Sunday 19 July 2020

MAHARANA PRATAP AND GREAT BATTLE OF DEWAIR OR DAWER. Part 2 and last.




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. 

Historian Colonel James Tod has described the battle of Dewar as the "Marathon of Mewar".
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