Why Maharana Pratap Rejected To Surrender Mughals ? || Battle of Haldigathi

Introduction

It was time when  mughal emperor akbar was expanding his empire in northern part of india , from kachchawa of amber to  rathores of jodhpur many rajput kings surrendered and bow down to akbar 

But there was one emperor who not  just choose to be independent but also brave enough to fight back mughals ,  

Yes I was talking about  maharana pratap one of the greatest emperor ancient india had,Maharana pratap had not just rejected to surrender but also warned mughals to be in limits 

But question pops in everyone’s mind is ,
Why battle of haldighati is so famous in history ?
After so much of bloodshed who won the battle ?

For next 3 minutes im going to tell you historical facts in battle of haldighati which is one of the famous battles ever fought in indian history , stay tuned and Read full article  

• Lets start from 1572 when maharana pratap became king of mewar ,in present day rajasthan , 

• Maharana pratap was not just brave but also strong enough to carry two swords which weighed nearly 25 kilos each , historians tell that , if enemy was unarmed , maharana pratap used to offer one  sword to enemy before a fight 

• It was time when mughals were expanding their kingdom by destroying the culture and temples of hindu 
• Before waging war ,mughals used send warning letter to small kings to  surrender and later they used to seek support for invading other kingdoms ,

• With this strategy , mughals invaded much part of india and it was under akbar’s rule when many rajput kings surrendered out of fear and  extending their  support 

• With same strategy   ,akbar sent his envoys  jalal khan,  bhagwant das, raja todar mal, and not to forget the traitor  raja man singh and asked maharana pratap to support mughals  

• In replay maharana pratap sent his son  amar singh to akbar and gave a message to not support mughals 

• But akbar was not satisfied by this and  he wanted the maharana pratap  to personally visit him and bend his  knee

• To this  maharana pratap not just rejected to surrender but also gave a strong warning to akbar by telling that people of his kingdom are not slaves of any muslim king and choose to be independent 

• With this akbar decides to wage war on maharana pratap by instructing raja man singh to battle With strong  army of 80,000 which included  1000’s of  war elephants , 20000  horses and  cannons  

• On other side maharana pratap was ready to face battle  with  army of 20,000 which includes , 3000 horses , 400 bhil archers  and war elephants 

•  Many historians who witness battle  tell different count of  soldiers  but what every historian tell is raja man singh’s army was very huge than maharana pratap’s army 

• To stop man singh who was on the  way from mandalgarh to gorgunda ,Maharana pratap used  brilliant war strategie by  taking the  advantage of  bhil archers who were expert fighting in hills and  asked man singh to meet in haldighati  which is surrounded with hills 

• It was year  1576 18th june when battle  was begun early in the morning, In starting mewar forces which was personally led by maharana pratap himself  won on mughals 

• Maharana pratap was fighting fearlessly by cutting mughal commander behlol khan    vertically  into two pieces along with his helmet, armour and even his horse

•  In battle more than 50% of mewar soldiers including top  commanders were killed And  with blood and dead bodies land of haldighati  become lalghati 

• And one of the commander   bida jhala who pretended himself as maharana pratap and diverted  mughal soldiers  and saddest thing is , mughals  killed   bida jhala thinking that he was maharana pratap ,

• Even today bravery and sacrifice of bida jhala to save his king  cannot be forgotten  And it is because of  diversion strategy of  bida jhala maharana pratap and his remaining men were able to retreat safely,

• And also one should not forget the  brave and legendary horse chetak ,which   saved maharana pratap by taking enemy swords (attacks)   and died after escaping maharana pratap safely  

• In battle mughals captured mewar territories and before mughals could touch   womens of mewar ,  they sacrificed themself  by jumping in fire

• Even after this  battle  mughals could not kill or  neutralize maharana pratap and against all the odds maharana pratap won back all the territories  except  chittorgarh which was lost in battle of haldigathi 

• This battle will remain in history  forever because of maharana pratap who had guts to take on mughals who had largest kingdom at the time 

• Not only that but battle also proved the loyalty of chetak ,bravery of maharana pratap and those who died fighting for him and his kingdom 

Thats the end of short and simplified history about haldighati battle 

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