Maharana Sangram Singh (Rana Sanga)
Mewar is a land of warriors, many kings were born here and carried out their duties. Rana Sanga was one of those outstanding figures. Full name Maharana Sangram Singh. Although like every Rana of Mewar, his whole life was also spent around the war, his story is a bit different. Despite being completely damaged by one arm, one eye, and one leg, he did not give up on life and fought many wars.
Just think what a scene it must have been when the king went to fight despite having 80 wounds in his body, one eye, one arm, and one leg completely damaged.
A warrior, an enemy could not kill them, but what can anyone do when some betray their own. Let us know about such a Mewari warrior, about the war of Khanwa, and the facts behind his death.
introduction of Rana Sanga:-
Ranga Sanga become king of Mewar in 1509, after Rana Raymal. His reign lasted from 1509 to 1527. He bravely studied his kingdom from the invasions of the Mughal emperors of Delhi, Gujarat, and Malwa. He was the most powerful king at that time. During his reign, Mewar was at the highest height of its prosperity. Like an ideal king, he protected and progressed his kingdom.
Rana Sanga was an irrepressible adventurer. After defeating Sultan Mohammad's ruler Mandu in the war and imprisoning him, he re-handed his kingdom with generosity, this shows his bravery. From childhood to his death, his life was spent in wars. It is described in history that the weight of the sword of Maharana Sangram Singh was 20 kg. After Rana Sanga Mewar was succeeded by his son Ratan Singh II
Interesting History of Sanga's Wars -
The kingdom of Maharana Sanga was surrounded by the states of the Mughal Sultans of Delhi, Gujarat, and Malwa. Delhi was occupied by Sikandar Lodi, Mahmud Shah Begada in Gujarat, and Naseeruddin Khilji Sultan in Malwa. Maharana fought at one place with the combined power of the three sultans, yet Maharana won. From Sultan Ibrahim Lodi in the Khatoli Plain on the border of Bundi. The war took place in 1574 (AD 1517). Ibrahim Lodi was defeated in this battle and escaped. One eye of Maharana had gone into a mutual fight between the brothers in his youth and in this war, his right hand was cut off with a sword and by the arrow in the knee of one leg, he was permanently limped.
The Maharana avenged his humiliation by defeating Sultan Muzaffar of Gujarat at Eidar, Ahmednagar, and Bisalnagar in the battle and reinstated the feudal Rayamal Rathore of his side on the throne of Eider.
Nizamullmulk, the vassal of Ahmednagar, fled from the Eider and went to the fort of Ahmednagar and waited for the Sultan to arrive. Maharana seized Raimal on the throne of Eider and besieged Ahmed Nagar. The Mughals started the fight by closing the doors of the fort. In this war, one of Maharana's famous Sardar Dungarsingh Chauhan (Vagad) was badly injured and many of his brother's sons were killed. Dungarsingh's son Kanhasingh showed great valor. When the elephant failed to break the door due to the sharp spears on the iron gate of the fort, Veer Kanhasinh stood in front of the spears and asked Mahavat to throw the elephant on my body. The elephant turned on Kanhasinh, causing his body to be snatched from the bears and he died at that moment, but the doors also broke. This increased the enthusiasm in the Mewari army and they entered the fort with naked soles and cut the Mughal army. The Nizamulmulk who had received the title of Mubarizulmulk was also badly injured and the Sultan's entire army dispersed and fled to Ahmedabad.
With the Sultan Mahmud of Mandu, There was a war in 1576 in which Maharana with 50 thousand armies arrived to assist the king of Gagron. Sultan Mahmud was badly injured in this war. After taking him up, Maharana got him to his tent and got his wounds treated. Then he kept him imprisoned in Chittor for three months and later, after spending the army, reached Mandu with one thousand Rajputs. The Sultan also presented the emblematic crown and gold waistcoat to the Maharana as a sign of subjugation, which used to serve as the rulers of Sultan Hushang. Even before confronting the Babar emperor, Rana Sanga fought 18 great battles with the Sultans of Delhi and Malwa. Once In 1576, Maharana Sanga captured Mahmud II, the Sultan of Malve, but later released him without taking anything.
Maharana Sangram Singh's Relationship with Meera Bai :-
The eldest son of Maharana Sanga was named Bhojraj, who was married to Meerabai, daughter of Ratan Singh, younger brother of Rao Veeramdev of Merta. Meerabai was the only daughter of Ratan Singh, the fourth son of Rao Duda of Merta.
Rao Duda summoned Meera Bai. when meerabai's mother died.
Meerabai got married to Maharana Sanga's son Kunwar Yuvraj Bhojraj in 1573 (AD 1516) who died a few years after Marriage. Meerabai was interested in devotion to God since childhood. His father Ratnasingh Rana was killed in the battle of Sanga and Babur. After the death of Maharana Sanga, the younger son Ratansingh became the successor and he too died in 1588 (AD 1531) After his death, Vikramaditya sat on the throne of Mewar. Mirabai's uncommon devotion and fame of hymns had spread far and wide so saints used to come to meet her from far and wide. That is why Maharana Vikramaditya used to remain unhappy with her and used to give her various kinds of problems. He even used to give poison even to kill Mirabai, but he was fruitless. Seeing this situation, Rao Viramdev called Meerabai to Merta. When Rao Maldev of Jodhpur snatched the merta from Veeramdev, Meerabai went on a pilgrimage and moved to Dwarkapuri. Where He died in 1603 (AD 1546).
Battle of Khanwa -
Babur wanted to trample the whole of India while Rana Sanga wanted to establish a Hindu kingdom on the ruins of the Ottoman-Afghan state, resulting in a war between the two armies at Khanwa on 17 March 1527 AD.
In this war, Rana was supporting Mahmud Lodi with Sanga. The morale of Babur's soldiers began to decline due to the news of Rana's joint front in the war. To increase the enthusiasm of his soldiers, Babur announced a ban on drinking and selling liquor and vowed not to drink alcohol by smashing all the liquor characters, he announced not to take 'Tamga Kar' from the Muslims. Tamga was a type of trade tax that was levied by the state. In this way, Babur succeeded against Sanga using the strategy of the Panipat war even in Khanwa's war. Rana Sanga was injured on the battlefield but was somehow saved by his allies. Later, Rana Sanga died due to poisoning by one of his feudal. Babar held the title of 'Ghazi' after winning the Khanwa war.
Death of Maharana Sangram Singh:-
In the battle of Khanwa, an arrow came into the face of Rana Sanga, which made Rana unconscious, understanding the situation, one of his confidants sent him away from the battleground in an unconscious state and himself wore Rana's crown and fought, in the war he also Martyr and Rana's army also lost the battle. After winning the war, Babur built the wall of the severed heads of the Mewari army. When Rana came to know about this after he regained consciousness, he became very angry, he said, "I will not give up and will not leave Chittor. He mobilized his remaining army and started planning to attack again. In the meantime, one of his trusted mix poison in his food, which led to his death.
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