Interesting Facts About Maharana Pratap
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| Interesting Facts About Maharana Pratap |
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1. Maharana Pratap was born on 9 May 1540 in Mewar (Rajasthan, India).
2. Maharana Pratap's full name was Maharana Pratap Singh Sisodia.
3. The childhood name of Maharana Pratap was 'Kika'. His father's name was Rana Udai Singh.
4. Maharana Pratap was 7 feet 5 inches tall and his weight was 110 kg. He had all the physical abilities that a great and brave soldier should have.
5. The weight of Maharana Pratap's spear was 81 kg, which used to kill the enemy in one go. The weight of his chest armor was 72 kg. Maharana Pratap used to go to war with a spear, shield, 2 swords and armour, whose total weight was 208 kg. It is not possible for today's men to fight with such a load.
6. Perhaps you may find this fact very interesting and surprising that Maharana Pratap did 11 marriages for political reasons.
7. The sword, armor and other equipment of Maharana Pratap are kept safe in the State Museum of Udaipur.
8. Great Emperor Akbar was also very impressed by the bravery of Maharana Pratap. He had proposed to Maharana Pratap that if he bowed before him, half of India would belong to Maharana Pratap. But he turned down the offer and Maharana Pratap said that he would never bow before the Mughals till death.
9. Maharana Pratap's horse Chetak is also popular. Many of his stories are heard. Chetak was a very powerful horse. His speed used to become very fast while running.
10. Once in a battle, Chetak put his foot on the head of an elephant. Taking the injured Maharana Pratap, he jumped over a 26 feet long drain. Chetak horse supported Maharana Pratap in every war.
11. In Myra's cave, Maharana Pratap spent many days eating grass breads.
12. There was a fierce battle between Maharana Pratap and Emperor Akbar in Haldighati. It has been 300 years since this war, but you also find there is a sword in the battlefield.
13. Neither Akbar nor Maharana Pratap won the Battle of Haldighati.
14. Emperor Akbar tried to capture Maharana Pratap for 30 years but he did not succeed.
15. Maharana Pratap died on 29 January 1597. He had an accident while hunting.
16. When Akbar came to know about the death of Maharana Pratap, he also cried.
17. Hakim Khan Suri was the only Muslim Sardar in Maharana Pratap's army in the Battle of Haldighati.
18. The Battle of Haldighati was fought on 18 June 1576 AD.
19. Emperor Akbar had 85,000 soldiers in this war while Maharana Pratap had only 20,000 soldiers. Despite this, Maharana Pratap kept fighting with Akbar and did not back down.
20. Maharana Pratap had 17 sons and five daughters.
21. Maharana Pratap used to keep two swords in the war. If his enemy did not have a sword, he would have given him one of his own so that the battle would be equal. This shows that Maharana Pratap was a just king.
22. Emperor Akbar once said that if Maharana Pratap and Jaimal join forces with him, Akbar can become the most powerful king in the world. Akbar used to see Maharana Pratap in his dreams.
23. Like Maharana Pratap, his generals and his soldiers were also very brave. One of his generals continued to fight even after his head was cut off in the war.
24. Maharana Pratap is also called the first freedom fighter of India.
25. To compete with Emperor Akbar, Maharana Pratap left his palace and started preparing for war day and night. Thousands of blacksmiths also joined them and worked day and night forging swords.
26. This blacksmith caste nowadays lives in Haryana Rajasthan which is called Gadia Lohar.
27. Maharana Pratap developed art very well in his state. He also encouraged Muslim artists. Especially the painter Nisardi or Nisaruddin etc. were such painters who prepared "Ragmala". In architecture also, he gave great importance to Muslim artists. It is clear from this that Maharana Pratap respected all religions and all kinds of artistic talents and he was a supporter of the policy of tolerance.
28. People of Mewar's Bhil caste considered the state Maharana Pratap as their son. Maharana Pratap also welcomed him wholeheartedly and considered him as his own.
29. If the rest of the country were warriors and the rulers had followed this policy of Maharana Pratap, perhaps the history of India would have been different. His policy was always to lead an austere life. He always stayed away from happiness and glory. The real home of a true and courageous warrior is not in the palace, but in the forest, and only then he becomes a winner.
30. According to historians, Maharana Pratap fought Akbar at a time when the power of the Mughal Empire was touching the sky. He never went to the Mughal court nor thought of doing so. Where a warrior like Shivaji fought against the Mughals, he once came to Aurangzeb's court. In the time of Aurangzeb, the Mughal Empire also began to weaken.
31. Akbar sent two of his milk to Maharana Pratap. Once Singh and second Todermal. But Maharana Pratap neither reached the point of these two nor was afraid of Akbar's military threat. He did not threaten anyone and took every section of his subjects with him and stood before Akbar and remained Ajay.
32. Maharana Pratap had the same affection for everyone from the common soldier to Chetak. When Maharana Pratap was surrounded by enemy soldiers in the battlefield, Chetak saved him by playing with his life. When Maharana Pratap came out safely from Haldighati, Hakim Khan Suri, Netsi, Ramshah, Ramshah's son Shankardas, Jhala Maan etc. sacrificed their lives while sacrificing the teeth of the Mughal army. Hakim Khan fought so hard that his sword remained in his hand.
33. Maharana Pratap remained the edge of Akbar's eyes from beginning to end, but when Akbar got the news of his death, tears welled up in the eyes of the Mughal emperor. Akbar bit his tongue under his teeth and said: You neither gave your horse a stain nor did you allow your turban to bow before anyone. Actually Maharana Pratap has won the most.
34. When Abraham Lincoln came to India. Then his mother asked him what have you brought for yourself from India? Then the mother got the answer – I have brought a handful of dust from Haldighati, the heroic land of that great country, where the king was so loyal to his subjects that he chose his motherland over half of India. But unfortunately his tour was cut short. You can read this in the book "Book of President USA".
35. There is also a temple of Maharana Pratap's horse Chetak which is still safe in Haldighati.
36. Maharana Pratap's horse Chetak was also very powerful, an elephant's trunk in front of his face was used to confuse enemy elephants. These were two horses named Hetak and Chetak.
37. Before dying, Maharana Pratap had re-conquered 85% of his lost Mewar. Leaving gold, silver and palaces, he wandered in the jungles of Mewar for 20 years.
38. Maharana Pratap ji's weight was 110 kg and he was 7 feet 5 inches tall, he had two sheathed sword in his hand and 80 kg spear.
39. The tribal Bhil community of Mewar trampled Akbar's army with their arrows in Haldighati. He considered Maharana Pratap ji as his own son and lived with him without any discrimination. Rajputs are still on one side of the symbol of Mewar and Bhils on the other.
40. Maharana Pratap ji used to cut the enemy's soldier along with the horse in one stroke.
