The other lesser-known heroes of Haldighati were the Bhil Adivasis of the Aravallis, whose valour, knowledge of terrain and intensive arrow showers made the battle far from one-sided.
It is said, that Pratap's younger brother Shakti Singh, who until then was fighting on behalf of the Mughal army, followed Pratap until this point, and upon a change of heart, gave him his own horse to escape away.
Pratap was riding his trusted horse, Chetak, which despite being seriously wounded and utterly exhausted, carried his master till about 2 miles away from the battle, eventually succumbing to its injuries while jumping a nallah (stream). Meanwhile, Pratap was able to successfully evade captivity and escape to the hills. Myths indicate that to facilitate Pratap's escape, one of his lieutenants, a member of the Jhala clan, donned Pratap's distinctive garments and took his place in the battlefield. Seeing that the battle was favoring the opponents and with the huge amount of death of soldiers on the Rajput side, 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 Mughals and the efficiency of their artillery soon began to tell.
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On the other hand, the Mughal forces led by Syed Hashim boasted of numerical superiority, which vastly outnumbered the Rajputs.Īt first, the Rajputs by their sheer bravery of orchestrating a full frontal attack took the Mughals by surprise. A small army of the Bhils, whom the Rana had befriended, also joined the battle against the Mughals. Pratap's army had a contingent of Afghan warriors led by his commander, Hakim Khan Sur. On J(or June 18 in other calculations), the armies of Pratap and Akbar (led by Syed Hashim) met at Haldighati, near the town of Gogunda. Thus the enmity was not only political, but was also a bit personal. It is worth noting that both these rulers' grandfathers, Rana Sanga and Babur, had previously fought against each other. Each time, however, Pratap politely refused to accept Akbar's suzerainty, arguing that the Sisodia Rajputs had never accepted any foreign ruler as their overlord, nor will he. 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. Indeed, many Rajput chiefs, such as Raja Man Singh of Amber (later known as Maharaja of Jaipur) served as army commanders in Akbar's armies and as members of his council. Even Pratap's own brothers, Shakti Singh and Sagar Singh, served Akbar. Nearly all of Pratap's fellow Rajput chiefs had meanwhile entered into the vassalage of the Mughals. Also seen is Vijay Stambha along with Gaumukh Reservoir. During the coronation ceremony, with Rawatji and other senior noble's help, Pratap Singh was made the king of Mewar.Ĭhittorgarh Fort which Rana wanted to reclaim. But the senior nobles wanted Pratap, the eldest son, to be their king as was customary. The Bhatiyani Queen wanted her son Jagmal to succeed Rana Udai Singh.
However, Maharaja Udai Singh and the royal family of Mewar had left before the fort was captured and moved to the foothills of the Aravalli Range where Maharaja Udai Singh had already founded the city of Udaipur in 1559. In 1568 during the reign of Maharana Udai Singh, Maharana Pratap's father, Chittor was conquered by the Mughal Emperor Akbar after the third Jauhar at Chittor.
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