbar: Jagmal gets angry and the emperor goes to Akbar the emperor gives him the area of ​​Jahazpur in Jagir and supports him. Subsequently, the emperor gave Jagmal half of the Sirohi kingdom. Due to this, Jagmal became enmity with Surti Deora, the king of Sirohi and finally, Jagmal was killed in the 1583 war.

At the time when Maharana Pratap Singh took over the throne of Mewar, Rajputana was going through a very delicate phase. Many Rajput kings bowed their heads in front of the cruelty of Emperor Akbar. The successors of many heroic dynasties forgot the honor of their total dignity and established matrimonial relations with the Mughal dynasty. Maharana Pratap was adamant to protect the dignity of some proud royal families as well as his ancestors and so he always knocked in the eyes of the Ottoman emperor Akbar.

• Akbar's invasion of Mewar: Akbar made several attempts to conquer Mewar. Akbar started a military campaign against Pratap, making Ajmer his center. Maharana Pratap clashed with the army of Emperor Akbar of the Mughals for many years. Pratap's bravery was such that even his enemies were convinced of his fighting skills. Generosity was such that the captured Mughal Begums of others were respectfully sent back to them.

After his huge Mughal army, unmatched ammunition, consultants with new methods of war, and a long list of detectives, even after tact, Akbar failed to bow down to Maharana Pratap, he made Mansingh, nephew of Maharaja Bhagwandas of Amer (whose aunt was Jodha Bai) Akbar Sent with a large army with the goal of forcing the rulers of Dungarpur and Udaipur to accept subjugation. The state of Dungarpur could not resist much in front of Mansingh's army.  

After this Mansingh reached Udaipur to convince Maharana Pratap. Mansingh advises him to accept Akbar's subjugation, but Pratap resolutely declares to maintain his independence and also declares to face it in battle. The emperor took an empty defeat from Mansingh as Udaipur and sent his vast Mughal army under the leadership of Mansingh and Asaf Khan to attack Mewar. Finally, on June 18, 1576, a fierce battle broke out in the plain of Haldi valley. 

A large army of Mughals swarmed towards Mewar-land like locust contingents. It also had tremendous artillery with Mughal, Rajput, and Pathan warriors. Shahzada Salim (Jahangir) along with Akbar's famous generals Mahavat Khan, Asaf Khan, and Mansingh were also operating the Mughalwahini, which historians number from 80 thousand to 1 lakh. 

In this war, Pratap fight of the Mughal army with unprecedented valor and courage and killed hundreds of Akbar's soldiers. Jala Sardar Mansingh took his crown and parasol on his head in a difficult situation. The Mughals considered him to be great and they ran after him. Thus he gave Rana an opportunity to leave the battlefield. Akbar got very angry due to this failure.

At the same time, Akbar himself reached the area with his military force on the pretext of hunting in Vikram Samvat 1633 and suddenly attacked Maharana Pratap. Pratap understood the prevailing conditions and limited resources and established himself in the mountainous regions and discouraged the enemy army through small and guerrilla warfare. The king understood the situation and understood it only to get out of there.

In a one-time war, Maharana Pratap introduced his religion and once in the battle, when the commander of the royal commander Mirza Khan surrendered, he was accompanied by royal women. Maharana Pratap respectfully sent them to Mirza Khan, securing the honor of all of them.

• War with Jahangir: Later, in the battle of Haldi valley, Maharana Pratap faced an army of 80 thousand of the Mughal Sardar King Mansingh with about 20 thousand Rajputs. In this, Akbar sent his son Salim (Jahangir) to battle. Jahangir too had to eat his mouth and he too left the battlefield and ran away. Later Salim gathered his army and again attacked Maharana Pratap and this time a fierce war took place. Chetak, the beloved horse of Maharana Pratap, was injured in this battle.

The Rajputs bravely fought the Mughals, but the entire battle was unfruitful in the face of a vast army of enemies equipped with field cannons and gunmen. Out of 22 thousand Rajput soldiers present on the battlefield, only 8 thousand surviving soldiers escaped from the battleground in any way. Maharana Pratap had to take shelter in the forest.

• Pratap's exile: Maharana Pratap's time spent in the hills and forests after the battle of Haldi valley. Through his guerrilla warfare policy, he defeated Akbar many times. Maharana Pratap left Chittor and started living in the jungles. The Queen, Sukumar Rajkumari, and Kumar were somehow forced to live on the water of grass loaves and forest pools. The Aravalli caves were now their abode and the rock was the bed. Maharana Pratap was now beginning to worry about his family and small children.

The Mughals wanted Maharana Pratap to somehow accept the subjection of Akbar and adopt the 'Din-i-Ilahi' religion. For this, he also sent many temptation messages to Maharana Pratap, but Maharana Pratap remained firm on his determination. That emperor of Pratap Rajput, the pride of Hindutva - the sun stood firm in this crisis, renunciation, tenacity.

Many small kings requested Maharana Pratap to remain in his kingdom but Maharana Pratap pledged to stay in the jungles until Mewar was free, to save the land of Mewar from Mughal suzerainty. Discarding tasty food will fill the stomach with root fruits and fruits, but will never accept Akbar's suzerainty. While staying in the forest, Maharana Pratap recognized the power of the Bhils and had often brought the Mughal army into difficulties with guerrilla warfare. Pratap did not bow his head in front of the enemy even when the means were limited.

• The help of Bhamashah: Later the pride of Mewar, Bhamashah placed all his wealth at the feet of Maharana. Bhamashah provided 20 lakh Ashurfian and 25 lakh rupees as a gift to Maharana. The Maharana rejoined the military organization with this abundant wealth. Encouraged by this unique help, Maharana reorganized his military force and there was a revival of new life in his army. Maharana again established his occupation of Kumbhalgarh and continued his attack on the police stations and bases established by the royal forces.

• Looting of Akbar's army: Mughal emperor Akbar sent another huge army to Mewar under the leadership of Shahbaz Khan in Vikram Samvat 1635. On the basis of some local help, this huge army captured Vaishakh Krishna 12 at Kumbhalgarh and Kelwara and looted the region of Gogunda and Udaipur. In such a situation, Maharana Pratap continued to compete with the huge army and finally took refuge in the mountainous areas and recaptured Chawand. Shahbaz Khan finally returned empty-handed to Akbar in Punjab.

Except for Chittor, Maharana redeemed all his fortifications from the enemy. He made Udaipur his capital. Owing to the diminishing influence of the disenchanted Mughalia army and his self-power, Maharana restored his kingdom over Chittorgarh and Mandalgarh, as well as the entire Mewar.

After this, the Mughals challenged Maharana Pratap several times but the Mughals had to face it. Finally, Maharana Pratap died on 19 January 1597 in Chawand due to injuries sustained during war and hunting. Even after 30 years of struggle and war, Akbar could neither take Maharana Pratap captive nor bow down. Great is the one who does not make any kind of compromise and continues to struggle to protect his country, caste, religion and culture. Such people are always alive in the hearts of people.