Battle of Dewar (1606) –
It was fought in a valley 40 km from Kumbhalgarh.
Rana
Amar Singh defeated and killed Sultan Khan, the Mughal prince Muhammad Parviz
fled from the battlefield with his commander Asaf Khan.
It so happened that distressed by the bravery of the
Maharana, Akbar sent a 1, 00,000 of army in 1582 to suppress Maharana. Maharana
Pratap motivated his soldiers to fight back and make Mewar independent.
The battle of Dewar was full of unimaginable bravery and
valour.
It is a saga of sacrifice for the fight of freedom and in self
believes.
With a small army Maharana defeated grand army of Mughals and they
surrendered before him.
Maharana made
a plan in the mountains of Aravelly for the battle of Dewar and implemented the
strategy accordingly.
In 1582, on the occasion of Dushara (Vijayadeshmi)
Maharana Pratap divided Mewar army in two parts.
One part was under Kunwar
(Prince) Amar Singh, the eldest son of Maharana and second part was with
Maharana Pratap himself.
The Mewar army attacked the grand army of Mughals.
They attacked the Mughal post and fort at Dewair or Dewar.
Prince Amar Singh attacked the Mughal commander Sultan Khan, the
uncle of Akbar.
During the war young Amar Singh threw his spear upon the Mughal
commander in such a speed that the spear perished the commander and his horse
killing together and bolted in the earth.
The rider and the horse became a
statue.
In another action Mughal commander Bahlol Khan came to attack Maharana Pratap from behind.
Maharana
saw him and channelized his whole energy for one massive stroke and as soon
as Bahlol Khan came
nearby he struck him with his one blow of sword and chopped him down along with
his horse in two pieces.
Seeing the speed and ferocity of the attack and
the condition of his commander Mughal army left the field. The Mughal army was chased
up to Ajmer.
Mughals got
humiliating defeat resulting in the flight of the Mughal soldiers. 36,000
Mughal soldiers surrendered in front of Maharana Pratap and Prince Amar Singh.
This led to the automatic liquidation of all 36 Mughal military outposts in
Mewar.
Maharana captured the fort of Gogunda, Kumbhalgarh, Bassi, Chawand,
Jawar, Madariya, Mohi, Mandlagarh and many more total 36 in numbers.
Only
Chittorgarh was left behind. 90% of Mewar was captured and made independent.
After this
defeat, Akbar stopped his military campaigns against Mewar.
The victory of
Dewair was a crowning glory for Maharana Pratap.
Maharana Pratap took
control of his kingdom.
Even Mughal convoy had to pay tax to Maharana.
Other
business convoy those used to go to Gujarat via Mewar pay taxes to Maharana.
Is it true that Maharana was a total vegetarian ?
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