Seeing that the battle was lost, Pratap’s generals prevailed upon him to flee the field (so as to be able to fight another day). However, the numerical superiority of the Mughal army and their artillery began to tell. In the short period in which the war lasted, Pratap’s men essayed many brave exploits on the field.įolklore has it that Pratap personally attacked Man Singh: his horse Chetak placed its front feet on the trunk of Man Singh’s elephant and Pratap threw his lance Man Singh ducked, and the mahout was killed. While accounts vary as to the exact strength of the two armies, all sources concur that the Mughal forces greatly outnumbered Pratap’s men (1:4), with 20,000 Rajputs against a Mughal army of 80,000 men commanded by Raja Man Singh. On J(June 18 by other calculations), the two armies met at Haldighati, near the town of Gogunda in present-day Rajasthan. This left a lasting impression on Maharana’s mind and he decided he could not bow to such an injustice and cruelty.
Some scholars argue that there was some possibility that Maharana could have become friends with Akbar, but in the siege of Chittor Akbar had killed 27,000 civilians. Pratap maintained that he had no intention to fight with Akbar but he could not bow down to Akbar and accept him as the ruler.
Pratap roundly rebuffed every such attempt displaying his vanity. Akbar sent a total of six diplomatic missions to Pratap, seeking to negotiate the same sort of peaceful alliance that he had concluded with the other Rajput chiefs. Akbar first tried diplomacy to win over Maharana Pratap but nothing worked. Maharana Pratap never accepted Akbar as ruler of India, and fought Akbar all his life. In 1568, during the reign of Udai Singh II, Chittor was conquered by the Mughal emperor Akbar.
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The mighty emperor failed to capture the valiant Rana and Mewar was the only kingdom during Akbar's time to remain free of Mughal Domination.Pratap, eldest of 25 brothers and 29 sisters, was born at Kumbhalgarh to Maharana Udai Singh II and Maharani Javanta Bai Songara. Akbar used all the resources at his disposal to destroy Rana Pratap but all in vain. The Mughals won the battle after a hard won fight, but Rana Pratap who led the Rajput side managed to escape and for the remaining years of his life played a cat and mouse game of great intent and innovation with Akbar and his commanders. The Mughals though large in numbers and artillery faced the mighty Sisodias of Mewar, a Rajput clan. The battle was fought near the village of Haldighati in Rajasthan over 400 years ago, when the glory of the Mughal empire was at its peak and Akbar, the Mughal emperor dreamt of Unified India under the Mughal flagship. The Chronicles of Mewar and Maharana PratapĪbstract: The battle of Haldighati is one of the most fiercest battles ever fought in the annals of Indian History and it truly showcases the valour and bravery of the Rajput clan and their love for their motherland. Informative Article | History | India | Volume 9 Issue 4, April 2020 CrossRef Index CiteFactor Index Index ScienceGate Index Scite_ Index Mendeley Index Digital Repository Index Noel Meorial Library Index Semantic Scholar Index Research Bible Index Academia.Edu Index
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