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Sangram Singh I (12 April 1482 – 30 January 1528), commonly known as Rana Sanga, was the Rana of Mewar from 1508 to 1528 CE. A member of the Sisodia dynasty , he controlled parts of present-day Rajasthan , Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh with his capital at Chittor . [ 4 ]
Raj Singh I: 1652–1680 Jagat's son. Fought against Mughals many times. Regained territory and increased the wealth of the kingdom. Fought against Aurangzeb, but eventually poisoned by Aurangzeb's loyalists. [22] [23] [24] Jai Singh: 1680–1698 Raj's son, Struggled to regain captured parts of Mewar from Mughals. [25] Amar Singh II: 1698 ...
Raj Singh carried out sudden raids on Mughal and Malwa forces keeping them terrified. [111] Such raids often created heavy disruption in Mughal forces. At the height of the Rajput-Mughal war in 1680, Raj Singh died, possibly due to poisoning by Aurangzeb loyalists or by illness and fever. [112] He was succeeded by his son Jai Singh. [113]
"Rana" was formerly used as a title of martial sovereignty by Rajput kings in India. [1] The term derives from the Sanskrit title "Rāṇaka". [2] Rani is the title for the wife of a rana or a female monarch. It also applies to the wife of a raja. Compound titles include rana sahib, ranaji, raj rana, rana bahadur, and maharana.
The seventh and final gate leads directly into the palace area, which integrates a variety of residential and official structures. Rana Kumbha Mahal, the palace of Rana Kumbha, is a large Rajput domestic structure and now incorporates the Kanwar Pade Ka Mahal (the palace of the heir) and the later palace of the poet Mira Bai (1498–1546). The ...
1900 BC Saraswati river becomes extinct. 1800 BC The Indus Valley civilisation collapses due to a combination of drought and a decline in trade with Egypt and Mesopotamia . 1800 BC The Ghaggar-Hakra system retracts its reach towards the foothills of the Himalaya, leading to erratic and less extensive floods that make inundation agriculture less ...
Rana Hammir Singh, King of Mewar who following an invasion by the Khilji dynasty regained control of the region, re-established the dynasty after defeating the Tughlaq dynasty, and became the first of his dynasty to use the royal title 'Rana' [16] Rao Jodha, King of Marwar and founder of its capital city Jodhpur [17]
The Kunwar family (Nepali: कुँवर परिवार) was a noble Khas-Chhetri family in the Gorkha Kingdom and the Kingdom of Nepal. [1] The Kunwars were linked to the Thapa dynasty and family of Amar Singh Thapa by marital lineages and, thus, to Pande dynasty through the Thapa dynasty.