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"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.
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 ...
Maharana Raj Singh I, King of Mewar [43] [44] Maharaja Jaswant Singh , King of Marwar , he was a trusted general of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan [ 45 ] Bhim Chand was the Rajput King of Bilaspur state (reigned 1665 – 1692) [ 46 ]
In 1679, Raj granted 12 villages to Ajit Singh Rathore. Aurangzeb begged Raj to remain loyal to him and not support Ajit, but this was not heeded by Raj Singh. [108] Aurangzeb sent multiple of his generals to fight with the Rana but Raj Singh defeated all of them and then Aurangzeb himself came down to the battleground. [109]
Rana Vikramaditya [1] (b.1517 – d.1536) was the Sisodia Rajput ruler of Mewar Kingdom,younger son of Rana Sanga and the elder brother of Rana Udai Singh II. He was unpopular amongst the nobles of Mewar .
Genealogies of the Rajput clans were fabricated by pastoral nomadic tribes when they became sedentary. In a process called Rajputization, after acquiring political power, they employed bards to fabricate these lineages which also disassociated them from their original ancestry of cattle-herding or cattle-rustling communities and acquired the name 'Rajput'.
The most notable Sisodia rulers were Rana Hamir (r. 1326–64), Rana Kumbha (r. 1433–68), Rana Sanga (r.1508–1528) and Rana Pratap (r. 1572–97). The Bhonsle clan, to which the Maratha empire's founder Shivaji belonged, also claimed descent from a branch of the royal Sisodia family. [11]
Rana Parshad, the Sodha Rajput ruler of Amarkot, gave him refuge. [6] Rana Prasad Rao of Amarkot duly welcomed Humayun into his home and sheltered the refugees for several months. Here, in the household of a Hindu Rajput nobleman, Humayun's wife Hamida Bano, daughter of a Sindhi family, gave birth to the future Emperor Akbar on 15 October 1542.