It was on its dam that in June 1573 Kunwar (Prince) Man Singh of Amber, as the emissary of Mughal Emperor Akbar, arrogantly demanded that Maharana Pratap should give up protocol and be present at the feast in his honour. Pratap roundly rebuffed every such attempt displaying his self-respect and honour.įor the new capital-Udaipur, Maharana Udai Singh constructed a water reservoir–Udai Sagar in 1565. Akbar sent a total of six diplomatic missions to Pratap, seeking to negotiate the same sort of peaceful alliance that he had concluded with the other Rajput chiefs. Indeed, many Rajput chiefs, such as Raja Man Singh of Amber (later known as Maharaja of Jaipur) were serving as army commanders in Akbar's armies and members of his council. Even Pratap's own brothers, Shakti Singh and Sagar Singh, served Akbar. Nearly all of Pratap's fellow Rajput chiefs had meanwhile entered into the vassalage of the Mughals. In essence Pratap remained king only on paper as he never ruled any land in his lifetime. Living a life on the run, the dream of reconquering Chittor (and thus reclaiming the glory of Mewar) was greatly cherished by Pratap, and his future efforts were bent towards this goal.
ConflictĬhittorgarh (Chittor fort), Pratap's ancestral home, was under Mughal occupation. Tod's Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan relates how Pratap also stopped the then practice of Rajput chiefs in cementing their ties with the Mughals by giving their daughters in marriage into the court. Some scholars argue that there was some possibility that Maharana could have allied with Akbar, but this was precluded by the feelings of resentment and profound injustice following the siege of Chittor, where Akbar had killed 27,000 civilians. Pratap maintained that he had no intention to fight with Akbar but he could not bow down to Akbar and accept him as his suzerainty. Akbar first tried diplomacy to win over Maharana Pratap but was unsuccessful. Maharana Pratap never accepted Akbar as ruler of India, and fought Akbar all his life.
It was the beginning of a career of struggle and hardship. Pratap did not want to go against the wishes of his father but Rajput nobles convinced him that Jagmal was not fit to rule in the troubled times of the day. During the coronation ceremony Jagmal was physically moved out of the palace by the Chundawat Chief and Tomar Ramshah and Pratap was made the King, the Rana of Mewar. Rana Udai Singh wanted Jagmal, his favourite son, to succeed him but his senior nobles wanted Pratap, the eldest son, to be their king as was customary. However, Udai Singh and the royal family of Mewar escaped before the capture of the fort and moved to the foothills of the Aravalli Range where Udai Singh founded the city of Udaipur. In 1568, during the reign of Udai Singh II, Chittor was conquered by the Mughal Emperor Akbar after the third Jauhar at Chittor. Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper, Maharaja Pratap Singh II of Mewar Hunting Boar ca. He was destined to be the 54th ruler of Mewar, in the line of the Sisodiya Rajputs. Maharana Pratap was the eldest of twenty-five sons and hence given the title of Crown Prince. Maharana Udai Singh II ruled the kingdom of Mewar, with his capital at Chittor. His father was Maharana Udai Singh II and his mother was Rani Jeevant Kanwar. Maharana Pratap was born on in Kumbhalgarh, Rajasthan.
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