Maharana Pratap Singh II – A brief introduction of this Rajputana king

Maharana Pratap Singh II was the grandson of the hero of Mewar Maharana Pratap, and his father was Jagat Singh II. He was not very superior like his predecessor and considered a Maharana, which not have qualities like his grandfather. He was the eldest of all his siblings and as considered the successor of Sisodiya Clan. He got the throne of Mewar at an age of 27 and became the Maharana of Mewar.  It is said that his relationship with his father was not so good, and there is always remains conflict between father and son.

He gets the throne of his father after the death of him, and he starts ruling Mewar. The story is like that; Maharana Pratap Singh II gave his throne to the son of Umaid Singh, which was the ruler of Bundi at that time. He was given the throne without the permission of his father which made him angry and later his father order his soldiers to arrest his son and locked him in the prison.

This act of Maharana Pratap Singh II was made his life hell, and he had to face various problems in his life. After he was sent to jail, many people tried to kill him by using different methods like by mixing poison in his food, but the Maharana was saved by his well wisher. After this various person tried to kill him but unfortunately, they all got failed in their plannings. The main reason behind this attack was to get him out of the throne of Mewar so that he will not become the Maharana of Mewar.

All the efforts of killing him were failed and after the death of his father, he was crowned as the Maharana of Mewar. At the time he became the king, the Marathas was in rule and that time and just like his grandfather he was not that brave and considered a very week ruler of Sisodiya Dynasty. He was weak and even not able to protect himself, so he paid Marathas in order to get security and for being safe. Mewar fight with Mughals made them week due to which they lost their royal treasure and their soldiers and after Mughals Marathas came into power and started ruling the country which makes them out of the power and they will become depended on Marathas.

In all these chaos, he married to the princess of Amber and had a son name Maharana Raj Singh II, and he became the Maharana of Mewar after the death of Maharana Pratap Singh II. After that, Mewar got weaken, and the Sisodiya clan began to fall.