Monday, 25 July 2016

Maharana Sangram Singh I- the successful mewar ruler

The ruler of mewar, maharana Sangram Singh I was born on April 12, 1484 and is more popularly known by the  name rana sanga. He was head of Rajput confederacy during the sixteenth century and is known among the powerful rulers of mewar.

His achievements are numerous and because of his stable ruling and war methods the Mughal lost their empire. Rana sanga fought the two famous battles- battle of khanwa and battle against the afghan Lodhi Empire, and Delhi sultanate.

Rana sanga married rani karnavati and has two sons- Udai Singh II and vikramaditya Singh. Rani Karanavti was also grandmother of the great mewar ruler maharana pratap. Later she committed jauhar in the chittorgarh fort in 1535.

Rana sanga was grandson of the famous ruler maharana Kumbha. He rose to the position of king after his battle with brothers.  Among the great battles fought by maharana Sangram Singh II are these:

·         Battle of khatoli: rana sanga encroached the new lodhi ruler with a prepared army that was strong and large. The battle continued for almost five hours and after that the opposite army left away and fled from the fight. Nut the new prince was caught by rana sanga. The fight of this battle was so drastic that rana sanga lost his arm that was cut by sword and he became lame for the entire life. The Muslim rulers were angry with rana and thought of revenge in the next battle that was the battle of dholpur.
·         Battle of dholpur: this battle was started because Ibrahim lodhi wanted revenge from rana sanga. But once the mewar ruler came to know about this he fought with a furious army and once again the Mughal ruler was defeated by rana sanga. Once the battle was over, rana sanga got many territories under his empire like the chanderi.

·         Because of many victories, rana sanga came to be known as principle player in northern India. Rana sanga’s main objective was conquering the entire whole empire that was under Mughal rulers. He wanted entire Indian empire under his control and made strategies to fight battles in ways so that he could win more and more territories.

The ruler left a massive empire for the successors, and died on 30 January, 1528. His last battle was against Babur, and he wanted to help medini rai. But at his camp, rana sanga fell ill and died.



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