Maharana Pratap or Pratap Singh (May 9, 1540 – January 19, 1597) was a Hindu Rajput ruler of Mewar, a district in north-western India in the current day province of Rajasthan. He had a place with the Sisodiya sept of Rajputs.

In famous Indian culture, Pratap is considered to epitomize the characteristics like courage and gallantry which Rajputs yearn for, particularly in setting of his resistance to the Mughal emperor Akbar.

The battle between Rajput alliance drove by Pratap Singh, and the Mughal Empire under Akbar, has frequently been portrayed as a battle between Hindus and the invading Muslims.

Skirmish of Haldighati

On June 21, 1576 (June 18 by different figurings), the two militaries met at Haldighati, close to the town of Gogunda in present-day Rajasthan. While accounts fluctuate concerning the specific strength of the two militaries, all sources agree that the Mughal powers dwarfed Pratap’s men.

In any case, the mathematical prevalence of the Mughal armed force and their gunnery started to tell. Seeing that the fight was preferring Akbar and with the tremendous measure of death of troopers on the two sides, Pratap’s officers swayed him to escape the field to have the option to battle one more day.

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Legends show that to encourage Pratap’s departure, one of his lieutenants, an individual from the Jhala clan, wore Pratap’s particular pieces of clothing and had his spot in the war zone. He was before long executed.

Then, riding his trusty horse Chetak, Pratap had the option to effectively dodge imprisonment and getaway to the slopes. Be that as it may, Chetak was fundamentally injured to his left side thigh by a mardana (Elephant Trunk Sword), with lance of weight 263 kg.

While Pratap had endeavored to make sure about the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Chetak was draining intensely and he imploded in the wake of hopping over a little creek a couple of kilometers from the war zone.

Last days

Maharana Pratap kicked the bucket of wounds continued in a chasing mishap. He kicked the bucket at Chavand, which filled in as his capital, on 29 January 1597, matured 57. A chhatri, remembering Pratap Singh’s burial service, exists in Chavand and is a significant vacation spot today.

It is said that as he lay kicking the bucket, Pratap made his child and replacement, Amar Singh, pledge to keep up everlasting clash against the Mughals. Amar Singh battled 17 battles with the Mughals. After Mewar was drained monetarily and in labor he restrictively acknowledged them as rulers.

The deal between Amar Singh and Mughal King Jahangir had a few commitments that post of Chittor would not be fixed and Mewar would need to keep an unexpected of 1000 pony in the Mughal administration. Other than Amar Singh would not need to be available at any of the Mughal Darbars.

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