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A Jhala chieftain called Man Singh took the Rana's place and donned some of his royal emblems by which the Mughals mistook him for the Rana. Man Singh Jhala was eventually killed, however his act of bravery gave the Rana enough time to safely retreat.
- 18 June 1576
- Gogunda annexed by Mughals
- Mughal victory [1][2][3][4][5]
- Prelude
- Battle Ensues
- The Forces Clash and The Initial Mughal Rout
- The Battle Continues
- Rana Pratap’s Heroics
- The Mughal Ruse and The End of The Battle
The fortunes of the Mughals and the Mewaris had swung inversely proportional in the decades preceding the battle of Haldighati. While the Mughals had risen from being rulers who had to flee their ancestral lands in strife to getting firmly entrenched in and thereafter constantly expanding their suzerainty over large parts of northern, western and c...
The failure of parleys and the defiance of the Rana made Akbar decide on war. Holding the Mughal court at Ajmer, he chose Mān Singh whom he considered one of the ablest and bravest among his grandees to lead an army to force Mewar into submission. He was entrusted with this responsibility at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, where Akbar, “trea...
At the crack of dawn, both forces commenced their cautious approach, and about an hour after daybreak, they met! The ‘Chickens of the front-line’ under Hashim Barha, who had approached westward of the pass, were met with a lightning-like charge of the smaller Mewar division coming from the west of the pass and were hurled back towards the Mughal ad...
Once the battle moved back a few hundred metres from the uplands to the plains around Khamnor, ever-since called Rakht-tal (field of Blood) the clash continued in right earnest. In the words of Abu Fazl, ‘the price of life was low, that of honour high’. Although the savage onslaught of the Mewar army did throw the Mughal forces into complete disarr...
Mewar chroniclers have left vivid accounts of the exploits of Rana Pratap in battle, to a degree the Mughal chroniclers did not venture to relate, beyond Abu Fazl’s clipped admission that the Rana ‘did valiant deeds’. Nizamuddin Ahmad, another contemporary Mughal chronicler, offers only a brief description of the battle in his Tabaqat-i-Akbari, add...
Watching the debacle unfold with a bird’s eye view of the proceedings was a wily Mihtar Khan, who held-back near the river with the Mughal rear. He then devised a ruse that, together with the stand of the Sayyids of Barha saved the day for the Mughal forces. Hastening up, he asked his forces to beat kettle-drums announcing the arrival of Akbar onto...
Wounded Rana Pratap fled away from the Mughal army and was saved by his brother Sakta. Man Singh in the meantime killed Maan Singh Jhala thinking him to be Rana Pratap.
Jul 28, 2017 · Pratap Singh became Maharana Udai Singh and took charge of Mewar. Akbar wanted to avoid war and unnecessary loss of life.
Aug 16, 2021 · After Rana Uday Singh died, Maharana Pratap inherited the throne of Mewar. King Akbar seeing this opportunity, sent several men to convince Maharana Pratap to come under the canopy of the...
Jun 27, 2018 · Ramprasad killed and injured a number of horses, elephants and soldiers during the Battle of Haldighati. Raja Mansingh is said to have deployed seven elephants to capture Ramprasad. Previous Article
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May 9, 2020 · In the ensuing tussle, Bhim Singh was killed. Sensing trouble, the rearguard led by Mehtar Khan came to the fore to aid Man Singh. Meanwhile, Maharana Pratap had reached the scene, seeing Man Singh.
